diff --git a/src/source.ts b/src/source.ts
index b38521b3..be775fba 100644
--- a/src/source.ts
+++ b/src/source.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ import * as angular from '@angular/compiler';
 import type * as babel from '@babel/types';
 
 import type { LocationInformation, NGNode, RawNGSpan } from './types.ts';
-import {
-  getCharacterIndex,
-  getCharacterLastIndex,
-  sourceSpanToLocationInformation,
-} from './utils.ts';
+import { getCharacterIndex, sourceSpanToLocationInformation } from './utils.ts';
 
 export class Source {
   text;
@@ -19,10 +15,6 @@ export class Source {
     return getCharacterIndex(this.text, pattern, index);
   }
 
-  getCharacterLastIndex(pattern: RegExp | string, index: number) {
-    return getCharacterLastIndex(this.text, pattern, index);
-  }
-
   transformSpan(span: RawNGSpan): LocationInformation {
     return sourceSpanToLocationInformation(span);
   }
diff --git a/src/transform-node.ts b/src/transform-node.ts
index aaf156a5..adf70315 100644
--- a/src/transform-node.ts
+++ b/src/transform-node.ts
@@ -179,60 +179,32 @@ class Transformer extends Source {
         properties: Partial<T> & { type: T['type'] },
         location: angular.AST | RawNGSpan | [number, number] = node,
       ) => this.#create(properties, location, [node, ...ancestors]);
-      const tProperties = keys.map((property, index) => {
-        const { key, quoted, isShorthandInitialized = false } = property;
-        const { start: valueStart, end: valueEnd } = values[index].sourceSpan;
-        const value = transformChild<babel.Expression>(values[index]);
-
-        let tKey: (babel.StringLiteral | babel.Identifier) &
-          LocationInformation;
-
-        if (isShorthandInitialized) {
-          tKey = transformChild<babel.Identifier>(values[index]);
-        } else {
-          // No location information
-          // https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/66175
-          const keyStart = super.getCharacterIndex(
-            /\S/,
-            index === 0
-              ? node.sourceSpan.start + 1 // {
-              : super.getCharacterIndex(',', values[index - 1].sourceSpan.end) +
-                  1,
-          );
-          const keyEnd =
-            valueStart === keyStart
-              ? valueEnd
-              : super.getCharacterLastIndex(
-                  /\S/,
-                  super.getCharacterLastIndex(':', valueStart - 1) - 1,
-                ) + 1;
-          tKey = quoted
-            ? createChild<babel.StringLiteral>(
-                { type: 'StringLiteral', value: key },
-                [keyStart, keyEnd],
-              )
-            : createChild<babel.Identifier>({ type: 'Identifier', name: key }, [
-                keyStart,
-                keyEnd,
-              ]);
-        }
 
-        return createChild<babel.ObjectPropertyNonComputed>(
-          {
-            type: 'ObjectProperty',
-            key: tKey,
-            value,
-            shorthand: isShorthandInitialized,
-            computed: false,
-            // @ts-expect-error -- Missed in types
-            method: false,
-          },
-          [tKey.range[0], valueEnd],
-        );
-      });
       return createNode<babel.ObjectExpression>({
         type: 'ObjectExpression',
-        properties: tProperties,
+        properties: keys.map((keyNode, index) => {
+          const valueNode = values[index];
+          const shorthand = Boolean(keyNode.isShorthandInitialized);
+          const key = createChild<babel.Identifier | babel.StringLiteral>(
+            keyNode.quoted
+              ? { type: 'StringLiteral', value: keyNode.key }
+              : { type: 'Identifier', name: keyNode.key },
+            keyNode.sourceSpan,
+          );
+
+          return createChild<babel.ObjectPropertyNonComputed>(
+            {
+              type: 'ObjectProperty',
+              key,
+              value: transformChild<babel.Expression>(valueNode),
+              shorthand,
+              computed: false,
+              // @ts-expect-error -- Missed in types
+              method: false,
+            },
+            [keyNode.sourceSpan.start, valueNode.sourceSpan.end],
+          );
+        }),
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utils.test.ts b/src/utils.test.ts
index abf4ce0f..44308b64 100644
--- a/src/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getCharacterIndex, getCharacterLastIndex } from './utils.ts';
+import { getCharacterIndex } from './utils.ts';
 
 test('getCharacterIndex', () => {
   expect(getCharacterIndex('foobar', /o/, 0)).toBe(1);
@@ -6,10 +6,3 @@ test('getCharacterIndex', () => {
   expect(getCharacterIndex('foobar', 'o', 0)).toBe(1);
   expect(() => getCharacterIndex('foobar', '_', 0)).toThrow();
 });
-
-test('getCharacterLastIndex', () => {
-  expect(getCharacterLastIndex('foobar', /o/, 6)).toBe(2);
-  expect(getCharacterLastIndex('foobar', /o/, 2)).toBe(2);
-  expect(getCharacterLastIndex('foobar', 'o', 6)).toBe(2);
-  expect(() => getCharacterLastIndex('foobar', '_', 6)).toThrow();
-});
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 2d4f37dd..8a3c8f8b 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -8,29 +8,6 @@ function getCharacterSearchTestFunction(pattern: RegExp | string) {
   return (character: string) => pattern.test(character);
 }
 
-export function getCharacterLastIndex(
-  text: string,
-  pattern: RegExp | string,
-  fromIndex: number,
-) {
-  const test = getCharacterSearchTestFunction(pattern);
-
-  for (let index = fromIndex; index >= 0; index--) {
-    const character = text[index];
-
-    if (test(character)) {
-      return index;
-    }
-  }
-
-  /* c8 ignore next 4 @preserve */
-  throw new Error(
-    `Cannot find front char ${pattern} from index ${fromIndex} in ${JSON.stringify(
-      text,
-    )}`,
-  );
-}
-
 export function getCharacterIndex(
   text: string,
   pattern: RegExp | string,