diff --git a/paper-textarea.html b/paper-textarea.html
index 9f769c26..0e180306 100644
--- a/paper-textarea.html
+++ b/paper-textarea.html
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
         disabled$="[[disabled]]"
         invalid="[[invalid]]">
 
-      <label hidden$="[[!label]]" aria-hidden="true" for="input" slot="label">[[label]]</label>
+      <label hidden$="[[!label]]" aria-hidden="true" slot="label">[[label]]</label>
 
       <iron-autogrow-textarea id="input" class="paper-input-input" slot="input"
-        aria-labelledby$="[[_ariaLabelledBy]]"
+        label="[[label]]"
         aria-describedby$="[[_ariaDescribedBy]]"
         bind-value="{{value}}"
         invalid="{{invalid}}"
@@ -100,11 +100,6 @@
     ],
 
     properties: {
-      _ariaLabelledBy: {
-        observer: '_ariaLabelledByChanged',
-        type: String
-      },
-
       _ariaDescribedBy: {
         observer: '_ariaDescribedByChanged',
         type: String
@@ -136,10 +131,6 @@
       }
     },
 
-    _ariaLabelledByChanged: function(ariaLabelledBy) {
-      this.$.input.textarea.setAttribute('aria-labelledby', ariaLabelledBy);
-    },
-
     _ariaDescribedByChanged: function(ariaDescribedBy) {
       this.$.input.textarea.setAttribute('aria-describedby', ariaDescribedBy);
     },
diff --git a/test/paper-textarea.html b/test/paper-textarea.html
index 4561bcaa..0a78095a 100644
--- a/test/paper-textarea.html
+++ b/test/paper-textarea.html
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@
 
     suite('a11y', function() {
 
-      test('has aria-labelledby', function() {
+      test('has aria-label', function() {
         var input = fixture('label');
-        assert.isTrue(input.inputElement.textarea.hasAttribute('aria-labelledby'))
-        assert.equal(input.inputElement.textarea.getAttribute('aria-labelledby'), Polymer.dom(input.root).querySelector('label').id, 'aria-labelledby points to the label');
+        assert.isTrue(input.inputElement.textarea.hasAttribute('aria-label'))
+        assert.equal(input.inputElement.textarea.getAttribute('aria-label'), input.label, 'paper-textarea passes through label to aria-label');
       });
 
       test('has aria-describedby for error message', function(done) {