diff --git a/src/convert.ts b/src/convert.ts
index 7ebf1c4..747849b 100644
--- a/src/convert.ts
+++ b/src/convert.ts
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ export default function convert(config: ConvertConfig): ESTreeNode | null {
         key: convertChild(node.name),
         value: convertChild(node.initializer),
         computed: nodeUtils.isComputedProperty(node.name),
-        static: nodeUtils.hasStaticModifierFlag(node),
+        static: nodeUtils.hasModifier(SyntaxKind.StaticKeyword, node),
         readonly:
           nodeUtils.hasModifier(SyntaxKind.ReadonlyKeyword, node) || undefined
       });
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ export default function convert(config: ConvertConfig): ESTreeNode | null {
           key: convertChild(node.name),
           value: method,
           computed: nodeUtils.isComputedProperty(node.name),
-          static: nodeUtils.hasStaticModifierFlag(node),
+          static: nodeUtils.hasModifier(SyntaxKind.StaticKeyword, node),
           kind: 'method'
         });
 
@@ -1107,7 +1107,10 @@ export default function convert(config: ConvertConfig): ESTreeNode | null {
 
     // TypeScript uses this even for static methods named "constructor"
     case SyntaxKind.Constructor: {
-      const constructorIsStatic = nodeUtils.hasStaticModifierFlag(node),
+      const constructorIsStatic = nodeUtils.hasModifier(
+          SyntaxKind.StaticKeyword,
+          node
+        ),
         constructorIsAbstract = nodeUtils.hasModifier(
           SyntaxKind.AbstractKeyword,
           node
diff --git a/src/node-utils.ts b/src/node-utils.ts
index 1249a92..fe6ef76 100644
--- a/src/node-utils.ts
+++ b/src/node-utils.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ export default {
   isJSXToken,
   getDeclarationKind,
   getTSNodeAccessibility,
-  hasStaticModifierFlag,
   findNextToken,
   findFirstMatchingToken,
   findChildOfKind,
@@ -206,11 +205,14 @@ function isESTreeClassMember(node: ts.Node): boolean {
 
 /**
  * Checks if a ts.Node has a modifier
- * @param {number} modifierKind TypeScript SyntaxKind modifier
+ * @param {ts.KeywordSyntaxKind} modifierKind TypeScript SyntaxKind modifier
  * @param {ts.Node} node TypeScript AST node
  * @returns {boolean} has the modifier specified
  */
-function hasModifier(modifierKind: number, node: ts.Node): boolean {
+function hasModifier(
+  modifierKind: ts.KeywordSyntaxKind,
+  node: ts.Node
+): boolean {
   return (
     !!node.modifiers &&
     !!node.modifiers.length &&
@@ -394,19 +396,6 @@ function getTSNodeAccessibility(node: ts.Node): string | null {
   return null;
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns true if the given ts.Node has the modifier flag set which corresponds
- * to the static keyword.
- * @param {ts.Node} node The ts.Node
- * @returns {boolean} whether or not the static modifier flag is set
- */
-function hasStaticModifierFlag(node: ts.Node): boolean {
-  /**
-   * TODO: Remove dependency on private TypeScript method
-   */
-  return Boolean((ts as any).getModifierFlags(node) & ts.ModifierFlags.Static);
-}
-
 /**
  * Finds the next token based on the previous one and its parent
  * Had to copy this from TS instead of using TS's version because theirs doesn't pass the ast to getChildren