diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index 39d53a9a9c053..efb292c9247d3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -398,11 +398,6 @@ namespace ts {
         return identifier.length >= 2 && identifier.charCodeAt(0) === CharacterCodes._ && identifier.charCodeAt(1) === CharacterCodes._ ? "_" + identifier : identifier;
     }
 
-    // Remove extra underscore from escaped identifier
-    export function unescapeIdentifier(identifier: string): string {
-        return identifier.length >= 3 && identifier.charCodeAt(0) === CharacterCodes._ && identifier.charCodeAt(1) === CharacterCodes._ && identifier.charCodeAt(2) === CharacterCodes._ ? identifier.substr(1) : identifier;
-    }
-
     // Make an identifier from an external module name by extracting the string after the last "/" and replacing
     // all non-alphanumeric characters with underscores
     export function makeIdentifierFromModuleName(moduleName: string): string {
@@ -4548,4 +4543,14 @@ namespace ts {
 
         return undefined;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove extra underscore from escaped identifier text content.
+     *
+     * @param identifier The escaped identifier text.
+     * @returns The unescaped identifier text.
+     */
+    export function unescapeIdentifier(identifier: string): string {
+        return identifier.length >= 3 && identifier.charCodeAt(0) === CharacterCodes._ && identifier.charCodeAt(1) === CharacterCodes._ && identifier.charCodeAt(2) === CharacterCodes._ ? identifier.substr(1) : identifier;
+    }
 }