diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3297788667c..1f943f89788 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         "ts-node": "latest",
         "tsd": "latest",
         "tslint": "next",
-        "typescript": "2.1.0-dev.20160906"
+        "typescript": "next"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "pretest": "jake tests",
diff --git a/scripts/tslint/preferConstRule.ts b/scripts/tslint/preferConstRule.ts
index 1d316692468..60d771863be 100644
--- a/scripts/tslint/preferConstRule.ts
+++ b/scripts/tslint/preferConstRule.ts
@@ -9,44 +9,12 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
     }
 }
 
-function isBindingPattern(node: ts.Node): node is ts.BindingPattern {
-    return !!node && (node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ArrayBindingPattern || node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ObjectBindingPattern);
-}
-
-function walkUpBindingElementsAndPatterns(node: ts.Node): ts.Node {
-    while (node && (node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.BindingElement || isBindingPattern(node))) {
-        node = node.parent;
-    }
-
-    return node;
-}
-
-function getCombinedNodeFlags(node: ts.Node): ts.NodeFlags {
-    node = walkUpBindingElementsAndPatterns(node);
-
-    let flags = node.flags;
-    if (node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.VariableDeclaration) {
-        node = node.parent;
-    }
-
-    if (node && node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.VariableDeclarationList) {
-        flags |= node.flags;
-        node = node.parent;
-    }
-
-    if (node && node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.VariableStatement) {
-        flags |= node.flags;
-    }
-
-    return flags;
-}
-
 function isLet(node: ts.Node) {
-    return !!(getCombinedNodeFlags(node) & ts.NodeFlags.Let);
+    return !!(ts.getCombinedNodeFlags(node) & ts.NodeFlags.Let);
 }
 
 function isExported(node: ts.Node) {
-    return !!(getCombinedNodeFlags(node) & ts.NodeFlags.Export);
+    return !!(ts.getCombinedModifierFlags(node) & ts.ModifierFlags.Export);
 }
 
 function isAssignmentOperator(token: ts.SyntaxKind): boolean {