diff --git a/lib/6to5/generation/node/index.js b/lib/6to5/generation/node/index.js
index bedd7ba60a..179b3015d7 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/generation/node/index.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/generation/node/index.js
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ function Node(node, parent) {
   this.node   = node;
 }
 
-Node.prototype.isUserWhitespacable = function () {
-  return t.isUserWhitespacable(this.node);
+Node.isUserWhitespacable = function (node) {
+  return t.isUserWhitespacable(node);
 };
 
-Node.prototype.needsWhitespace = function (type) {
-  var parent = this.parent;
-  var node   = this.node;
+Node.needsWhitespace = function (node, parent, type) {
   if (!node) return 0;
 
   if (t.isExpressionStatement(node)) {
@@ -51,18 +49,15 @@ Node.prototype.needsWhitespace = function (type) {
   return lines || 0;
 };
 
-Node.prototype.needsWhitespaceBefore = function () {
-  return this.needsWhitespace("before");
+Node.needsWhitespaceBefore = function (node, parent) {
+  return Node.needsWhitespace(node, parent, "before");
 };
 
-Node.prototype.needsWhitespaceAfter = function () {
-  return this.needsWhitespace("after");
+Node.needsWhitespaceAfter = function (node, parent) {
+  return Node.needsWhitespace(node, parent, "after");
 };
 
-Node.prototype.needsParens = function () {
-  var parent = this.parent;
-  var node   = this.node;
-
+Node.needsParens = function (node, parent) {
   if (!parent) return false;
 
   if (t.isNewExpression(parent) && parent.callee === node) {
@@ -77,10 +72,7 @@ Node.prototype.needsParens = function () {
   return find(parens, node, parent);
 };
 
-Node.prototype.needsParensNoLineTerminator = function () {
-  var parent = this.parent;
-  var node   = this.node;
-
+Node.needsParensNoLineTerminator = function (node, parent) {
   if (!parent) return false;
 
   // no comments
@@ -100,17 +92,18 @@ Node.prototype.needsParensNoLineTerminator = function () {
   return false;
 };
 
-_.each(Node.prototype, function (fn, key) {
-  Node[key] = function (node, parent) {
-    var n = new Node(node, parent);
-
+_.each(Node, function (fn, key) {
+  Node.prototype[key] = function () {
     // Avoid leaking arguments to prevent deoptimization
-    var skipCount = 2;
-    var args = new Array(arguments.length - skipCount);
+    var args = new Array(arguments.length + 2);
+
+    args[0] = this.node;
+    args[1] = this.parent;
+
     for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
-      args[i] = arguments[i + 2];
+      args[i + 2] = arguments[i];
     }
 
-    return n[key].apply(n, args);
+    return Node[key].apply(null, args);
   };
 });