diff --git a/lib/6to5/generation/node/index.js b/lib/6to5/generation/node/index.js
index 9e8995889a..3ab36da9dd 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/generation/node/index.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/generation/node/index.js
@@ -24,14 +24,7 @@ function Node(node, parent) {
 }
 
 Node.prototype.isUserWhitespacable = function () {
-  var parent = this.parent;
-  var node = this.node;
-
-  if (t.isUserWhitespacable(node)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  return false;
+  return t.isUserWhitespacable(node);
 };
 
 Node.prototype.needsWhitespace = function (type) {