diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js
index 4b64b24ee0..40d4978451 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import * as assert from '../../utils/assert.js';
 import {
 	extract_identifiers,
 	extract_paths,
-	get_call_expression,
 	is_event_attribute,
 	is_text_attribute,
-	object
+	object,
+	unwrap_ts_expression
 } from '../../utils/ast.js';
 import * as b from '../../utils/builders.js';
 import { ReservedKeywords, Runes, SVGElements } from '../constants.js';
@@ -661,8 +661,8 @@ const runes_scope_js_tweaker = {
 /** @type {import('./types').Visitors} */
 const runes_scope_tweaker = {
 	VariableDeclarator(node, { state }) {
-		const init = get_call_expression(node);
-		if (init === null) return;
+		const init = unwrap_ts_expression(node.init);
+		if (!init || init.type !== 'CallExpression') return;
 		if (get_rune(init, state.scope) === null) return;
 
 		const callee = init.callee;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js
index 241d74a04e..28a56d7c4a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js
@@ -266,23 +266,6 @@ function _extract_paths(assignments = [], param, expression, update_expression)
 	return assignments;
 }
 
-/**
- * If the init of the declarator is a call expression, returns it.
- *
- * @param {import('estree').VariableDeclarator} node
- */
-export function get_call_expression(node) {
-	let init = node.init;
-	if (init) {
-		init = unwrap_ts_expression(init);
-		if (init.type === 'CallExpression') {
-			return init;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return null;
-}
-
 /**
  * The Acorn TS plugin defines `foo!` as a `TSNonNullExpression` node, and
  * `foo as Bar` as a `TSAsExpression` node. This function unwraps those.