diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Binding.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Binding.ts
index 594490a5fb..f826df4828 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Binding.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Binding.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import get_object from '../utils/get_object';
 import Expression from './shared/Expression';
 import Component from '../Component';
 import TemplateScope from './shared/TemplateScope';
-import {dimensions} from '../../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_dimensions } from '../../utils/patterns';
 import { Node as ESTreeNode } from 'estree';
 import { TemplateNode } from '../../interfaces';
 import Element from './Element';
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export default class Binding extends Node {
 		const type = parent.get_static_attribute_value('type');
 
 		this.is_readonly =
-			dimensions.test(this.name) ||
+			regex_dimensions.test(this.name) ||
 			(isElement(parent) &&
 				((parent.is_media_node() && read_only_media_attributes.has(this.name)) ||
 					(parent.name === 'input' && type === 'file')) /* TODO others? */);
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
index a4bbe707fa..c54a5e927b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import StyleDirective from './StyleDirective';
 import Text from './Text';
 import { namespaces } from '../../utils/namespaces';
 import map_children from './shared/map_children';
-import { dimensions, start_newline } from '../../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_dimensions, regex_start_newline } from '../../utils/patterns';
 import fuzzymatch from '../../utils/fuzzymatch';
 import list from '../../utils/list';
 import Let from './Let';
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 					// places if there's another newline afterwards.
 					// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#element-restrictions
 					// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-pre-element
-					first.data = first.data.replace(start_newline, '');
+					first.data = first.data.replace(regex_start_newline, '');
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 				if (this.name !== 'video') {
 					return component.error(binding, compiler_errors.invalid_binding_element_with('<video>', name));
 				}
-			} else if (dimensions.test(name)) {
+			} else if (regex_dimensions.test(name)) {
 				if (this.name === 'svg' && (name === 'offsetWidth' || name === 'offsetHeight')) {
 					return component.error(binding, compiler_errors.invalid_binding_on(binding.name, `<svg>. Use '${name.replace('offset', 'client')}' instead`));
 				} else if (is_svg(this.name)) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
index 34915cea81..9a676890fc 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { namespaces } from '../../../../utils/namespaces';
 import AttributeWrapper from './Attribute';
 import StyleAttributeWrapper from './StyleAttribute';
 import SpreadAttributeWrapper from './SpreadAttribute';
-import { dimensions, start_newline } from '../../../../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_dimensions, regex_start_newline } from '../../../../utils/patterns';
 import Binding from './Binding';
 import add_to_set from '../../../utils/add_to_set';
 import { add_event_handler } from '../shared/add_event_handlers';
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const events = [
 	{
 		event_names: ['elementresize'],
 		filter: (_node: Element, name: string) =>
-			dimensions.test(name)
+			regex_dimensions.test(name)
 	},
 
 	// media events
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ function to_html(wrappers: Array<ElementWrapper | TextWrapper | MustacheTagWrapp
 					// Two or more leading newlines are required to restore the leading newline immediately after `<pre>`.
 					// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-pre-element
 					const first = wrapper.fragment.nodes[0];
-					if (first && first.node.type === 'Text' && start_newline.test(first.node.data)) {
+					if (first && first.node.type === 'Text' && regex_start_newline.test(first.node.data)) {
 						state.quasi.value.raw += '\n';
 					}
 				}
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ function to_html(wrappers: Array<ElementWrapper | TextWrapper | MustacheTagWrapp
 						// Two or more leading newlines are required to restore the leading newline immediately after `<textarea>`.
 						// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#element-restrictions
 						const first = value_attribute.node.chunks[0];
-						if (first && first.type === 'Text' && start_newline.test(first.data)) {
+						if (first && first.type === 'Text' && regex_start_newline.test(first.data)) {
 							state.quasi.value.raw += '\n';
 						}
 						to_html_for_attr_value(value_attribute, block, literal, state);
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts
index 2af0343b2a..dc13ac2940 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Expression from '../../nodes/shared/Expression';
 import remove_whitespace_children from './utils/remove_whitespace_children';
 import fix_attribute_casing from '../../render_dom/wrappers/Element/fix_attribute_casing';
 import { namespaces } from '../../../utils/namespaces';
-import { start_newline } from '../../../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_start_newline } from '../../../utils/patterns';
 import { Node, Expression as ESExpression } from 'estree';
 
 export default function (node: Element, renderer: Renderer, options: RenderOptions) {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export default function (node: Element, renderer: Renderer, options: RenderOptio
 				const value_attribute = node.attributes.find(({ name }) => name === 'value');
 				if (value_attribute) {
 					const first = value_attribute.chunks[0];
-					if (first && first.type === 'Text' && start_newline.test(first.data)) {
+					if (first && first.type === 'Text' && regex_start_newline.test(first.data)) {
 						renderer.add_string('\n');
 					}
 				}
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export default function (node: Element, renderer: Renderer, options: RenderOptio
 			// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-pre-element
 			// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#element-restrictions
 			const first = children[0];
-			if (first && first.type === 'Text' && start_newline.test(first.data)) {
+			if (first && first.type === 'Text' && regex_start_newline.test(first.data)) {
 				renderer.add_string('\n');
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/compiler/parse/index.ts b/src/compiler/parse/index.ts
index 96ec70fa42..079be0e20c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parse/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parse/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { isIdentifierStart, isIdentifierChar } from 'acorn';
 import fragment from './state/fragment';
-import { whitespace } from '../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_whitespace } from '../utils/patterns';
 import { reserved } from '../utils/names';
 import full_char_code_at from '../utils/full_char_code_at';
 import { TemplateNode, Ast, ParserOptions, Fragment, Style, Script } from '../interfaces';
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ export class Parser {
 
 		if (this.html.children.length) {
 			let start = this.html.children[0].start;
-			while (whitespace.test(template[start])) start += 1;
+			while (regex_whitespace.test(template[start])) start += 1;
 
 			let end = this.html.children[this.html.children.length - 1].end;
-			while (whitespace.test(template[end - 1])) end -= 1;
+			while (regex_whitespace.test(template[end - 1])) end -= 1;
 
 			this.html.start = start;
 			this.html.end = end;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export class Parser {
 	allow_whitespace() {
 		while (
 			this.index < this.template.length &&
-			whitespace.test(this.template[this.index])
+			regex_whitespace.test(this.template[this.index])
 		) {
 			this.index++;
 		}
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export class Parser {
 	}
 
 	require_whitespace() {
-		if (!whitespace.test(this.template[this.index])) {
+		if (!regex_whitespace.test(this.template[this.index])) {
 			this.error({
 				code: 'missing-whitespace',
 				message: 'Expected whitespace'
diff --git a/src/compiler/parse/read/expression.ts b/src/compiler/parse/read/expression.ts
index 5464a950ce..935574440f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parse/read/expression.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parse/read/expression.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { parse_expression_at } from '../acorn';
 import { Parser } from '../index';
 import { Node } from 'estree';
-import { whitespace } from '../../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_whitespace } from '../../utils/patterns';
 import parser_errors from '../errors';
 
 export default function read_expression(parser: Parser): Node {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default function read_expression(parser: Parser): Node {
 
 			if (char === ')') {
 				num_parens -= 1;
-			} else if (!whitespace.test(char)) {
+			} else if (!regex_whitespace.test(char)) {
 				parser.error(parser_errors.unexpected_token(')'), index);
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/parse/state/mustache.ts b/src/compiler/parse/state/mustache.ts
index f0df3c21af..c3b58afe2a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parse/state/mustache.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parse/state/mustache.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import read_context from '../read/context';
 import read_expression from '../read/expression';
 import { closing_tag_omitted } from '../utils/html';
-import { whitespace } from '../../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_whitespace } from '../../utils/patterns';
 import { trim_start, trim_end } from '../../utils/trim';
 import { to_string } from '../utils/node';
 import { Parser } from '../index';
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ export default function mustache(parser: Parser) {
 		// strip leading/trailing whitespace as necessary
 		const char_before = parser.template[block.start - 1];
 		const char_after = parser.template[parser.index];
-		const trim_before = !char_before || whitespace.test(char_before);
-		const trim_after = !char_after || whitespace.test(char_after);
+		const trim_before = !char_before || regex_whitespace.test(char_before);
+		const trim_after = !char_after || regex_whitespace.test(char_after);
 
 		trim_whitespace(block, trim_before, trim_after);
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/utils/patterns.ts b/src/compiler/utils/patterns.ts
index 071abd791f..b94df49297 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utils/patterns.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utils/patterns.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-export const whitespace = /[ \t\r\n]/;
-export const start_whitespace = /^[ \t\r\n]*/;
-export const end_whitespace = /[ \t\r\n]*$/;
-export const start_newline = /^\r?\n/;
+export const regex_whitespace = /[ \t\r\n]/;
+export const regex_start_whitespace = /^[ \t\r\n]*/;
+export const regex_end_whitespace = /[ \t\r\n]*$/;
+export const regex_start_newline = /^\r?\n/;
 
-export const dimensions = /^(?:offset|client)(?:Width|Height)$/;
+export const regex_dimensions = /^(?:offset|client)(?:Width|Height)$/;
diff --git a/src/compiler/utils/trim.ts b/src/compiler/utils/trim.ts
index 05af79cc90..63463cee1f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utils/trim.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utils/trim.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { start_whitespace, end_whitespace } from './patterns';
+import { regex_start_whitespace, regex_end_whitespace } from './patterns';
 
 export function trim_start(str: string) {
-	return str.replace(start_whitespace, '');
+	return str.replace(regex_start_whitespace, '');
 }
 
 export function trim_end(str: string) {
-	return str.replace(end_whitespace, '');
+	return str.replace(regex_end_whitespace, '');
 }