diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts
index 96f53e2357..d615413a7b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ import {isObservable} from '../../util/lang';
 import {EMPTY_OBJ} from '../empty';
 import {PropertyAliasValue, TNode, TNodeFlags, TNodeType} from '../interfaces/node';
 import {GlobalTargetResolver, RElement, Renderer3, isProceduralRenderer} from '../interfaces/renderer';
+import {isDirectiveHost} from '../interfaces/type_checks';
 import {CLEANUP, FLAGS, LView, LViewFlags, RENDERER, TVIEW} from '../interfaces/view';
 import {assertNodeOfPossibleTypes} from '../node_assert';
 import {getLView, getPreviousOrParentTNode} from '../state';
-import {getComponentViewByIndex, getNativeByTNode, hasDirectives, unwrapRNode} from '../util/view_utils';
+import {getComponentViewByIndex, getNativeByTNode, unwrapRNode} from '../util/view_utils';
+
 import {BindingDirection, generatePropertyAliases, getCleanup, handleError, loadComponentRenderer, markViewDirty} from './shared';
 
 /**
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ function listenerInternal(
       // Also, we don't have to search for existing listeners is there are no directives
       // matching on a given node as we can't register multiple event handlers for the same event in
       // a template (this would mean having duplicate attributes).
-      if (!eventTargetResolver && hasDirectives(tNode)) {
+      if (!eventTargetResolver && isDirectiveHost(tNode)) {
         existingListener = findExistingListener(lView, eventName, tNode.index);
       }
       if (existingListener !== null) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/util/view_utils.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/util/view_utils.ts
index ddb0627ea0..7e4f48c6a9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/util/view_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/util/view_utils.ts
@@ -117,13 +117,6 @@ export function getNativeByTNodeOrNull(tNode: TNode, lView: LView): RNode|null {
 }
 
 
-/**
- * A helper function that returns `true` if a given `TNode` has any matching directives.
- */
-export function hasDirectives(tNode: TNode): boolean {
-  return tNode.directiveEnd > tNode.directiveStart;
-}
-
 export function getTNode(index: number, view: LView): TNode {
   ngDevMode && assertGreaterThan(index, -1, 'wrong index for TNode');
   ngDevMode && assertLessThan(index, view[TVIEW].data.length, 'wrong index for TNode');
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 202c55550b..ccfc080b08 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -908,9 +908,6 @@
   {
     "name": "hasClassInput"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "hasDirectives"
-  },
   {
     "name": "hasParentInjector"
   },