diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/google3/injectablePipeRule.ts b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/google3/injectablePipeRule.ts
index 62b6523e35..ac3ba8e622 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/google3/injectablePipeRule.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/google3/injectablePipeRule.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {Replacement, RuleFailure, Rules} from 'tslint';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {InjectablePipeVisitor} from '../angular/injectable_pipe_visitor';
-import {INJECTABLE_DECORATOR_NAME, addNamedImport, getNamedImports} from '../util';
+import {INJECTABLE_DECORATOR_NAME, addImport, getNamedImports} from '../util';
 
 /**
  * TSLint rule that flags `@Pipe` classes that haven't been marked as `@Injectable`.
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ export class Rule extends Rules.TypedRule {
           fixes.push(new Replacement(
               namedImports.getStart(), namedImports.getWidth(),
               printer.printNode(
-                  ts.EmitHint.Unspecified,
-                  addNamedImport(importDeclarationMissingImport, INJECTABLE_DECORATOR_NAME),
+                  ts.EmitHint.Unspecified, addImport(namedImports, INJECTABLE_DECORATOR_NAME),
                   sourceFile)));
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/index.ts b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/index.ts
index 5015ee71a5..f1b2b96040 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {getProjectTsConfigPaths} from '../../utils/project_tsconfig_paths';
 import {parseTsconfigFile} from '../../utils/typescript/parse_tsconfig';
 
 import {InjectablePipeVisitor} from './angular/injectable_pipe_visitor';
-import {INJECTABLE_DECORATOR_NAME, addNamedImport, getNamedImports} from './util';
+import {INJECTABLE_DECORATOR_NAME, addImport, getNamedImports} from './util';
 
 /**
  * Runs a migration over a TypeScript project that adds an `@Injectable`
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ function runInjectablePipeMigration(tree: Tree, tsconfigPath: string, basePath:
         update.insertRight(
             namedImports.getStart(),
             printer.printNode(
-                ts.EmitHint.Unspecified,
-                addNamedImport(importDeclarationMissingImport, INJECTABLE_DECORATOR_NAME),
+                ts.EmitHint.Unspecified, addImport(namedImports, INJECTABLE_DECORATOR_NAME),
                 sourceFile));
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/util.ts b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/util.ts
index 69e8c32ed4..fd2de7b943 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/util.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/injectable-pipe/util.ts
@@ -12,28 +12,17 @@ import * as ts from 'typescript';
 export const INJECTABLE_DECORATOR_NAME = 'Injectable';
 
 /**
- * Adds a named import to an import declaration node.
+ * Adds an import to a named import node, if the import does not exist already.
  * @param node Node to which to add the import.
  * @param importName Name of the import that should be added.
  */
-export function addNamedImport(node: ts.ImportDeclaration, importName: string) {
-  const namedImports = getNamedImports(node);
+export function addImport(node: ts.NamedImports, importName: string) {
+  const elements = node.elements;
+  const isAlreadyImported = elements.some(element => element.name.text === importName);
 
-  if (namedImports && ts.isNamedImports(namedImports)) {
-    const elements = namedImports.elements;
-    const isAlreadyImported = elements.some(element => element.name.text === importName);
-
-    if (!isAlreadyImported) {
-      // If there are named imports, there will be an import clause as well.
-      const importClause = node.importClause !;
-      const newImportClause = ts.createNamedImports(
-          [...elements, ts.createImportSpecifier(undefined, ts.createIdentifier(importName))]);
-
-      return ts.updateImportDeclaration(
-          node, node.decorators, node.modifiers,
-          ts.updateImportClause(importClause, importClause.name, newImportClause),
-          node.moduleSpecifier);
-    }
+  if (!isAlreadyImported) {
+    return ts.updateNamedImports(
+        node, [...elements, ts.createImportSpecifier(undefined, ts.createIdentifier(importName))]);
   }
 
   return node;
diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/test/google3/injectable_pipe_spec.ts b/packages/core/schematics/test/google3/injectable_pipe_spec.ts
index 6c368f0cd3..6e9c318d89 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/test/google3/injectable_pipe_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/test/google3/injectable_pipe_spec.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ describe('Google3 injectable pipe TSLint rule', () => {
     `);
 
     runTSLint();
-    expect(getFile('/index.ts')).toContain('import { Pipe, Injectable } from \'@angular/core\'');
+
+    const content = getFile('/index.ts');
+    expect(content).toContain('import { Pipe, Injectable } from \'@angular/core\'');
+    expect((content.match(/import/g) || []).length).toBe(1, 'Expected only one import statement');
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/test/injectable_pipe_migration_spec.ts b/packages/core/schematics/test/injectable_pipe_migration_spec.ts
index 3a3abba17f..d70b9f5278 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/test/injectable_pipe_migration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/test/injectable_pipe_migration_spec.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ describe('injectable pipe migration', () => {
     `);
 
     runMigration();
-    expect(tree.readContent('/index.ts'))
-        .toContain('import { Pipe, Injectable } from \'@angular/core\'');
+
+    const content = tree.readContent('/index.ts');
+    expect(content).toContain('import { Pipe, Injectable } from \'@angular/core\'');
+    expect((content.match(/import/g) || []).length).toBe(1, 'Expected only one import statement');
   });
 
   it('should not add an import for Injectable if it is imported already', () => {