diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/index.js b/packages/babel-types/src/index.js
index 46597cb1f6..8e9644134a 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/index.js
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ export function buildMatchMemberExpression(match:string, allowPartial?: boolean)
       if (t.isIdentifier(node)) {
         // this part doesn't match
         if (parts[i] !== node.name) return false;
-      } else if (t.isLiteral(node)) {
+      } else if (t.isStringLiteral(node)) {
         // this part doesn't match
         if (parts[i] !== node.value) return false;
       } else if (t.isMemberExpression(node)) {
-        if (node.computed && !t.isLiteral(node.property)) {
+        if (node.computed && !t.isStringLiteral(node.property)) {
           // we can't deal with this
           return false;
         } else {
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/react.js b/packages/babel-types/src/react.js
index 9b0996f530..a7a739de0b 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/react.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/react.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function cleanJSXElementLiteralChild(child, args) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (str) args.push(t.literal(str));
+  if (str) args.push(t.stringLiteral(str));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export function buildChildren(node) {
   for (var i = 0; i < node.children.length; i++) {
     var child = node.children[i];
 
-    if (t.isLiteral(child) && typeof child.value === "string") {
+    if (t.isStringLiteral(child)) {
       cleanJSXElementLiteralChild(child, elems);
       continue;
     }