diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/src/plugins/typescript.js b/packages/babel-parser/src/plugins/typescript.js
index 0940878ae2..e94617060b 100644
--- a/packages/babel-parser/src/plugins/typescript.js
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/src/plugins/typescript.js
@@ -331,36 +331,6 @@ export default (superClass: Class<Parser>): Class<Parser> =>
       return null;
     }
 
-    tsCheckLiteralForConstantContext(node: N.Node) {
-      switch (node.type) {
-        case "StringLiteral":
-        case "TemplateLiteral":
-        case "NumericLiteral":
-        case "BooleanLiteral":
-        case "SpreadElement":
-        case "ObjectMethod":
-        case "ObjectExpression":
-          return;
-        case "ArrayExpression":
-          return (node: N.ArrayExpression).elements.forEach(element => {
-            if (element) {
-              this.tsCheckLiteralForConstantContext(element);
-            }
-          });
-        case "ObjectProperty":
-          return this.tsCheckLiteralForConstantContext(
-            (node: N.ObjectProperty).value,
-          );
-        case "UnaryExpression":
-          return this.tsCheckLiteralForConstantContext(node.argument);
-        default:
-          this.raise(
-            node.start,
-            "Only literal values are allowed in constant contexts",
-          );
-      }
-    }
-
     // Note: In TypeScript implementation we must provide `yieldContext` and `awaitContext`,
     // but here it's always false, because this is only used for types.
     tsFillSignature(
@@ -1011,9 +981,6 @@ export default (superClass: Class<Parser>): Class<Parser> =>
       node.typeAnnotation = _const || this.tsNextThenParseType();
       this.expectRelational(">");
       node.expression = this.parseMaybeUnary();
-      if (_const) {
-        this.tsCheckLiteralForConstantContext(node.expression);
-      }
       return this.finishNode(node, "TSTypeAssertion");
     }
 
@@ -1679,7 +1646,6 @@ export default (superClass: Class<Parser>): Class<Parser> =>
         node.expression = left;
         const _const = this.tsTryNextParseConstantContext();
         if (_const) {
-          this.tsCheckLiteralForConstantContext(node.expression);
           node.typeAnnotation = _const;
         } else {
           node.typeAnnotation = this.tsNextThenParseType();
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-2/input.js b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-2/input.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d7726d95d3..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-2/input.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-let e = v as const;  // Error
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-2/options.json b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-2/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f9e8f5684..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-2/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "sourceType": "module",
-  "plugins": [
-    "typescript"
-  ],
-  "throws": "Only literal values are allowed in constant contexts (1:8)"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-3/input.js b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-3/input.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 595a2da190..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-3/input.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-let e = (true ? 1 : 0) as const;  // Error
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-3/options.json b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-3/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 921c09e5f1..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-3/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "sourceType": "module",
-  "plugins": [
-    "typescript"
-  ],
-  "throws": "Only literal values are allowed in constant contexts (1:9)"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-4/input.js b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-4/input.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ebd71b2dc..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-4/input.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-let e = id(1) as const;  // Error
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-4/options.json b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-4/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f9e8f5684..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-4/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "sourceType": "module",
-  "plugins": [
-    "typescript"
-  ],
-  "throws": "Only literal values are allowed in constant contexts (1:8)"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-5/input.js b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-5/input.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b68d9dea18..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-5/input.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-let e = [v()] as const;  // Error
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-5/options.json b/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-5/options.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 921c09e5f1..0000000000
--- a/packages/babel-parser/test/fixtures/typescript/cast/as-const-5/options.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "sourceType": "module",
-  "plugins": [
-    "typescript"
-  ],
-  "throws": "Only literal values are allowed in constant contexts (1:9)"
-}
\ No newline at end of file