diff --git a/src/server/project.ts b/src/server/project.ts
index e35183c411a..5a4282af509 100644
--- a/src/server/project.ts
+++ b/src/server/project.ts
@@ -532,12 +532,6 @@ namespace ts.server {
             return this.typingsCache.getUnresolvedImports(this);
         }
 
-        /*@internal*/
-        hasTypeAcquisitionAcquiredNodeTypings?(): boolean {
-            const globalCache = this.getGlobalCache();
-            return !!globalCache && some(this.typingFiles, fileName => startsWithDirectory(fileName, combinePaths(globalCache, "node_modules", "@types", "node"), this.getCanonicalFileName));
-        }
-
         private shouldEmitFile(scriptInfo: ScriptInfo) {
             return scriptInfo && !scriptInfo.isDynamicOrHasMixedContent();
         }
diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts b/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
index 296fa1a546a..ec8849ffbd8 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
         preferences: UserPreferences,
     ): ReadonlyArray<FixAddNewImport | FixUseImportType> {
         const isJs = isSourceFileJS(sourceFile);
-        const { allowsImporting } = createLazyPackageJsonDependencyReader(sourceFile.fileName, host);
+        const { allowsImporting } = createLazyPackageJsonDependencyReader(sourceFile, host);
         const choicesForEachExportingModule = flatMap(moduleSymbols, ({ moduleSymbol, importKind, exportedSymbolIsTypeOnly }) =>
             moduleSpecifiers.getModuleSpecifiers(moduleSymbol, program.getCompilerOptions(), sourceFile, host, program.getSourceFiles(), preferences, program.redirectTargetsMap)
             .map((moduleSpecifier): FixAddNewImport | FixUseImportType =>
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
 
         // Sort by presence in package.json, then shortest paths first
         return sort(choicesForEachExportingModule, (a, b) => {
-            const allowsImportingA = allowsImporting(a.moduleSpecifier, isJs);
-            const allowsImportingB = allowsImporting(b.moduleSpecifier, isJs);
+            const allowsImportingA = allowsImporting(a.moduleSpecifier);
+            const allowsImportingB = allowsImporting(b.moduleSpecifier);
             if (allowsImportingA && !allowsImportingB) {
                 return -1;
             }
@@ -580,15 +580,14 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
     }
 
     export function forEachExternalModuleToImportFrom(checker: TypeChecker, host: LanguageServiceHost, from: SourceFile, allSourceFiles: ReadonlyArray<SourceFile>, cb: (module: Symbol) => void) {
-        const { allowsImporting } = createLazyPackageJsonDependencyReader(from.fileName, host);
-        const isJS = isSourceFileJS(from);
+        const { allowsImporting } = createLazyPackageJsonDependencyReader(from, host);
         forEachExternalModule(checker, allSourceFiles, (module, sourceFile) => {
-            if (sourceFile === undefined && allowsImporting(stripQuotes(module.getName()), isJS)) {
+            if (sourceFile === undefined && allowsImporting(stripQuotes(module.getName()))) {
                 cb(module);
             }
             else if (sourceFile && sourceFile !== from && isImportablePath(from.fileName, sourceFile.fileName)) {
                 const moduleSpecifier = getModuleSpecifierFromFileName(sourceFile.fileName);
-                if (!moduleSpecifier || allowsImporting(moduleSpecifier, isJS)) {
+                if (!moduleSpecifier || allowsImporting(moduleSpecifier)) {
                     cb(module);
                 }
             }
@@ -665,8 +664,8 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
         return !isStringANonContextualKeyword(res) ? res || "_" : `_${res}`;
     }
 
-    function createLazyPackageJsonDependencyReader(fromPath: string, host: LanguageServiceHost) {
-        const packageJsonPaths = findPackageJsons(getDirectoryPath(fromPath), host);
+    function createLazyPackageJsonDependencyReader(fromFile: SourceFile, host: LanguageServiceHost) {
+        const packageJsonPaths = findPackageJsons(getDirectoryPath(fromFile.fileName), host);
         const dependencyIterator = readPackageJsonDependencies();
         let seenDeps: Map<true> | undefined;
         function *readPackageJsonDependencies() {
@@ -700,8 +699,8 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
             return false;
         }
 
-        let hasNodeTypingsViaTypeAcquisition: boolean | undefined;
-        function allowsImporting(moduleSpecifier: string, fromJSFile: boolean): boolean {
+        let usesNodeCoreModules: boolean | undefined;
+        function allowsImporting(moduleSpecifier: string): boolean {
             if (!packageJsonPaths.length) {
                 return true;
             }
@@ -711,11 +710,11 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
             // downloaded @types/node, because if it has, that indicates that the user has already
             // been using some Node core modules directly, as opposed to simply having @types/node
             // accidentally as a dependency of a dependency.
-            if (fromJSFile && JsTyping.nodeCoreModules.has(moduleSpecifier)) {
-                if (hasNodeTypingsViaTypeAcquisition === undefined) {
-                    hasNodeTypingsViaTypeAcquisition = host.hasTypeAcquisitionAcquiredNodeTypings && host.hasTypeAcquisitionAcquiredNodeTypings();
+            if (isSourceFileJS(fromFile) && JsTyping.nodeCoreModules.has(moduleSpecifier)) {
+                if (usesNodeCoreModules === undefined) {
+                    usesNodeCoreModules = consumesNodeCoreModules(fromFile);
                 }
-                if (hasNodeTypingsViaTypeAcquisition) {
+                if (usesNodeCoreModules) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
@@ -730,4 +729,8 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
             allowsImporting
         };
     }
+
+    function consumesNodeCoreModules(sourceFile: SourceFile): boolean {
+        return some(sourceFile.imports, ({ text }) => JsTyping.nodeCoreModules.has(text));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/types.ts b/src/services/types.ts
index 2f67f6152c7..099263063a8 100644
--- a/src/services/types.ts
+++ b/src/services/types.ts
@@ -236,8 +236,6 @@ namespace ts {
         getDocumentPositionMapper?(generatedFileName: string, sourceFileName?: string): DocumentPositionMapper | undefined;
         /* @internal */
         getSourceFileLike?(fileName: string): SourceFileLike | undefined;
-        /* @internal */
-        hasTypeAcquisitionAcquiredNodeTypings?(): boolean;
     }
 
     /* @internal */