diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/transformation/transform-simplify-comparison-operators/equality-operators/actual.js b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/transformation/transform-simplify-comparison-operators/equality-operators/actual.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf786d649b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/transformation/transform-simplify-comparison-operators/equality-operators/actual.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+typeof 1 === "number";
+typeof 1 !== "string";
+
+typeof 1 == "number";
+typeof 1 != "string";
+
+a > b;
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/transformation/transform-simplify-comparison-operators/equality-operators/expected.js b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/transformation/transform-simplify-comparison-operators/equality-operators/expected.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..272dd406f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/transformation/transform-simplify-comparison-operators/equality-operators/expected.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+typeof 1 == "number";
+typeof 1 != "string";
+
+typeof 1 == "number";
+typeof 1 != "string";
+
+a > b;
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/transformation/transform-simplify-comparison-operators/options.json b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/transformation/transform-simplify-comparison-operators/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..615b3517b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/transformation/transform-simplify-comparison-operators/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "plugins": ["transform-simplify-comparison-operators"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-simplify-comparison-operators/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-simplify-comparison-operators/src/index.js
index e50122cafd..962fcf8c86 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-simplify-comparison-operators/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-simplify-comparison-operators/src/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 export default function () {
   return {
     visitor: {
-      BinaryExpression(node) {
-        let op = node.operator;
+      BinaryExpression(path) {
+        let { node, op } = path;
+
         if (op !== "===" && op !== "!==") return;
 
-        let left  = this.get("left");
-        let right = this.get("right");
+        let left  = path.get("left");
+        let right = path.get("right");
         if (left.baseTypeStrictlyMatches(right)) {
           node.operator = node.operator.slice(0, -1);
         }