diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 1fdac127c502b..1a1a01d6dd047 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -5528,32 +5528,24 @@ namespace ts {
                 if (target === anyFunctionType || source === anyFunctionType) {
                     return Ternary.True;
                 }
+
                 const sourceSignatures = getSignaturesOfType(source, kind);
                 const targetSignatures = getSignaturesOfType(target, kind);
-                let result = Ternary.True;
-                const saveErrorInfo = errorInfo;
-
-
-
-                if (kind === SignatureKind.Construct) {
-                    // Only want to compare the construct signatures for abstractness guarantees.
-
-                    // Because the "abstractness" of a class is the same across all construct signatures
-                    // (internally we are checking the corresponding declaration), it is enough to perform
-                    // the check and report an error once over all pairs of source and target construct signatures.
-                    //
-                    // sourceSig and targetSig are (possibly) undefined.
-                    //
-                    // Note that in an extends-clause, targetSignatures is stripped, so the check never proceeds.
-                    const sourceSig = sourceSignatures[0];
-                    const targetSig = targetSignatures[0];
-
-                    result &= abstractSignatureRelatedTo(source, sourceSig, target, targetSig);
-                    if (result !== Ternary.True) {
-                        return result;
+                if (kind === SignatureKind.Construct && sourceSignatures.length && targetSignatures.length &&
+                    isAbstractConstructorType(source) && !isAbstractConstructorType(target)) {
+                    // An abstract constructor type is not assignable to a non-abstract constructor type
+                    // as it would otherwise be possible to new an abstract class. Note that the assignablity
+                    // check we perform for an extends clause excludes construct signatures from the target,
+                    // so this check never proceeds.
+                    if (reportErrors) {
+                        reportError(Diagnostics.Cannot_assign_an_abstract_constructor_type_to_a_non_abstract_constructor_type);
                     }
+                    return Ternary.False;
                 }
 
+                let result = Ternary.True;
+                const saveErrorInfo = errorInfo;
+
                 outer: for (const t of targetSignatures) {
                     if (!t.hasStringLiterals || target.flags & TypeFlags.FromSignature) {
                         // Only elaborate errors from the first failure
@@ -5580,40 +5572,6 @@ namespace ts {
                     }
                 }
                 return result;
-
-                function abstractSignatureRelatedTo(source: Type, sourceSig: Signature, target: Type, targetSig: Signature) {
-                    if (sourceSig && targetSig) {
-
-                        const sourceDecl = source.symbol && getClassLikeDeclarationOfSymbol(source.symbol);
-                        const targetDecl = target.symbol && getClassLikeDeclarationOfSymbol(target.symbol);
-
-                        if (!sourceDecl) {
-                            // If the source object isn't itself a class declaration, it can be freely assigned, regardless
-                            // of whether the constructed object is abstract or not.
-                            return Ternary.True;
-                        }
-
-                        const sourceErasedSignature = getErasedSignature(sourceSig);
-                        const targetErasedSignature = getErasedSignature(targetSig);
-
-                        const sourceReturnType = sourceErasedSignature && getReturnTypeOfSignature(sourceErasedSignature);
-                        const targetReturnType = targetErasedSignature && getReturnTypeOfSignature(targetErasedSignature);
-
-                        const sourceReturnDecl = sourceReturnType && sourceReturnType.symbol && getClassLikeDeclarationOfSymbol(sourceReturnType.symbol);
-                        const targetReturnDecl = targetReturnType && targetReturnType.symbol && getClassLikeDeclarationOfSymbol(targetReturnType.symbol);
-                        const sourceIsAbstract = sourceReturnDecl && sourceReturnDecl.flags & NodeFlags.Abstract;
-                        const targetIsAbstract = targetReturnDecl && targetReturnDecl.flags & NodeFlags.Abstract;
-
-                        if (sourceIsAbstract && !(targetIsAbstract && targetDecl)) {
-                            // if target isn't a class-declaration type, then it can be new'd, so we forbid the assignment.
-                            if (reportErrors) {
-                                reportError(Diagnostics.Cannot_assign_an_abstract_constructor_type_to_a_non_abstract_constructor_type);
-                            }
-                            return Ternary.False;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    return Ternary.True;
-                }
             }
 
             function signatureRelatedTo(source: Signature, target: Signature, reportErrors: boolean): Ternary {
@@ -5782,6 +5740,20 @@ namespace ts {
             }
         }
 
+        // Return true if the given type is the constructor type for an abstract class
+        function isAbstractConstructorType(type: Type) {
+            if (type.flags & TypeFlags.Anonymous) {
+                const symbol = type.symbol;
+                if (symbol && symbol.flags & SymbolFlags.Class) {
+                    const declaration = getClassLikeDeclarationOfSymbol(symbol);
+                    if (declaration && declaration.flags & NodeFlags.Abstract) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // Return true if the given type is part of a deeply nested chain of generic instantiations. We consider this to be the case
         // when structural type comparisons have been started for 10 or more instantiations of the same generic type. It is possible,
         // though highly unlikely, for this test to be true in a situation where a chain of instantiations is not infinitely expanding.
@@ -15396,20 +15368,6 @@ namespace ts {
             return symbol && getExportSymbolOfValueSymbolIfExported(symbol).valueDeclaration;
         }
 
-        function instantiateSingleCallFunctionType(functionType: Type, typeArguments: Type[]): Type {
-            if (functionType === unknownType) {
-                return unknownType;
-            }
-
-            const signature = getSingleCallSignature(functionType);
-            if (!signature) {
-                return unknownType;
-            }
-
-            const instantiatedSignature = getSignatureInstantiation(signature, typeArguments);
-            return getOrCreateTypeFromSignature(instantiatedSignature);
-        }
-
         function createResolver(): EmitResolver {
             return {
                 getReferencedExportContainer,