diff --git a/packages/babel-types/scripts/utils/stringifyValidator.js b/packages/babel-types/scripts/utils/stringifyValidator.js
index 58d9e5ede0a3..a3da470ad7c8 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/scripts/utils/stringifyValidator.js
+++ b/packages/babel-types/scripts/utils/stringifyValidator.js
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ export default function stringifyValidator(validator, nodePrefix) {
   }
 
   if (validator.chainOf) {
-    return stringifyValidator(validator.chainOf[1], nodePrefix);
+    const ret = stringifyValidator(validator.chainOf[1], nodePrefix);
+    return Array.isArray(ret) && ret.length === 1 && ret[0] === "any"
+      ? stringifyValidator(validator.chainOf[0], nodePrefix)
+      : ret;
   }
 
   if (validator.oneOf) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-types/src/definitions/core.ts b/packages/babel-types/src/definitions/core.ts
index eb8030e76600..1f7b35039a3b 100644
--- a/packages/babel-types/src/definitions/core.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-types/src/definitions/core.ts
@@ -1961,20 +1961,6 @@ defineType("TaggedTemplateExpression", {
   },
 });
 
-function templateElementCookedValidator(node: t.TemplateElement) {
-  const raw = node.value.raw;
-  if (node.value.cooked != null) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  let cooked = null;
-  try {
-    cooked = unraw(raw);
-  } catch (error) {}
-  node.value.cooked = cooked;
-}
-templateElementCookedValidator.type = "{ raw: string; cooked?: string }"; // hack
-
 defineType("TemplateElement", {
   builder: ["value", "tail"],
   fields: {
@@ -1989,7 +1975,18 @@ defineType("TemplateElement", {
             optional: true,
           },
         }),
-        templateElementCookedValidator,
+        function templateElementCookedValidator(node: t.TemplateElement) {
+          const raw = node.value.raw;
+          if (node.value.cooked != null) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          let cooked = null;
+          try {
+            cooked = unraw(raw);
+          } catch (error) {}
+          node.value.cooked = cooked;
+        },
       ),
     },
     tail: {