diff --git a/src/compiler/core.ts b/src/compiler/core.ts
index 932acdc632..ba81ee7d10 100644
--- a/src/compiler/core.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/core.ts
@@ -861,13 +861,6 @@ namespace ts {
         return fileExtensionIs(path, extension) ? path.substring(0, path.length - extension.length) : undefined;
     }
 
-    export function getFileExtension(path: string): string {
-        const dot = path.lastIndexOf(".");
-        if (dot !== -1) {
-            return path.substring(dot);
-        }
-    }
-
     export interface ObjectAllocator {
         getNodeConstructor(): new (kind: SyntaxKind, pos?: number, end?: number) => Node;
         getSourceFileConstructor(): new (kind: SyntaxKind, pos?: number, end?: number) => SourceFile;
diff --git a/src/compiler/program.ts b/src/compiler/program.ts
index c7b2cd66ca..dd3102410e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/program.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/program.ts
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@ namespace ts {
      */
     function loadModuleFromFile(candidate: string, extensions: string[], failedLookupLocation: string[], onlyRecordFailures: boolean, state: ModuleResolutionState): string {
         // First try to keep/add an extension: importing "./foo.ts" can be matched by a file "./foo.ts", and "./foo" by "./foo.d.ts"
-        const keepOrAddExtension = loadModuleFromFileWorker(candidate, extensions, failedLookupLocation, onlyRecordFailures, state);
-        if (keepOrAddExtension) {
-            return keepOrAddExtension;
+        const resolvedByAddingOrKeepingExtension = loadModuleFromFileWorker(candidate, extensions, failedLookupLocation, onlyRecordFailures, state);
+        if (resolvedByAddingOrKeepingExtension) {
+            return resolvedByAddingOrKeepingExtension;
         }
         // Then try stripping a ".js" or ".jsx" extension and replacing it with a TypeScript one, e.g. "./foo.js" can be matched by "./foo.ts" or "./foo.d.ts"
         if (hasJavaScriptFileExtension(candidate)) {
@@ -634,9 +634,10 @@ namespace ts {
             return loadModuleFromFileWorker(extensionless, extensions, failedLookupLocation, onlyRecordFailures, state);
         }
     }
+
     function loadModuleFromFileWorker(candidate: string, extensions: string[], failedLookupLocation: string[], onlyRecordFailures: boolean, state: ModuleResolutionState): string {
         if (!onlyRecordFailures) {
-            // check if containig folder exists - if it doesn't then just record failures for all supported extensions without disk probing
+            // check if containing folder exists - if it doesn't then just record failures for all supported extensions without disk probing
             const directory = getDirectoryPath(candidate);
             if (directory) {
                 onlyRecordFailures = !directoryProbablyExists(directory, state.host);