diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/css-props.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/css-props.js
index ef361987539f..084a5561bebf 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/css-props.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/css-props.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-/** @import { TemplateNode } from '#client' */
-import { render_effect, teardown } from '../../reactivity/effects.js';
+import { render_effect } from '../../reactivity/effects.js';
 import { hydrating, set_hydrate_node } from '../hydration.js';
 import { get_first_child } from '../operations.js';
 
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import { get_first_child } from '../operations.js';
  */
 export function css_props(element, get_styles) {
 	if (hydrating) {
-		set_hydrate_node(/** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_first_child(element)));
+		set_hydrate_node(get_first_child(element));
 	}
 
 	render_effect(() => {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/each.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/each.js
index 9a54ab2f5b64..191152b927f7 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/each.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/each.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export function each(node, flags, get_collection, get_key, render_fn, fallback_f
 		var parent_node = /** @type {Element} */ (node);
 
 		anchor = hydrating
-			? set_hydrate_node(/** @type {Comment | Text} */ (get_first_child(parent_node)))
+			? set_hydrate_node(get_first_child(parent_node))
 			: parent_node.appendChild(create_text());
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/html.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/html.js
index f7c11f42ca90..1d337c1f74dd 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/html.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/html.js
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ export function html(node, get_value, svg = false, mathml = false, skip_warning
 			// We're deliberately not trying to repair mismatches between server and client,
 			// as it's costly and error-prone (and it's an edge case to have a mismatch anyway)
 			var hash = /** @type {Comment} */ (hydrate_node).data;
+
+			/** @type {TemplateNode | null} */
 			var next = hydrate_next();
 			var last = next;
 
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ export function html(node, get_value, svg = false, mathml = false, skip_warning
 				(next.nodeType !== COMMENT_NODE || /** @type {Comment} */ (next).data !== '')
 			) {
 				last = next;
-				next = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_next_sibling(next));
+				next = get_next_sibling(next);
 			}
 
 			if (next === null) {
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ export function html(node, get_value, svg = false, mathml = false, skip_warning
 
 		if (svg || mathml) {
 			while (get_first_child(node)) {
-				anchor.before(/** @type {Node} */ (get_first_child(node)));
+				anchor.before(/** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_first_child(node)));
 			}
 		} else {
 			anchor.before(node);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/svelte-element.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/svelte-element.js
index 35d2aaa1d9ed..47dfe7707dbc 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/svelte-element.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/svelte-element.js
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ export function element(node, get_tag, is_svg, render_fn, get_namespace, locatio
 
 					// If hydrating, use the existing ssr comment as the anchor so that the
 					// inner open and close methods can pick up the existing nodes correctly
-					var child_anchor = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (
-						hydrating ? get_first_child(element) : element.appendChild(create_text())
-					);
+					var child_anchor = hydrating
+						? get_first_child(element)
+						: element.appendChild(create_text());
 
 					if (hydrating) {
 						if (child_anchor === null) {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/svelte-head.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/svelte-head.js
index 13926ccc4b83..7c7eed24f71a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/svelte-head.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/svelte-head.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export function head(hash, render_fn) {
 	if (hydrating) {
 		previous_hydrate_node = hydrate_node;
 
-		var head_anchor = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_first_child(document.head));
+		var head_anchor = get_first_child(document.head);
 
 		// There might be multiple head blocks in our app, and they could have been
 		// rendered in an arbitrary order — find one corresponding to this component
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function head(hash, render_fn) {
 			head_anchor !== null &&
 			(head_anchor.nodeType !== COMMENT_NODE || /** @type {Comment} */ (head_anchor).data !== hash)
 		) {
-			head_anchor = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_next_sibling(head_anchor));
+			head_anchor = get_next_sibling(head_anchor);
 		}
 
 		// If we can't find an opening hydration marker, skip hydration (this can happen
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/hydration.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/hydration.js
index 5df9536d4d6a..7a9ef33d1bce 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/hydration.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/hydration.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export function set_hydrating(value) {
  */
 export let hydrate_node;
 
-/** @param {TemplateNode} node */
+/** @param {TemplateNode | null} node */
 export function set_hydrate_node(node) {
 	if (node === null) {
 		w.hydration_mismatch();
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function set_hydrate_node(node) {
 }
 
 export function hydrate_next() {
-	return set_hydrate_node(/** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_next_sibling(hydrate_node)));
+	return set_hydrate_node(get_next_sibling(hydrate_node));
 }
 
 /** @param {TemplateNode} node */
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/operations.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/operations.js
index c527ca23e372..479c2ba0a576 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/operations.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/operations.js
@@ -83,21 +83,19 @@ export function create_text(value = '') {
 /**
  * @template {Node} N
  * @param {N} node
- * @returns {Node | null}
  */
 /*@__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__*/
 export function get_first_child(node) {
-	return first_child_getter.call(node);
+	return /** @type {TemplateNode | null} */ (first_child_getter.call(node));
 }
 
 /**
  * @template {Node} N
  * @param {N} node
- * @returns {Node | null}
  */
 /*@__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__*/
 export function get_next_sibling(node) {
-	return next_sibling_getter.call(node);
+	return /** @type {TemplateNode | null} */ (next_sibling_getter.call(node));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -105,14 +103,14 @@ export function get_next_sibling(node) {
  * @template {Node} N
  * @param {N} node
  * @param {boolean} is_text
- * @returns {Node | null}
+ * @returns {TemplateNode | null}
  */
 export function child(node, is_text) {
 	if (!hydrating) {
 		return get_first_child(node);
 	}
 
-	var child = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_first_child(hydrate_node));
+	var child = get_first_child(hydrate_node);
 
 	// Child can be null if we have an element with a single child, like `<p>{text}</p>`, where `text` is empty
 	if (child === null) {
@@ -130,14 +128,13 @@ export function child(node, is_text) {
 
 /**
  * Don't mark this as side-effect-free, hydration needs to walk all nodes
- * @param {DocumentFragment | TemplateNode | TemplateNode[]} fragment
+ * @param {TemplateNode} node
  * @param {boolean} [is_text]
- * @returns {Node | null}
+ * @returns {TemplateNode | null}
  */
-export function first_child(fragment, is_text = false) {
+export function first_child(node, is_text = false) {
 	if (!hydrating) {
-		// when not hydrating, `fragment` is a `DocumentFragment` (the result of calling `open_frag`)
-		var first = /** @type {DocumentFragment} */ (get_first_child(/** @type {Node} */ (fragment)));
+		var first = get_first_child(node);
 
 		// TODO prevent user comments with the empty string when preserveComments is true
 		if (first instanceof Comment && first.data === '') return get_next_sibling(first);
@@ -163,7 +160,7 @@ export function first_child(fragment, is_text = false) {
  * @param {TemplateNode} node
  * @param {number} count
  * @param {boolean} is_text
- * @returns {Node | null}
+ * @returns {TemplateNode | null}
  */
 export function sibling(node, count = 1, is_text = false) {
 	let next_sibling = hydrating ? hydrate_node : node;
@@ -195,7 +192,7 @@ export function sibling(node, count = 1, is_text = false) {
 	}
 
 	set_hydrate_node(next_sibling);
-	return /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (next_sibling);
+	return next_sibling;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/template.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/template.js
index 7382da7fb5bc..0d827218bc04 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/template.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/template.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function from_html(content, flags) {
 
 		if (node === undefined) {
 			node = create_fragment_from_html(has_start ? content : '<!>' + content);
-			if (!is_fragment) node = /** @type {Node} */ (get_first_child(node));
+			if (!is_fragment) node = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_first_child(node));
 		}
 
 		var clone = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function from_namespace(content, flags, ns = 'svg') {
 			if (is_fragment) {
 				node = document.createDocumentFragment();
 				while (get_first_child(root)) {
-					node.appendChild(/** @type {Node} */ (get_first_child(root)));
+					node.appendChild(/** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_first_child(root)));
 				}
 			} else {
 				node = /** @type {Element} */ (get_first_child(root));
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export function from_tree(structure, flags) {
 						: undefined;
 
 			node = fragment_from_tree(structure, ns);
-			if (!is_fragment) node = /** @type {Node} */ (get_first_child(node));
+			if (!is_fragment) node = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_first_child(node));
 		}
 
 		var clone = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
index 4e8565ab8fef..be5ad773e0f8 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ export function destroy_effect(effect, remove_dom = true) {
 export function remove_effect_dom(node, end) {
 	while (node !== null) {
 		/** @type {TemplateNode | null} */
-		var next = node === end ? null : /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_next_sibling(node));
+		var next = node === end ? null : get_next_sibling(node);
 
 		node.remove();
 		node = next;
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ export function move_effect(effect, fragment) {
 
 	while (node !== null) {
 		/** @type {TemplateNode | null} */
-		var next = node === end ? null : /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_next_sibling(node));
+		var next = node === end ? null : get_next_sibling(node);
 
 		fragment.append(node);
 		node = next;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
index 92b83dbd5ac3..c76f0b1ce73c 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
@@ -99,12 +99,13 @@ export function hydrate(component, options) {
 	const previous_hydrate_node = hydrate_node;
 
 	try {
-		var anchor = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_first_child(target));
+		var anchor = get_first_child(target);
+
 		while (
 			anchor &&
 			(anchor.nodeType !== COMMENT_NODE || /** @type {Comment} */ (anchor).data !== HYDRATION_START)
 		) {
-			anchor = /** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_next_sibling(anchor));
+			anchor = get_next_sibling(anchor);
 		}
 
 		if (!anchor) {