diff --git a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory/CSharp/Ast/TypeMembers/AttributedNode.cs b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory/CSharp/Ast/TypeMembers/AttributedNode.cs
index 6e7c1340b0..019c55444a 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory/CSharp/Ast/TypeMembers/AttributedNode.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory/CSharp/Ast/TypeMembers/AttributedNode.cs
@@ -63,108 +63,9 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp
 			return (this.Modifiers == Modifiers.Any || this.Modifiers == o.Modifiers) && this.Attributes.DoMatch (o.Attributes, match);
 		}
 		
-		#region Modifier accessibility properties
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Gets a value indicating whether this instance is private. This means that either the <c>private</c> modifier is used or none of the following modifiers: <c>public</c>, <c>protected</c>, <c>internal</c>
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <value>
-		/// <c>true</c> if this instance is private; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
-		/// </value>
-		public bool IsPrivate {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & (Modifiers.Internal | Modifiers.Protected | Modifiers.Public)) == 0;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsPublic {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Public) == Modifiers.Public;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsProtected {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Protected) == Modifiers.Protected;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsAbstract {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Abstract) == Modifiers.Abstract;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsVirtual {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Virtual) == Modifiers.Virtual;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsSealed {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Sealed) == Modifiers.Sealed;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsStatic {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Static) == Modifiers.Static;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsOverride {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Override) == Modifiers.Override;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsReadonly {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Readonly) == Modifiers.Readonly;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsConst {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Const) == Modifiers.Const;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsNew {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.New) == Modifiers.New;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsPartial {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Partial) == Modifiers.Partial;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsExtern {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Extern) == Modifiers.Extern;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsVolatile {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Volatile) == Modifiers.Volatile;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsUnsafe {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Unsafe) == Modifiers.Unsafe;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		public bool IsFixed {
-			get {
-				return (Modifiers & Modifiers.Fixed) == Modifiers.Fixed;
-			}
+		public bool HasModifier (Modifiers mod)
+		{
+			return (Modifiers & mod) == mod;
 		}
-		#endregion
 	}
 }