diff --git a/include/clad/Differentiator/VisitorBase.h b/include/clad/Differentiator/VisitorBase.h
index d61031f19..b68318f7b 100644
--- a/include/clad/Differentiator/VisitorBase.h
+++ b/include/clad/Differentiator/VisitorBase.h
@@ -561,8 +561,6 @@ namespace clad {
     /// Creates the expression Base.size() for the given Base expr. The Base
     /// expr must be of clad::array_ref<T> type
     clang::Expr* BuildArrayRefSizeExpr(clang::Expr* Base);
-    /// Checks if the type is of clad::ValueAndPushforward<T,U> type
-    bool isCladValueAndPushforwardType(clang::QualType QT);
     /// Creates the expression Base.slice(Args) for the given Base expr and Args
     /// array. The Base expr must be of clad::array_ref<T> type
     clang::Expr*
diff --git a/lib/Differentiator/ReverseModeVisitor.cpp b/lib/Differentiator/ReverseModeVisitor.cpp
index 2f0638df6..507c96acd 100644
--- a/lib/Differentiator/ReverseModeVisitor.cpp
+++ b/lib/Differentiator/ReverseModeVisitor.cpp
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ Expr* getArraySizeExpr(const ArrayType* AT, ASTContext& context,
     // a return type being class is in pushforwards. Hence a special case has
     // been made to to not do the StoreAndRef operation when return type is
     // ValueAndPushforward.
-    if (!isCladValueAndPushforwardType(type)) {
+    if (!utils::IsCladValueAndPushforwardType(type)) {
       if (m_ExternalSource)
         m_ExternalSource->ActBeforeFinalizingVisitReturnStmt(ExprDiff);
     }
@@ -1260,8 +1260,8 @@ Expr* getArraySizeExpr(const ArrayType* AT, ASTContext& context,
       return StmtDiff(clonedILE);
     }
     // Check if type is a CXXRecordDecl and a struct.
-    if (!isCladValueAndPushforwardType(ILEType) && ILEType->isRecordType() &&
-        ILEType->getAsCXXRecordDecl()->isStruct()) {
+    if (!utils::IsCladValueAndPushforwardType(ILEType) &&
+        ILEType->isRecordType() && ILEType->getAsCXXRecordDecl()->isStruct()) {
       for (unsigned i = 0, e = ILE->getNumInits(); i < e; i++) {
         // fetch ith field of the struct.
         auto field_iterator = ILEType->getAsCXXRecordDecl()->field_begin();
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ Expr* getArraySizeExpr(const ArrayType* AT, ASTContext& context,
     // that represents a ValueAndPushforward type. Ideally this must be
     // differentiated at VisitCXXConstructExpr
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-    bool isValueAndPushforward = isCladValueAndPushforwardType(ILEType);
+    bool isValueAndPushforward = utils::IsCladValueAndPushforwardType(ILEType);
     assert(isValueAndPushforward &&
            "Only InitListExpr that represents arrays or ValueAndPushforward "
            "Object initialization is supported");
diff --git a/lib/Differentiator/VisitorBase.cpp b/lib/Differentiator/VisitorBase.cpp
index eb462a7fb..2d36e34ed 100644
--- a/lib/Differentiator/VisitorBase.cpp
+++ b/lib/Differentiator/VisitorBase.cpp
@@ -704,11 +704,6 @@ namespace clad {
            QT.getAsString().find("clad::array_ref") != std::string::npos;
   }
 
-  bool VisitorBase::isCladValueAndPushforwardType(clang::QualType QT) {
-    // FIXME: Replace this check with a clang decl check
-    return QT.getAsString().find("ValueAndPushforward") != std::string::npos;
-  }
-
   Expr* VisitorBase::GetSingleArgCentralDiffCall(
       Expr* targetFuncCall, Expr* targetArg, unsigned targetPos,
       unsigned numArgs, llvm::SmallVectorImpl<Expr*>& args) {