diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/file.js b/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/file.js
index 71e61a808de8..d3104c07acb9 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/file.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/file.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as helpers from "@babel/helpers";
-import { NodePath, Hub, Scope } from "@babel/traverse";
+import { NodePath, Scope, type HubInterface } from "@babel/traverse";
 import { codeFrameColumns } from "@babel/code-frame";
 import traverse from "@babel/traverse";
 import * as t from "@babel/types";
@@ -27,10 +27,18 @@ export default class File {
   ast: Object = {};
   scope: Scope;
   metadata: {} = {};
-  hub: Hub = new Hub(this);
   code: string = "";
   inputMap: Object | null = null;
 
+  hub: HubInterface = {
+    // keep it for the usage in babel-core, ex: path.hub.file.opts.filename
+    file: this,
+    getCode: () => this.code,
+    getScope: () => this.scope,
+    addHelper: this.addHelper.bind(this),
+    buildError: this.buildCodeFrameError.bind(this),
+  };
+
   constructor(options: {}, { code, ast, inputMap }: NormalizedFile) {
     this.opts = options;
     this.code = code;
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-builder.js b/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-builder.js
index 95b2c9a3833a..7513c8549324 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-builder.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-builder.js
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ export default class ImportBuilder {
   _resultName = null;
 
   _scope = null;
-  _file = null;
+  _hub = null;
 
-  constructor(importedSource, scope, file) {
+  constructor(importedSource, scope, hub) {
     this._scope = scope;
-    this._file = file;
+    this._hub = hub;
     this._importedSource = importedSource;
   }
 
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ export default class ImportBuilder {
   }
 
   defaultInterop() {
-    return this._interop(this._file.addHelper("interopRequireDefault"));
+    return this._interop(this._hub.addHelper("interopRequireDefault"));
   }
   wildcardInterop() {
-    return this._interop(this._file.addHelper("interopRequireWildcard"));
+    return this._interop(this._hub.addHelper("interopRequireWildcard"));
   }
 
   _interop(callee) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-injector.js b/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-injector.js
index 5574ba2a3236..0e38f9188ab9 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-injector.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-module-imports/src/import-injector.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export default class ImportInjector {
   /**
    * The file used to inject helpers and resolve paths.
    */
-  _file;
+  _hub;
 
   /**
    * The default options to use with this instance when imports are added.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export default class ImportInjector {
 
     this._programPath = programPath;
     this._programScope = programPath.scope;
-    this._file = programPath.hub.file;
+    this._hub = programPath.hub;
 
     this._defaultOpts = this._applyDefaults(importedSource, opts, true);
   }
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export default class ImportInjector {
     const builder = new ImportBuilder(
       importedSource,
       this._programScope,
-      this._file,
+      this._hub,
     );
 
     if (importedType === "es6") {
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-module-transforms/src/index.js b/packages/babel-helper-module-transforms/src/index.js
index 859b63989fe3..5735ad951e8d 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-module-transforms/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-module-transforms/src/index.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export function wrapInterop(
     throw new Error(`Unknown interop: ${type}`);
   }
 
-  return t.callExpression(programPath.hub.file.addHelper(helper), [expr]);
+  return t.callExpression(programPath.hub.addHelper(helper), [expr]);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source/src/index.js
index 71add8d1b52c..70820c61e0eb 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source/src/index.js
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ export default declare(api => {
         const fileNameIdentifier = path.scope.generateUidIdentifier(
           FILE_NAME_VAR,
         );
-        path.hub.file.scope.push({
-          id: fileNameIdentifier,
-          init: t.stringLiteral(fileName),
-        });
+        const scope = path.hub.getScope();
+        if (scope) {
+          scope.push({
+            id: fileNameIdentifier,
+            init: t.stringLiteral(fileName),
+          });
+        }
         state.fileNameIdentifier = fileNameIdentifier;
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-spread/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-spread/src/index.js
index 0a65a2501648..50592fafbf12 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-spread/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-spread/src/index.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export default declare((api, options) => {
         }
 
         path.replaceWith(
-          t.callExpression(path.hub.file.addHelper("construct"), [
+          t.callExpression(path.hub.addHelper("construct"), [
             node.callee,
             args,
           ]),
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/hub.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/hub.js
index 69f9406fc9cb..3cd5c645f0e8 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/hub.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/hub.js
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
-export default class Hub {
-  constructor(file) {
-    this.file = file;
+import type Scope from "./scope";
+
+export interface HubInterface {
+  getCode(): ?string;
+  getScope(): ?Scope;
+  addHelper(name: string): Object;
+  buildError(node: Object, msg: string, Error: Class<Error>): Error;
+}
+
+export default class Hub implements HubInterface {
+  getCode() {}
+
+  getScope() {}
+
+  addHelper() {
+    throw new Error("Helpers are not supported by the default hub.");
+  }
+
+  buildError(node, msg, Error = TypeError): Error {
+    return new Error(msg);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/index.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/index.js
index db1898f5d57b..5b1ebfdc6ed2 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * as cache from "./cache";
 export { default as NodePath } from "./path";
 export { default as Scope } from "./scope";
 export { default as Hub } from "./hub";
+export type { HubInterface } from "./hub";
 
 export { visitors };
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/conversion.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/conversion.js
index b192b4d9d5ca..cf45cc320b2b 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/conversion.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/conversion.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export function arrowFunctionToExpression({
     this.get("body").unshiftContainer(
       "body",
       t.expressionStatement(
-        t.callExpression(this.hub.file.addHelper("newArrowCheck"), [
+        t.callExpression(this.hub.addHelper("newArrowCheck"), [
           t.thisExpression(),
           checkBinding
             ? t.identifier(checkBinding.name)
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.js
index dbdc0a08af8d..506a25e95ded 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type Hub from "../hub";
+import type { HubInterface } from "../hub";
 import type TraversalContext from "../context";
 import * as virtualTypes from "./lib/virtual-types";
 import buildDebug from "debug";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import * as NodePath_comments from "./comments";
 const debug = buildDebug("babel");
 
 export default class NodePath {
-  constructor(hub: Hub, parent: Object) {
+  constructor(hub: HubInterface, parent: Object) {
     this.parent = parent;
     this.hub = hub;
     this.contexts = [];
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default class NodePath {
   }
 
   parent: Object;
-  hub: Hub;
+  hub: HubInterface;
   contexts: Array<TraversalContext>;
   data: Object;
   shouldSkip: boolean;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export default class NodePath {
   }
 
   buildCodeFrameError(msg: string, Error: typeof Error = SyntaxError): Error {
-    return this.hub.file.buildCodeFrameError(this.node, msg, Error);
+    return this.hub.buildError(this.node, msg, Error);
   }
 
   traverse(visitor: Object, state?: any) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js
index 078fee374039..0752bc88574d 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ export function referencesImport(moduleSource, importName) {
 export function getSource() {
   const node = this.node;
   if (node.end) {
-    return this.hub.file.code.slice(node.start, node.end);
-  } else {
-    return "";
+    const code = this.hub.getCode();
+    if (code) return code.slice(node.start, node.end);
   }
+  return "";
 }
 
 export function willIMaybeExecuteBefore(target) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/index.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/index.js
index 7c41d5738b63..b91eeeb25c4b 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/index.js
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ export default class Scope {
       (local.kind === "param" && (kind === "let" || kind === "const"));
 
     if (duplicate) {
-      throw this.hub.file.buildCodeFrameError(
+      throw this.hub.buildError(
         id,
         `Duplicate declaration "${name}"`,
         TypeError,
@@ -404,9 +404,7 @@ export default class Scope {
     console.log(sep);
   }
 
-  toArray(node: Object, i?: number | boolean) {
-    const file = this.hub.file;
-
+  toArray(node: Object, i?: number) {
     if (t.isIdentifier(node)) {
       const binding = this.getBinding(node.name);
       if (binding && binding.constant && binding.path.isGenericType("Array")) {
@@ -444,12 +442,12 @@ export default class Scope {
 
       // Used in array-rest to create an array from a subset of an iterable.
       helperName = "slicedToArray";
-      // TODO if (this.hub.file.isLoose("es6.forOf")) helperName += "-loose";
+      // TODO if (this.hub.isLoose("es6.forOf")) helperName += "-loose";
     } else {
       // Used in array-rest to create an array
       helperName = "toArray";
     }
-    return t.callExpression(file.addHelper(helperName), args);
+    return t.callExpression(this.hub.addHelper(helperName), args);
   }
 
   hasLabel(name: string) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/test/arrow-transform.js b/packages/babel-traverse/test/arrow-transform.js
index d0471d9dfe1e..d74ca8f71196 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/test/arrow-transform.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/test/arrow-transform.js
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ function assertConversion(
 
   const rootPath = NodePath.get({
     hub: {
-      file: {
-        addHelper(helperName) {
-          return t.memberExpression(
-            t.identifier("babelHelpers"),
-            t.identifier(helperName),
-          );
-        },
+      addHelper(helperName) {
+        return t.memberExpression(
+          t.identifier("babelHelpers"),
+          t.identifier(helperName),
+        );
       },
     },
     parentPath: null,
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/test/hub.js b/packages/babel-traverse/test/hub.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c8cbe36c4b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/test/hub.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import assert from "assert";
+import { Hub } from "../lib";
+
+describe("hub", function() {
+  it("default buildError should return TypeError", function() {
+    const hub = new Hub();
+    const msg = "test_msg";
+    assert.deepEqual(hub.buildError(null, msg), new TypeError(msg));
+  });
+});