diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/Level.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/Level.lean
index 5f41bd5b10..0922aef25a 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/Level.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/Level.lean
@@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ private def checkUniverseOffset [Monad m] [MonadError m] [MonadOptions m] (n : N
 
 partial def elabLevel (stx : Syntax) : LevelElabM Level := withRef stx do
   let kind := stx.getKind
-  if kind == `Lean.Parser.Level.paren then
+  if kind == ``Lean.Parser.Level.paren then
     elabLevel (stx.getArg 1)
-  else if kind == `Lean.Parser.Level.max then
+  else if kind == ``Lean.Parser.Level.max then
     let args := stx.getArg 1 |>.getArgs
     args[:args.size - 1].foldrM (init := ← elabLevel args.back) fun stx lvl =>
       return mkLevelMax' (← elabLevel stx) lvl
-  else if kind == `Lean.Parser.Level.imax then
+  else if kind == ``Lean.Parser.Level.imax then
     let args := stx.getArg 1 |>.getArgs
     args[:args.size - 1].foldrM (init := ← elabLevel args.back) fun stx lvl =>
       return mkLevelIMax' (← elabLevel stx) lvl
-  else if kind == `Lean.Parser.Level.hole then
+  else if kind == ``Lean.Parser.Level.hole then
     mkFreshLevelMVar
-  else if kind == numLitKind then
+  else if kind == numLitKind || kind == `num then -- TODO remove staging hack
     match stx.isNatLit? with
     | some val => checkUniverseOffset val; return Level.ofNat val
     | none     => throwIllFormedSyntax
diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/PatternVar.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/PatternVar.lean
index 2aa5b7cf61..604d051c3a 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/PatternVar.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/PatternVar.lean
@@ -209,13 +209,13 @@ partial def collect (stx : Syntax) : M Syntax := withRef stx <| withFreshMacroSc
     return stx.setArg 2 lhs |>.setArg 3 rhs
   else if k == ``Lean.Parser.Term.inaccessible then
     return stx
-  else if k == strLitKind then
+  else if k == strLitKind || k == `str then -- TODO remove staging hack
     return stx
-  else if k == numLitKind then
+  else if k == numLitKind || k == `num then -- TODO remove staging hack
     return stx
   else if k == scientificLitKind then
     return stx
-  else if k == charLitKind then
+  else if k == charLitKind || k == `char then -- TODO remove staging hack
     return stx
   else if k == ``Lean.Parser.Term.quotedName then
     /- Quoted names have an elaboration function associated with them, and they will not be macro expanded.
diff --git a/src/Lean/Parser/Extension.lean b/src/Lean/Parser/Extension.lean
index defb470b9e..4eb75c72da 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Parser/Extension.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Parser/Extension.lean
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ builtin_initialize
   registerBuiltinNodeKind scientificLitKind
   registerBuiltinNodeKind charLitKind
   registerBuiltinNodeKind nameLitKind
+  -- TODO remove staging hack
+  registerBuiltinNodeKind `str
+  registerBuiltinNodeKind `num
+  registerBuiltinNodeKind `scientific
+  registerBuiltinNodeKind `char
+  registerBuiltinNodeKind `name
 
 builtin_initialize builtinParserCategoriesRef : IO.Ref ParserCategories ← IO.mkRef {}
 
diff --git a/src/Lean/Syntax.lean b/src/Lean/Syntax.lean
index fcfc39934b..f48bf02c2e 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Syntax.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Syntax.lean
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ def unreachIsNodeIdent {β info rawVal val preresolved} (h : IsNode (Syntax.iden
 
 def isLitKind (k : SyntaxNodeKind) : Bool :=
   k == strLitKind || k == numLitKind || k == charLitKind || k == nameLitKind || k == scientificLitKind
+  -- TODO remove staging hack
+  || k == `str || k == `num || k == `char || k == `name || k == `scientific
 
 namespace SyntaxNode