diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudformation/lib/custom-resource.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudformation/lib/custom-resource.ts
index a03f7e3c23f65..17974dbe72aa2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudformation/lib/custom-resource.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudformation/lib/custom-resource.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function uppercaseProperties(props: Properties): Properties {
 
 function renderResourceType(resourceType?: string) {
   if (!resourceType) {
-    return CfnCustomResource.cfnResourceTypeName;
+    return CfnCustomResource.CFN_RESOURCE_TYPE_NAME;
   }
 
   if (!resourceType.startsWith('Custom::')) {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/lib/vpc.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/lib/vpc.ts
index 97ea7b16e14da..5f9aa9c34978b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/lib/vpc.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/lib/vpc.ts
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ export class Vpc extends VpcBase {
       }
 
       // These values will be used to recover the config upon provider import
-      const includeResourceTypes = [CfnSubnet.cfnResourceTypeName];
+      const includeResourceTypes = [CfnSubnet.CFN_RESOURCE_TYPE_NAME];
       subnet.node.applyAspect(new Tag(SUBNETNAME_TAG, subnetConfig.name, {includeResourceTypes}));
       subnet.node.applyAspect(new Tag(SUBNETTYPE_TAG, subnetTypeTagValue(subnetConfig.subnetType), {includeResourceTypes}));
     });
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/test/test.vpc.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/test/test.vpc.ts
index 331edf2d9f709..76c961ed333a7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/test/test.vpc.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ec2/test/test.vpc.ts
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ export = {
 
       const vpc = new Vpc(stack, 'TheVPC');
       // overwrite to set propagate
-      vpc.node.applyAspect(new Tag('BusinessUnit', 'Marketing', {includeResourceTypes: [CfnVPC.cfnResourceTypeName]}));
+      vpc.node.applyAspect(new Tag('BusinessUnit', 'Marketing', {includeResourceTypes: [CfnVPC.CFN_RESOURCE_TYPE_NAME]}));
       vpc.node.applyAspect(new Tag('VpcType', 'Good'));
       expect(stack).to(haveResource("AWS::EC2::VPC", hasTags(toCfnTags(allTags))));
       const taggables = ['Subnet', 'InternetGateway', 'NatGateway', 'RouteTable'];
diff --git a/tools/awslint/lib/rules/public-static-properties.ts b/tools/awslint/lib/rules/public-static-properties.ts
index 7f64ba2c5a79c..4667a92973b7c 100644
--- a/tools/awslint/lib/rules/public-static-properties.ts
+++ b/tools/awslint/lib/rules/public-static-properties.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import { Property } from 'jsii-reflect';
 import { Linter } from '../linter';
-import { CoreTypes } from './core-types';
 
 const UPPER_SNAKE_CASE_ALLOWED_PATTERN = new RegExp('^[A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9_]*[A-Z0-9]+$');
 
 export const publicStaticPropertiesLinter = new Linter(assembly => {
   const result = new Array<Property>();
   for (const c of assembly.classes) {
-    // L1 classes are exempted
-    if (CoreTypes.isCfnResource(c)) { continue; }
     for (const property of c.allProperties) {
         if (property.const && property.static) {
             result.push(property);
diff --git a/tools/cfn2ts/lib/codegen.ts b/tools/cfn2ts/lib/codegen.ts
index 3038779502897..1520fc865b5ab 100644
--- a/tools/cfn2ts/lib/codegen.ts
+++ b/tools/cfn2ts/lib/codegen.ts
@@ -209,13 +209,13 @@ export default class CodeGenerator {
     this.code.line('/**');
     this.code.line(` * The CloudFormation resource type name for this resource class.`);
     this.code.line(' */');
-    this.code.line(`public static readonly cfnResourceTypeName = ${cfnResourceTypeName};`);
+    this.code.line(`public static readonly CFN_RESOURCE_TYPE_NAME = ${cfnResourceTypeName};`);
 
     if (spec.RequiredTransform) {
       this.code.line('/**');
       this.code.line(' * The `Transform` a template must use in order to use this resource');
       this.code.line(' */');
-      this.code.line(`public static readonly requiredTransform = ${JSON.stringify(spec.RequiredTransform)};`);
+      this.code.line(`public static readonly REQUIRED_TRANSFORM = ${JSON.stringify(spec.RequiredTransform)};`);
     }
 
     //
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export default class CodeGenerator {
     const optionalProps = spec.Properties && !Object.values(spec.Properties).some(p => p.Required || false);
     const propsArgument = propsType ? `, props: ${propsType.className}${optionalProps ? ' = {}' : ''}` : '';
     this.code.openBlock(`constructor(scope: ${CONSTRUCT_CLASS}, id: string${propsArgument})`);
-    this.code.line(`super(scope, id, { type: ${resourceName.className}.cfnResourceTypeName${propsType ? ', properties: props' : ''} });`);
+    this.code.line(`super(scope, id, { type: ${resourceName.className}.CFN_RESOURCE_TYPE_NAME${propsType ? ', properties: props' : ''} });`);
     // verify all required properties
     if (spec.Properties) {
       for (const propName of Object.keys(spec.Properties)) {
@@ -271,14 +271,14 @@ export default class CodeGenerator {
       }
     }
     if (spec.RequiredTransform) {
-      const transformField = `${resourceName.className}.requiredTransform`;
+      const transformField = `${resourceName.className}.REQUIRED_TRANSFORM`;
       this.code.line('// If a different transform than the required one is in use, this resource cannot be used');
       this.code.openBlock(`if (this.stack.templateOptions.transform && this.stack.templateOptions.transform !== ${transformField})`);
       // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
       this.code.line(`throw new Error(\`The \${JSON.stringify(${transformField})} transform is required when using ${resourceName.className}, but the \${JSON.stringify(this.stack.templateOptions.transform)} is used.\`);`);
       this.code.closeBlock();
       this.code.line('// Automatically configure the required transform');
-      this.code.line(`this.stack.templateOptions.transform = ${resourceName.className}.requiredTransform;`);
+      this.code.line(`this.stack.templateOptions.transform = ${resourceName.className}.REQUIRED_TRANSFORM;`);
     }
 
     // initialize all attribute properties