diff --git a/src/animation/AnimationClip.js b/src/animation/AnimationClip.js
index 3852a4f5a724b24d18d17ec48b94d7c130f3088c..28dbd9ff6fed5b6f16a0bd52e4373fc749ce6e1a 100644
--- a/src/animation/AnimationClip.js
+++ b/src/animation/AnimationClip.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { VectorKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/VectorKeyframeTrack.js';
-import { QuaternionKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/QuaternionKeyframeTrack.js';
-import { NumberKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/NumberKeyframeTrack.js';
 import { AnimationUtils } from './AnimationUtils.js';
 import { KeyframeTrack } from './KeyframeTrack.js';
+import { BooleanKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/BooleanKeyframeTrack.js';
+import { ColorKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/ColorKeyframeTrack.js';
+import { NumberKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/NumberKeyframeTrack.js';
+import { QuaternionKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/QuaternionKeyframeTrack.js';
+import { StringKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/StringKeyframeTrack.js';
+import { VectorKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/VectorKeyframeTrack.js';
 import { _Math } from '../math/Math.js';
 
 /**
@@ -32,6 +35,83 @@ function AnimationClip( name, duration, tracks ) {
 
 }
 
+function getTrackTypeForValueTypeName( typeName ) {
+
+	switch ( typeName.toLowerCase() ) {
+
+		case 'scalar':
+		case 'double':
+		case 'float':
+		case 'number':
+		case 'integer':
+
+			return NumberKeyframeTrack;
+
+		case 'vector':
+		case 'vector2':
+		case 'vector3':
+		case 'vector4':
+
+			return VectorKeyframeTrack;
+
+		case 'color':
+
+			return ColorKeyframeTrack;
+
+		case 'quaternion':
+
+			return QuaternionKeyframeTrack;
+
+		case 'bool':
+		case 'boolean':
+
+			return BooleanKeyframeTrack;
+
+		case 'string':
+
+			return StringKeyframeTrack;
+
+	}
+
+	throw new Error( 'THREE.KeyframeTrack: Unsupported typeName: ' + typeName );
+
+}
+
+function parseKeyframeTrack( json ) {
+
+	if ( json.type === undefined ) {
+
+		throw new Error( 'THREE.KeyframeTrack: track type undefined, can not parse' );
+
+	}
+
+	var trackType = getTrackTypeForValueTypeName( json.type );
+
+	if ( json.times === undefined ) {
+
+		var times = [], values = [];
+
+		AnimationUtils.flattenJSON( json.keys, times, values, 'value' );
+
+		json.times = times;
+		json.values = values;
+
+	}
+
+	// derived classes can define a static parse method
+	if ( trackType.parse !== undefined ) {
+
+		return trackType.parse( json );
+
+	} else {
+
+		// by default, we assume a constructor compatible with the base
+		return new trackType( json.name, json.times, json.values, json.interpolation );
+
+	}
+
+}
+
 Object.assign( AnimationClip, {
 
 	parse: function ( json ) {
@@ -42,7 +122,7 @@ Object.assign( AnimationClip, {
 
 		for ( var i = 0, n = jsonTracks.length; i !== n; ++ i ) {
 
-			tracks.push( KeyframeTrack.parse( jsonTracks[ i ] ).scale( frameTime ) );
+			tracks.push( parseKeyframeTrack( jsonTracks[ i ] ).scale( frameTime ) );
 
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/animation/KeyframeTrack.js b/src/animation/KeyframeTrack.js
index 9aa89339ec0a437c050738ff83f119b7ad4cb161..c3012b27ed3915407e7dacf5f9d3c6d7a6b82f9f 100644
--- a/src/animation/KeyframeTrack.js
+++ b/src/animation/KeyframeTrack.js
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-import { StringKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/StringKeyframeTrack.js';
-import { BooleanKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/BooleanKeyframeTrack.js';
-import { QuaternionKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/QuaternionKeyframeTrack.js';
-import { ColorKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/ColorKeyframeTrack.js';
-import { VectorKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/VectorKeyframeTrack.js';
-import { NumberKeyframeTrack } from './tracks/NumberKeyframeTrack.js';
 import {
 	InterpolateLinear,
 	InterpolateSmooth,
@@ -41,48 +35,13 @@ function KeyframeTrack( name, times, values, interpolation ) {
 
 }
 
-// Static methods:
+// Static methods
 
 Object.assign( KeyframeTrack, {
 
 	// Serialization (in static context, because of constructor invocation
 	// and automatic invocation of .toJSON):
 
-	parse: function ( json ) {
-
-		if ( json.type === undefined ) {
-
-			throw new Error( 'THREE.KeyframeTrack: track type undefined, can not parse' );
-
-		}
-
-		var trackType = KeyframeTrack._getTrackTypeForValueTypeName( json.type );
-
-		if ( json.times === undefined ) {
-
-			var times = [], values = [];
-
-			AnimationUtils.flattenJSON( json.keys, times, values, 'value' );
-
-			json.times = times;
-			json.values = values;
-
-		}
-
-		// derived classes can define a static parse method
-		if ( trackType.parse !== undefined ) {
-
-			return trackType.parse( json );
-
-		} else {
-
-			// by default, we assume a constructor compatible with the base
-			return new trackType( json.name, json.times, json.values, json.interpolation );
-
-		}
-
-	},
-
 	toJSON: function ( track ) {
 
 		var trackType = track.constructor;
@@ -119,48 +78,6 @@ Object.assign( KeyframeTrack, {
 
 		return json;
 
-	},
-
-	_getTrackTypeForValueTypeName: function ( typeName ) {
-
-		switch ( typeName.toLowerCase() ) {
-
-			case 'scalar':
-			case 'double':
-			case 'float':
-			case 'number':
-			case 'integer':
-
-				return NumberKeyframeTrack;
-
-			case 'vector':
-			case 'vector2':
-			case 'vector3':
-			case 'vector4':
-
-				return VectorKeyframeTrack;
-
-			case 'color':
-
-				return ColorKeyframeTrack;
-
-			case 'quaternion':
-
-				return QuaternionKeyframeTrack;
-
-			case 'bool':
-			case 'boolean':
-
-				return BooleanKeyframeTrack;
-
-			case 'string':
-
-				return StringKeyframeTrack;
-
-		}
-
-		throw new Error( 'THREE.KeyframeTrack: Unsupported typeName: ' + typeName );
-
 	}
 
 } );
diff --git a/test/unit/src/animation/KeyframeTrack.tests.js b/test/unit/src/animation/KeyframeTrack.tests.js
index aa67e87b70e38079ed6bf62634647a724c6eb309..e2e2ca51c742d86edff372f8dd48cb66eb406947 100644
--- a/test/unit/src/animation/KeyframeTrack.tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/src/animation/KeyframeTrack.tests.js
@@ -17,24 +17,12 @@ export default QUnit.module( 'Animation', () => {
 		} );
 
 		// STATIC STUFF
-		QUnit.todo( "parse", ( assert ) => {
-
-			assert.ok( false, "everything's gonna be alright" );
-
-		} );
-
 		QUnit.todo( "toJSON", ( assert ) => {
 
 			assert.ok( false, "everything's gonna be alright" );
 
 		} );
 
-		QUnit.todo( "_getTrackTypeForValueTypeName", ( assert ) => {
-
-			assert.ok( false, "everything's gonna be alright" );
-
-		} );
-
 		// PUBLIC STUFF
 		QUnit.todo( "TimeBufferType", ( assert ) => {
 
@@ -123,4 +111,3 @@ export default QUnit.module( 'Animation', () => {
 	} );
 
 } );
-