diff --git a/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast/js.rs b/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast/js.rs
index fe394e7040cfb..0b614378eee75 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast/js.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast/js.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use oxc_syntax::{
     operator::{
         AssignmentOperator, BinaryOperator, LogicalOperator, UnaryOperator, UpdateOperator,
     },
-    reference::{ReferenceFlags, ReferenceId},
+    reference::ReferenceId,
     scope::ScopeId,
     symbol::SymbolId,
 };
@@ -239,13 +239,6 @@ pub struct IdentifierReference<'a> {
     #[serde(skip)]
     #[clone_in(default)]
     pub reference_id: Cell<Option<ReferenceId>>,
-    /// Flags indicating how the reference is used.
-    ///
-    /// This gets set in the bind step of semantic analysis, and will always be
-    /// [`ReferenceFlags::None`] immediately after parsing.
-    #[serde(skip)]
-    #[clone_in(default)]
-    pub reference_flags: ReferenceFlags,
 }
 
 /// `x` in `const x = 0;`
diff --git a/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast_impl/js.rs b/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast_impl/js.rs
index 0a383a3b0e736..8ef76967ec348 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast_impl/js.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast_impl/js.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, cell::Cell, fmt, hash::Hash};
 
 use oxc_allocator::{Box, FromIn, Vec};
 use oxc_span::{Atom, GetSpan, SourceType, Span};
-use oxc_syntax::{
-    operator::UnaryOperator,
-    reference::{ReferenceFlags, ReferenceId},
-    scope::ScopeFlags,
-};
+use oxc_syntax::{operator::UnaryOperator, reference::ReferenceId, scope::ScopeFlags};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
 #[wasm_bindgen::prelude::wasm_bindgen(typescript_custom_section)]
@@ -330,21 +326,11 @@ impl<'a> Hash for IdentifierReference<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> IdentifierReference<'a> {
     pub fn new(span: Span, name: Atom<'a>) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            span,
-            name,
-            reference_id: Cell::default(),
-            reference_flags: ReferenceFlags::default(),
-        }
+        Self { span, name, reference_id: Cell::default() }
     }
 
     pub fn new_read(span: Span, name: Atom<'a>, reference_id: Option<ReferenceId>) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            span,
-            name,
-            reference_id: Cell::new(reference_id),
-            reference_flags: ReferenceFlags::Read,
-        }
+        Self { span, name, reference_id: Cell::new(reference_id) }
     }
 
     #[inline]
diff --git a/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/assert_layouts.rs b/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/assert_layouts.rs
index 919cbb8c45587..e80b81e2f8f20 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/assert_layouts.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/assert_layouts.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ const _: () = {
     assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierReference, span) == 0usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierReference, name) == 8usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierReference, reference_id) == 24usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierReference, reference_flags) == 28usize);
 
     assert!(size_of::<BindingIdentifier>() == 32usize);
     assert!(align_of::<BindingIdentifier>() == 8usize);
@@ -1471,12 +1470,11 @@ const _: () = {
     assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierName, span) == 0usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierName, name) == 8usize);
 
-    assert!(size_of::<IdentifierReference>() == 24usize);
+    assert!(size_of::<IdentifierReference>() == 20usize);
     assert!(align_of::<IdentifierReference>() == 4usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierReference, span) == 0usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierReference, name) == 8usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierReference, reference_id) == 16usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(IdentifierReference, reference_flags) == 20usize);
 
     assert!(size_of::<BindingIdentifier>() == 20usize);
     assert!(align_of::<BindingIdentifier>() == 4usize);
@@ -1696,11 +1694,11 @@ const _: () = {
     assert!(size_of::<AssignmentTargetProperty>() == 8usize);
     assert!(align_of::<AssignmentTargetProperty>() == 4usize);
 
-    assert!(size_of::<AssignmentTargetPropertyIdentifier>() == 40usize);
+    assert!(size_of::<AssignmentTargetPropertyIdentifier>() == 36usize);
     assert!(align_of::<AssignmentTargetPropertyIdentifier>() == 4usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(AssignmentTargetPropertyIdentifier, span) == 0usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(AssignmentTargetPropertyIdentifier, binding) == 8usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(AssignmentTargetPropertyIdentifier, init) == 32usize);
+    assert!(offset_of!(AssignmentTargetPropertyIdentifier, init) == 28usize);
 
     assert!(size_of::<AssignmentTargetPropertyProperty>() == 24usize);
     assert!(align_of::<AssignmentTargetPropertyProperty>() == 4usize);
@@ -2120,12 +2118,12 @@ const _: () = {
     assert!(size_of::<ImportDeclarationSpecifier>() == 8usize);
     assert!(align_of::<ImportDeclarationSpecifier>() == 4usize);
 
-    assert!(size_of::<ImportSpecifier>() == 60usize);
+    assert!(size_of::<ImportSpecifier>() == 56usize);
     assert!(align_of::<ImportSpecifier>() == 4usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ImportSpecifier, span) == 0usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ImportSpecifier, imported) == 8usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(ImportSpecifier, local) == 36usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(ImportSpecifier, import_kind) == 56usize);
+    assert!(offset_of!(ImportSpecifier, local) == 32usize);
+    assert!(offset_of!(ImportSpecifier, import_kind) == 52usize);
 
     assert!(size_of::<ImportDefaultSpecifier>() == 28usize);
     assert!(align_of::<ImportDefaultSpecifier>() == 4usize);
@@ -2161,31 +2159,31 @@ const _: () = {
     assert!(offset_of!(ExportNamedDeclaration, export_kind) == 48usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ExportNamedDeclaration, with_clause) == 52usize);
 
-    assert!(size_of::<ExportDefaultDeclaration>() == 44usize);
+    assert!(size_of::<ExportDefaultDeclaration>() == 40usize);
     assert!(align_of::<ExportDefaultDeclaration>() == 4usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ExportDefaultDeclaration, span) == 0usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ExportDefaultDeclaration, declaration) == 8usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ExportDefaultDeclaration, exported) == 16usize);
 
-    assert!(size_of::<ExportAllDeclaration>() == 96usize);
+    assert!(size_of::<ExportAllDeclaration>() == 92usize);
     assert!(align_of::<ExportAllDeclaration>() == 4usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ExportAllDeclaration, span) == 0usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ExportAllDeclaration, exported) == 8usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(ExportAllDeclaration, source) == 36usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(ExportAllDeclaration, with_clause) == 52usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(ExportAllDeclaration, export_kind) == 92usize);
+    assert!(offset_of!(ExportAllDeclaration, source) == 32usize);
+    assert!(offset_of!(ExportAllDeclaration, with_clause) == 48usize);
+    assert!(offset_of!(ExportAllDeclaration, export_kind) == 88usize);
 
-    assert!(size_of::<ExportSpecifier>() == 68usize);
+    assert!(size_of::<ExportSpecifier>() == 60usize);
     assert!(align_of::<ExportSpecifier>() == 4usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ExportSpecifier, span) == 0usize);
     assert!(offset_of!(ExportSpecifier, local) == 8usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(ExportSpecifier, exported) == 36usize);
-    assert!(offset_of!(ExportSpecifier, export_kind) == 64usize);
+    assert!(offset_of!(ExportSpecifier, exported) == 32usize);
+    assert!(offset_of!(ExportSpecifier, export_kind) == 56usize);
 
     assert!(size_of::<ExportDefaultDeclarationKind>() == 8usize);
     assert!(align_of::<ExportDefaultDeclarationKind>() == 4usize);
 
-    assert!(size_of::<ModuleExportName>() == 28usize);
+    assert!(size_of::<ModuleExportName>() == 24usize);
     assert!(align_of::<ModuleExportName>() == 4usize);
 
     assert!(size_of::<TSThisParameter>() == 28usize);
diff --git a/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/ast_builder.rs b/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/ast_builder.rs
index 3e42f24f7d9b9..4df9e4ff0333f 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/ast_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/ast_builder.rs
@@ -1509,7 +1509,6 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder<'a> {
             span,
             name: name.into_in(self.allocator),
             reference_id: Default::default(),
-            reference_flags: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/derive_clone_in.rs b/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/derive_clone_in.rs
index 4dec802eaf84a..ae8baed266eae 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/derive_clone_in.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_ast/src/generated/derive_clone_in.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ impl<'old_alloc, 'new_alloc> CloneIn<'new_alloc> for IdentifierReference<'old_al
             span: self.span.clone_in(allocator),
             name: self.name.clone_in(allocator),
             reference_id: Default::default(),
-            reference_flags: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/node_util/check_for_state_change.rs b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/node_util/check_for_state_change.rs
index 1cd3c9bb1a3c1..bce3ab93cf714 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/node_util/check_for_state_change.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/node_util/check_for_state_change.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use oxc_ast::ast::*;
 
-use oxc_semantic::ReferenceFlags;
 use oxc_syntax::operator::UnaryOperator;
 
 /// A "simple" operator is one whose children are expressions, has no direct side-effects.
@@ -33,7 +32,11 @@ impl<'a, 'b> CheckForStateChange<'a, 'b> for Expression<'a> {
                 .expressions
                 .iter()
                 .any(|expr| expr.check_for_state_change(check_for_new_objects)),
-            Self::Identifier(ident) => ident.reference_flags == ReferenceFlags::Write,
+            Self::Identifier(_ident) =>
+            /* TODO: ident.reference_flags == ReferenceFlags::Write */
+            {
+                false
+            }
             Self::UnaryExpression(unary_expr) => {
                 unary_expr.check_for_state_change(check_for_new_objects)
             }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/typescript/module.rs b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/typescript/module.rs
index 48c89d6db5e7b..e965afe3dd918 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/typescript/module.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/typescript/module.rs
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ impl<'a> TypeScript<'a> {
     ) -> Expression<'a> {
         match type_name {
             TSTypeName::IdentifierReference(ident) => {
-                let mut ident = ident.clone();
-                ident.reference_flags = ReferenceFlags::Read;
+                let ident = ident.clone();
                 let reference_id = ident.reference_id.get().unwrap();
                 let reference = ctx.symbols_mut().get_reference_mut(reference_id);
                 *reference.flags_mut() = ReferenceFlags::Read;
diff --git a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/context/scoping.rs b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/context/scoping.rs
index 57c338d8e2de9..02a8e9d7fee20 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/context/scoping.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/context/scoping.rs
@@ -284,12 +284,7 @@ impl TraverseScoping {
         flags: ReferenceFlags,
     ) -> IdentifierReference<'a> {
         let reference_id = self.create_bound_reference(symbol_id, flags);
-        IdentifierReference {
-            span,
-            name,
-            reference_id: Cell::new(Some(reference_id)),
-            reference_flags: flags,
-        }
+        IdentifierReference { span, name, reference_id: Cell::new(Some(reference_id)) }
     }
 
     /// Create an unbound reference
@@ -312,12 +307,7 @@ impl TraverseScoping {
         flags: ReferenceFlags,
     ) -> IdentifierReference<'a> {
         let reference_id = self.create_unbound_reference(name.to_compact_str(), flags);
-        IdentifierReference {
-            span,
-            name,
-            reference_id: Cell::new(Some(reference_id)),
-            reference_flags: flags,
-        }
+        IdentifierReference { span, name, reference_id: Cell::new(Some(reference_id)) }
     }
 
     /// Create a reference optionally bound to a `SymbolId`.