diff --git a/src/Declaration.js b/src/Declaration.js
index 7fb7c86..47b05cb 100644
--- a/src/Declaration.js
+++ b/src/Declaration.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export default class Declaration {
 		this.name = null;
 
 		this.isReassigned = false;
-		this.mutations = [];
 		this.aliases = [];
 	}
 
@@ -30,9 +29,6 @@ export default class Declaration {
 		this.name = reference.name; // TODO handle differences of opinion
 
 		if ( reference.isReassignment ) this.isReassigned = true;
-		if ( reference.isMutation && !~this.mutations.indexOf( reference.statement ) ) {
-			this.mutations.push( reference.statement );
-		}
 	}
 
 	hasSideEffect () {
@@ -85,7 +81,7 @@ export class SyntheticDefaultDeclaration {
 		if ( this.original ) {
 			return this.original.hasSideEffect();
 		}
-		
+
 		if ( /FunctionExpression/.test( this.node.declaration.type ) ) {
 			return testForSideEffects( this.node.declaration.body, this.statement.scope, this.statement );
 		}
diff --git a/src/Statement.js b/src/Statement.js
index 31b8bd7..1024ca6 100644
--- a/src/Statement.js
+++ b/src/Statement.js
@@ -112,10 +112,9 @@ export default class Statement {
 					return this.skip();
 				}
 
-				const isMutation = parent && parent.type in modifierNodes;
 				let isReassignment;
 
-				if ( isMutation ) {
+				if ( parent && parent.type in modifierNodes ) {
 					let subject = parent[ modifierNodes[ parent.type ] ];
 					let depth = 0;
 
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ export default class Statement {
 
 					reference.isImmediatelyUsed = !readDepth;
 					reference.isReassignment = isReassignment;
-					reference.isMutation = !readDepth && isMutation;
 
 					this.skip(); // don't descend from `foo.bar.baz` into `foo.bar`
 				}