diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/VariableDeclaration.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/VariableDeclaration.js
index 84c205d163..84044e4ded 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/VariableDeclaration.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/VariableDeclaration.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /** @import { Binding } from '#compiler' */
 /** @import { ComponentClientTransformState, ComponentContext } from '../types' */
 import { dev } from '../../../../state.js';
-import { build_pattern, extract_paths } from '../../../../utils/ast.js';
+import { extract_paths } from '../../../../utils/ast.js';
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
 import * as assert from '../../../../utils/assert.js';
 import { get_rune } from '../../../scope.js';
@@ -141,20 +141,20 @@ export function VariableDeclaration(node, context) {
 						b.declarator(declarator.id, create_state_declarator(declarator.id, value))
 					);
 				} else {
-					const [pattern, replacements] = build_pattern(declarator.id, context.state.scope);
+					const tmp = context.state.scope.generate('tmp');
+					const paths = extract_paths(declarator.id);
 					declarations.push(
-						b.declarator(pattern, value),
-						.../** @type {[Identifier, Identifier][]} */ ([...replacements]).map(
-							([original, replacement]) => {
-								const binding = context.state.scope.get(original.name);
-								return b.declarator(
-									original,
-									binding?.kind === 'state' || binding?.kind === 'raw_state'
-										? create_state_declarator(binding.node, replacement)
-										: replacement
-								);
-							}
-						)
+						b.declarator(b.id(tmp), value),
+						...paths.map((path) => {
+							const value = path.expression?.(b.id(tmp));
+							const binding = context.state.scope.get(/** @type {Identifier} */ (path.node).name);
+							return b.declarator(
+								path.node,
+								binding?.kind === 'state' || binding?.kind === 'raw_state'
+									? create_state_declarator(binding.node, value)
+									: value
+							);
+						})
 					);
 				}
 
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ export function VariableDeclaration(node, context) {
 						)
 					);
 				} else {
-					const [pattern, replacements] = build_pattern(declarator.id, context.state.scope);
+					const bindings = extract_paths(declarator.id);
+
 					const init = /** @type {CallExpression} */ (declarator.init);
 
 					/** @type {Identifier} */
@@ -188,16 +189,10 @@ export function VariableDeclaration(node, context) {
 						);
 					}
 
-					for (let i = 0; i < replacements.size; i++) {
-						const [original, replacement] = [...replacements][i];
+					for (let i = 0; i < bindings.length; i++) {
+						const binding = bindings[i];
 						declarations.push(
-							b.declarator(
-								original,
-								b.call(
-									'$.derived',
-									b.arrow([], b.block([b.let(pattern, rhs), b.return(replacement)]))
-								)
-							)
+							b.declarator(binding.node, b.call('$.derived', b.thunk(binding.expression(rhs))))
 						);
 					}
 				}
@@ -309,19 +304,19 @@ function create_state_declarators(declarator, { scope, analysis }, value) {
 		];
 	}
 
-	const [pattern, replacements] = build_pattern(declarator.id, scope);
+	const tmp = scope.generate('tmp');
+	const paths = extract_paths(declarator.id);
 	return [
-		b.declarator(pattern, value),
-		.../** @type {[Identifier, Identifier][]} */ ([...replacements]).map(
-			([original, replacement]) => {
-				const binding = scope.get(original.name);
-				return b.declarator(
-					original,
-					binding?.kind === 'state'
-						? b.call('$.mutable_source', replacement, analysis.immutable ? b.true : undefined)
-						: replacement
-				);
-			}
-		)
+		b.declarator(b.id(tmp), value),
+		...paths.map((path) => {
+			const value = path.expression?.(b.id(tmp));
+			const binding = scope.get(/** @type {Identifier} */ (path.node).name);
+			return b.declarator(
+				path.node,
+				binding?.kind === 'state'
+					? b.call('$.mutable_source', value, analysis.immutable ? b.true : undefined)
+					: value
+			);
+		})
 	];
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/VariableDeclaration.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/VariableDeclaration.js
index 17bf516a22..b76455b5c1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/VariableDeclaration.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/VariableDeclaration.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /** @import { Context } from '../types.js' */
 /** @import { ComponentAnalysis } from '../../../types.js' */
 /** @import { Scope } from '../../../scope.js' */
-import { build_pattern, build_fallback, extract_paths } from '../../../../utils/ast.js';
+import { build_fallback, extract_paths } from '../../../../utils/ast.js';
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
 import { get_rune } from '../../../scope.js';
 import { walk } from 'zimmerframe';
@@ -188,10 +188,13 @@ function create_state_declarators(declarator, scope, value) {
 		return [b.declarator(declarator.id, value)];
 	}
 
-	const [pattern, replacements] = build_pattern(declarator.id, scope);
+	const tmp = scope.generate('tmp');
+	const paths = extract_paths(declarator.id);
 	return [
-		b.declarator(pattern, value),
-		// TODO inject declarator for opts, so we can use it below
-		...[...replacements].map(([original, replacement]) => b.declarator(original, replacement))
+		b.declarator(b.id(tmp), value), // TODO inject declarator for opts, so we can use it below
+		...paths.map((path) => {
+			const value = path.expression?.(b.id(tmp));
+			return b.declarator(path.node, value);
+		})
 	];
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/shared/assignments.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/shared/assignments.js
index 85b0869a15..3e6bb0c4c6 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/shared/assignments.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/shared/assignments.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/** @import { AssignmentExpression, AssignmentOperator, Expression, Identifier, Node, Pattern } from 'estree' */
+/** @import { AssignmentExpression, AssignmentOperator, Expression, Node, Pattern } from 'estree' */
 /** @import { Context as ClientContext } from '../client/types.js' */
 /** @import { Context as ServerContext } from '../server/types.js' */
-import { build_pattern, is_expression_async } from '../../../utils/ast.js';
+import { extract_paths, is_expression_async } from '../../../utils/ast.js';
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
 
 /**
@@ -23,23 +23,21 @@ export function visit_assignment_expression(node, context, build_assignment) {
 
 		let changed = false;
 
-		const [pattern, replacements] = build_pattern(node.left, context.state.scope);
+		const assignments = extract_paths(node.left).map((path) => {
+			const value = path.expression?.(rhs);
 
-		const assignments = [
-			b.let(pattern, rhs),
-			...[...replacements].map(([original, replacement]) => {
-				let assignment = build_assignment(node.operator, original, replacement, context);
-				if (assignment !== null) changed = true;
-				return b.stmt(
-					assignment ??
-						b.assignment(
-							node.operator,
-							/** @type {Identifier} */ (context.visit(original)),
-							/** @type {Expression} */ (context.visit(replacement))
-						)
-				);
-			})
-		];
+			let assignment = build_assignment('=', path.node, value, context);
+			if (assignment !== null) changed = true;
+
+			return (
+				assignment ??
+				b.assignment(
+					'=',
+					/** @type {Pattern} */ (context.visit(path.node)),
+					/** @type {Expression} */ (context.visit(value))
+				)
+			);
+		});
 
 		if (!changed) {
 			// No change to output -> nothing to transform -> we can keep the original assignment
@@ -47,36 +45,25 @@ export function visit_assignment_expression(node, context, build_assignment) {
 		}
 
 		const is_standalone = /** @type {Node} */ (context.path.at(-1)).type.endsWith('Statement');
-		const block = b.block(assignments);
+		const sequence = b.sequence(assignments);
 
 		if (!is_standalone) {
 			// this is part of an expression, we need the sequence to end with the value
-			block.body.push(b.return(rhs));
+			sequence.expressions.push(rhs);
 		}
 
-		if (is_standalone && !should_cache) {
-			return block;
-		}
+		if (should_cache) {
+			// the right hand side is a complex expression, wrap in an IIFE to cache it
+			const iife = b.arrow([rhs], sequence);
 
-		const iife = b.arrow(should_cache ? [rhs] : [], block);
+			const iife_is_async =
+				is_expression_async(value) ||
+				assignments.some((assignment) => is_expression_async(assignment));
 
-		const iife_is_async =
-			is_expression_async(value) ||
-			assignments.some(
-				(assignment) =>
-					(assignment.type === 'ExpressionStatement' &&
-						is_expression_async(assignment.expression)) ||
-					(assignment.type === 'VariableDeclaration' &&
-						assignment.declarations.some(
-							(declaration) =>
-								is_expression_async(declaration.id) ||
-								(declaration.init && is_expression_async(declaration.init))
-						))
-			);
+			return iife_is_async ? b.await(b.call(b.async(iife), value)) : b.call(iife, value);
+		}
 
-		return iife_is_async
-			? b.await(b.call(b.async(iife), should_cache ? value : undefined))
-			: b.call(iife, should_cache ? value : undefined);
+		return sequence;
 	}
 
 	if (node.left.type !== 'Identifier' && node.left.type !== 'MemberExpression') {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
index f37dfab8d1..75a26d487b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
@@ -630,10 +630,9 @@ export class Scope {
 
 	/**
 	 * @param {string} preferred_name
-	 * @param {(name: string, counter: number) => string} [generator]
 	 * @returns {string}
 	 */
-	generate(preferred_name, generator = (name, counter) => `${name}_${counter}`) {
+	generate(preferred_name) {
 		if (this.#porous) {
 			return /** @type {Scope} */ (this.parent).generate(preferred_name);
 		}
@@ -648,7 +647,7 @@ export class Scope {
 			this.root.conflicts.has(name) ||
 			is_reserved(name)
 		) {
-			name = generator(preferred_name, n++);
+			name = `${preferred_name}_${n++}`;
 		}
 
 		this.references.set(name, []);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js
index 32ff5a37b3..23a95a1026 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-/** @import { AST, Scope } from '#compiler' */
+/** @import { AST } from '#compiler' */
 /** @import * as ESTree from 'estree' */
 import { walk } from 'zimmerframe';
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
-import is_reference from 'is-reference';
 
 /**
  * Gets the left-most identifier of a member expression or identifier.
@@ -129,49 +128,6 @@ export function unwrap_pattern(pattern, nodes = []) {
 	return nodes;
 }
 
-/**
- * @param {ESTree.Pattern} id
- * @param {Scope} scope
- * @returns {[ESTree.Pattern, Map<ESTree.Identifier | ESTree.MemberExpression, ESTree.Identifier>]}
- */
-export function build_pattern(id, scope) {
-	/** @type {Map<ESTree.Identifier | ESTree.MemberExpression, ESTree.Identifier>} */
-	const map = new Map();
-
-	/** @type {Map<string, string>} */
-	const names = new Map();
-
-	let counter = 0;
-
-	for (const node of unwrap_pattern(id)) {
-		const name = scope.generate(`$$${++counter}`, (_, counter) => `$$${counter}`);
-
-		map.set(node, b.id(name));
-
-		if (node.type === 'Identifier') {
-			names.set(node.name, name);
-		}
-	}
-
-	const pattern = walk(id, null, {
-		Identifier(node, context) {
-			if (is_reference(node, /** @type {ESTree.Pattern} */ (context.path.at(-1)))) {
-				const name = names.get(node.name);
-				if (name) return b.id(name);
-			}
-		},
-
-		MemberExpression(node, context) {
-			const n = map.get(node);
-			if (n) return n;
-
-			context.next();
-		}
-	});
-
-	return [pattern, map];
-}
-
 /**
  * Extracts all identifiers from a pattern.
  * @param {ESTree.Pattern} pattern
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/destructured-assignments/_expected/client/index.svelte.js b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/destructured-assignments/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
index b2ef29ccaf..47f297bce9 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/destructured-assignments/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/destructured-assignments/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ let c = 3;
 let d = 4;
 
 export function update(array) {
-	{
-		let [$$1, $$2] = array;
-
-		$.set(a, $$1, true);
-		$.set(b, $$2, true);
-	};
+	(
+		$.set(a, array[0], true),
+		$.set(b, array[1], true)
+	);
 
 	[c, d] = array;
 }
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