diff --git a/packages/svelte/package.json b/packages/svelte/package.json
index b44c2fcda5..86e7990d69 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/package.json
+++ b/packages/svelte/package.json
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@jridgewell/remapping": "^2.3.5",
     "@jridgewell/sourcemap-codec": "^1.6.0",
-    "@teasel/parser": "link:../../../teasel/bindings/node",
+    "@teasel/parser": "link:../../../teasel/package",
     "@types/estree": "^1.0.9",
     "aria-query": "5.3.1",
     "axobject-query": "^4.1.0",
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@
     "devalue": "^5.9.2",
     "esm-env": "^1.2.1",
     "esrap": "^2.3.6",
-    "is-reference": "^3.0.3",
     "locate-character": "^3.0.0",
     "magic-string": "^0.30.11",
     "zimmerframe": "^1.1.2"
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js
index fa3c2ff808..f7e5e3e161 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 /** @import * as ESTree from 'estree' */
 import { Source, isIdentifierStart, isIdentifierChar } from '@teasel/parser';
 import fragment from './state/fragment.js';
+import { value_names } from '../../utils/ast.js';
 import * as e from '../../errors.js';
 import { create_fragment } from './utils/create.js';
 import read_options from './read/options.js';
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ export class Parser {
 			typescript: this.ts && (erase ? 'erase' : true),
 			comments: true,
 			locations: true,
+			scopes: true,
 			// a script may export what the component declares elsewhere
 			allowUndeclaredExports: true
 		});
@@ -259,7 +261,8 @@ export class Parser {
 			}
 		}
 
-		return {
+		/** @type {ESTree.Identifier & { start: number, end: number, loc: { start: Location, end: Location } }} */
+		const identifier = {
 			type: 'Identifier',
 			name,
 			start,
@@ -269,6 +272,8 @@ export class Parser {
 				end: state.locator(end)
 			}
 		};
+		value_names.add(identifier);
+		return identifier;
 	}
 
 	/** @param {string} delimiter */
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/js.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/js.js
index b40bc057dc..89864328b7 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/js.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/js.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export function parse(source, comments, typescript) {
 			sourceType: 'module',
 			typescript,
 			comments: true,
-			locations: true
+			locations: true,
+			scopes: true
 		});
 	} catch (err) {
 		return handle_parse_error(err);
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ export function parse(source, comments, typescript) {
 
 	add_comments(source, comments, /** @type {teasel.Comment[]} */ (ast.comments));
 	delete ast.comments;
+	delete ast.scopes;
+	delete ast.bindings;
 
 	return ast;
 }
@@ -51,6 +54,8 @@ export function parse_script(parser, start, end) {
 		/** @type {teasel.Comment[]} */ (ast.comments)
 	);
 	delete ast.comments;
+	delete ast.scopes;
+	delete ast.bindings;
 	unsupported(ast.typescript);
 	delete ast.typescript;
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
index 220fe24b9d..49a31e6f3c 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import * as e from '../../../errors.js';
 import * as w from '../../../warnings.js';
 import { create_fragment } from '../utils/create.js';
 import { create_attribute, ExpressionMetadata, is_element_node } from '../../nodes.js';
-import { get_attribute_expression, is_expression_attribute } from '../../../utils/ast.js';
+import { get_attribute_expression, is_expression_attribute, value_names } from '../../../utils/ast.js';
 import { closing_tag_omitted } from '../../../../html-tree-validation.js';
 import { list } from '../../../utils/string.js';
 import { locator } from '../../../state.js';
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ function read_attribute(parser) {
 				type: 'Identifier',
 				name: directive.name
 			});
+			value_names.add(/** @type {Identifier} */ (directive.expression));
 		}
 
 		return directive;
@@ -949,7 +950,8 @@ function read_tag(parser, attribute = false) {
 	const name = read_tag_name(parser, attribute);
 	const end = parser.index;
 
-	return {
+	/** @type {Identifier & { start: number, end: number, loc: SourceLocation }} */
+	const identifier = {
 		type: 'Identifier',
 		name,
 		start,
@@ -959,6 +961,8 @@ function read_tag(parser, attribute = false) {
 			end: locator(end)
 		}
 	};
+	value_names.add(identifier);
+	return identifier;
 }
 
 /** @param {Parser} parser */
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js
index 9a79871992..82ae6e9e85 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import * as w from '../../warnings.js';
 import {
 	extract_identifiers,
 	has_await_expression,
+	is_reference,
 	object,
 	unwrap_pattern
 } from '../../utils/ast.js';
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ import { TransitionDirective } from './visitors/TransitionDirective.js';
 import { UpdateExpression } from './visitors/UpdateExpression.js';
 import { UseDirective } from './visitors/UseDirective.js';
 import { VariableDeclarator } from './visitors/VariableDeclarator.js';
-import is_reference from 'is-reference';
 import { mark_subtree_dynamic } from './visitors/shared/fragment.js';
 import * as state from '../../state.js';
 
@@ -657,9 +657,7 @@ export function analyze_component(root, source, options) {
 							// @ts-expect-error
 							_: set_scope,
 							Identifier(node, context) {
-								const parent = /** @type {ESTree.Expression} */ (context.path.at(-1));
-
-								if (is_reference(node, parent)) {
+								if (is_reference(node, context.path.at(-1))) {
 									const binding = context.state.scope.get(node.name);
 
 									if (
@@ -981,8 +979,7 @@ function calculate_blockers(instance, analysis) {
 				},
 				ImportDeclaration(node) {},
 				Identifier(node, context) {
-					const parent = /** @type {ESTree.Node} */ (context.path.at(-1));
-					if (is_reference(node, parent)) {
+					if (is_reference(node, context.path.at(-1))) {
 						const binding = context.state.scope.get(node.name);
 						if (binding) {
 							touched.add(binding);
@@ -1059,8 +1056,7 @@ function calculate_blockers(instance, analysis) {
 					touch(node, context.state.scope, writes, writes_seen);
 				},
 				Identifier(node, context) {
-					const parent = /** @type {ESTree.Node} */ (context.path.at(-1));
-					if (is_reference(node, parent)) {
+					if (is_reference(node, context.path.at(-1))) {
 						const binding = context.state.scope.get(node.name);
 						if (binding) {
 							reads.add(binding);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/Identifier.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/Identifier.js
index ebb2fc2b67..9eba9c29b7 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/Identifier.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/Identifier.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /** @import { Expression, Identifier } from 'estree' */
 /** @import { Context } from '../types' */
-import is_reference from 'is-reference';
 import { should_proxy } from '../../3-transform/client/utils.js';
+import { is_reference } from '../../../utils/ast.js';
 import * as e from '../../../errors.js';
 import * as w from '../../../warnings.js';
 import { is_rune } from '../../../../utils.js';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/Identifier.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/Identifier.js
index b43ec7891e..7b621f35b0 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/Identifier.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/Identifier.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /** @import { Identifier, Node } from 'estree' */
 /** @import { Context } from '../types' */
-import is_reference from 'is-reference';
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
+import { is_reference } from '../../../../utils/ast.js';
 import { build_getter } from '../utils.js';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/utils.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/utils.js
index 64ae573984..e8b23daf2d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/utils.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/utils.js
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 /** @import { AST } from '#compiler' */
 /** @import { ComponentClientTransformState, ComponentContext, Context } from '../../types' */
 import { walk } from 'zimmerframe';
-import { object } from '../../../../../utils/ast.js';
+import { is_reference, object } from '../../../../../utils/ast.js';
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
 import { sanitize_template_string } from '../../../../../utils/sanitize_template_string.js';
 import { regex_is_valid_identifier } from '../../../../patterns.js';
-import is_reference from 'is-reference';
 import { dev, is_ignored, locator, component_name } from '../../../../../state.js';
 import { async_thunk, build_getter, is_state_source } from '../../utils.js';
 import { ExpressionMetadata } from '../../../../nodes.js';
@@ -266,8 +265,7 @@ export function build_bind_this(expression, value, { state, visit }) {
 			if (seen.includes(node.name)) return;
 			seen.push(node.name);
 
-			const parent = /** @type {Expression} */ (path.at(-1));
-			if (!is_reference(node, parent)) return;
+			if (!is_reference(node, path.at(-1))) return;
 
 			const binding = state.scope.get(node.name);
 			if (!binding) return;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/Identifier.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/Identifier.js
index 460a3411c2..4256289b2a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/Identifier.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/Identifier.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/** @import { Identifier, Node } from 'estree' */
+/** @import { Identifier } from 'estree' */
 /** @import { Context } from '../types.js' */
-import is_reference from 'is-reference';
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
+import { is_reference } from '../../../../utils/ast.js';
 import { build_getter } from './shared/utils.js';
 
 /**
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { build_getter } from './shared/utils.js';
  * @param {Context} context
  */
 export function Identifier(node, context) {
-	if (is_reference(node, /** @type {Node} */ (context.path.at(-1)))) {
+	if (is_reference(node, context.path.at(-1))) {
 		if (node.name === '$$props') {
 			return b.id('$$sanitized_props');
 		}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/utils.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/utils.js
index c7fce61ff9..90e8f89ef4 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/utils.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/utils.js
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ import {
 } from '../patterns.js';
 import * as e from '../../errors.js';
 import { walk } from 'zimmerframe';
-import { extract_identifiers } from '../../utils/ast.js';
+import { extract_identifiers, is_reference } from '../../utils/ast.js';
 import check_graph_for_cycles from '../2-analyze/utils/check_graph_for_cycles.js';
-import is_reference from 'is-reference';
 import { set_scope } from '../scope.js';
 
 /**
@@ -46,9 +45,7 @@ function sort_const_tags(nodes, state) {
 				// @ts-expect-error don't know, don't care
 				_: set_scope,
 				Identifier(node, context) {
-					const parent = /** @type {Expression} */ (context.path.at(-1));
-
-					if (is_reference(node, parent)) {
+					if (is_reference(node, context.path.at(-1))) {
 						const binding = context.state.scope.get(node.name);
 						if (binding) deps.add(binding);
 					}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
index f7d57248f6..5a3ace3ffd 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /** @import { BinaryOperator, ClassDeclaration, Expression, FunctionDeclaration, Identifier, ImportDeclaration, MemberExpression, LogicalOperator, Node, Pattern, UnaryOperator, VariableDeclarator, Super, SimpleLiteral, FunctionExpression, ArrowFunctionExpression } from 'estree' */
 /** @import { Context, Visitor } from 'zimmerframe' */
 /** @import { AST, BindingKind, DeclarationKind } from '#compiler' */
-import is_reference from 'is-reference';
 import { walk } from 'zimmerframe';
 import { ExpressionMetadata } from './nodes.js';
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import * as e from '../errors.js';
 import {
 	extract_identifiers,
 	extract_identifiers_from_destructuring,
+	is_reference,
 	object,
 	unwrap_pattern
 } from '../utils/ast.js';
@@ -1046,17 +1046,8 @@ export function create_scopes(ast, root, allow_reactive_declarations, parent) {
 			context.next();
 		},
 
-		// references
 		Identifier(node, { path, state }) {
-			const parent = path.at(-1);
-			if (
-				parent &&
-				is_reference(node, /** @type {Node} */ (parent)) &&
-				// TSTypeAnnotation, TSInterfaceDeclaration etc - these are normally already filtered out,
-				// but for the migration they aren't, so we need to filter them out here
-				// TODO -> once migration script is gone we can remove this check
-				!parent.type.startsWith('TS')
-			) {
+			if (is_reference(node, path.at(-1))) {
 				references.push([state.scope, { node, path: path.slice() }]);
 			}
 		},
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js
index 927674bd18..b226fb23c0 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/utils/ast.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /** @import { AST, Scope } from '#compiler' */
 /** @import * as ESTree from 'estree' */
 import { walk } from 'zimmerframe';
+import { bindingOf } from '@teasel/parser';
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
 
 /**
@@ -634,3 +635,36 @@ export function has_await_expression(node) {
 export function save(expression) {
 	return b.call(b.await(b.call('$.save', expression)));
 }
+
+/** @type {WeakSet<ESTree.Identifier>} the identifiers the parser makes itself for names in template syntax */
+export const value_names = new WeakSet();
+
+/**
+ * Whether an identifier names a value. The parser answers for what it parsed and marks what it
+ * made; an identifier the compiler built is judged by where it sits.
+ * @param {ESTree.Identifier} node
+ * @param {ESTree.Node | AST.SvelteNode | null | undefined} parent
+ */
+export function is_reference(node, parent) {
+	const binding = bindingOf(node);
+	if (binding !== undefined || value_names.has(node)) return true;
+	if (!parent) return true;
+	switch (parent.type) {
+		case 'MemberExpression':
+			return parent.computed || node === parent.object;
+		case 'MethodDefinition':
+			return parent.computed;
+		case 'PropertyDefinition':
+		case 'Property':
+			return parent.computed || node === parent.value;
+		case 'ExportSpecifier':
+		case 'ImportSpecifier':
+			return node === parent.local;
+		case 'LabeledStatement':
+		case 'BreakStatement':
+		case 'ContinueStatement':
+			return false;
+		default:
+			return !parent.type.startsWith('TS');
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 923ea9154b..4a146bcdf7 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^1.6.0
         version: 1.6.0
       '@teasel/parser':
-        specifier: link:../../../teasel/bindings/node
-        version: link:../../../teasel/bindings/node
+        specifier: link:../../../teasel/package
+        version: link:../../../teasel/package
       '@types/estree':
         specifier: ^1.0.9
         version: 1.0.9
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ importers:
       esrap:
         specifier: ^2.3.6
         version: 2.3.6(@typescript-eslint/types@8.59.4)
-      is-reference:
-        specifier: ^3.0.3
-        version: 3.0.3
       locate-character:
         specifier: ^3.0.0
         version: 3.0.0
@@ -1642,9 +1639,6 @@ packages:
   is-reference@1.2.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-U82MsXXiFIrjCK4otLT+o2NA2Cd2g5MLoOVXUZjIOhLurrRxpEXzI8O0KZHr3IjLvlAH1kTPYSuqer5T9ZVBKQ==}
 
-  is-reference@3.0.3:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ixkJoqQvAP88E6wLydLGGqCJsrFUnqoH6HnaczB8XmDH1oaWU+xxdptvikTgaEhtZ53Ky6YXiBuUI2WXLMCwjw==}
-
   is-subdir@1.2.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-2AT6j+gXe/1ueqbW6fLZJiIw3F8iXGJtt0yDrZaBhAZEG1raiTxKWU+IPqMCzQAXOUCKdA4UDMgacKH25XG2Cw==}
     engines: {node: '>=4'}
@@ -3854,10 +3848,6 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@types/estree': 1.0.9
 
-  is-reference@3.0.3:
-    dependencies:
-      '@types/estree': 1.0.9
-
   is-subdir@1.2.0:
     dependencies:
       better-path-resolve: 1.0.0