diff --git a/src/compile/Component.ts b/src/compile/Component.ts
index 1f640e1873..ef3bb2357e 100644
--- a/src/compile/Component.ts
+++ b/src/compile/Component.ts
@@ -843,7 +843,6 @@ export default class Component {
 								if (next) {
 									const next_variable = component.var_lookup.get(next.id.name)
 									if (next_variable && !next_variable.export_name) {
-										current_group = null
 										code.overwrite(declarator.end, next.start, ` ${node.kind} `);
 									}
 								}