diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/EachBlock.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/EachBlock.js
index f80fa0e61e..f3c8be8cbb 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/EachBlock.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/EachBlock.js
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export function EachBlock(node, context) {
 			const needs_derived = path.has_default_value; // to ensure that default value is only called once
 
 			const fn = b.thunk(
-				/** @type {Expression} */ (context.visit(path.expression?.(unwrapped), child_state))
+				/** @type {Expression} */ (context.visit(path.expression(unwrapped), child_state))
 			);
 
 			declarations.push(b.let(path.node, needs_derived ? b.call('$.derived_safe_equal', fn) : fn));
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SnippetBlock.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SnippetBlock.js
index a82645cd7a..4dd69c81f7 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SnippetBlock.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SnippetBlock.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export function SnippetBlock(node, context) {
 			const name = /** @type {Identifier} */ (path.node).name;
 			const needs_derived = path.has_default_value; // to ensure that default value is only called once
 			const fn = b.thunk(
-				/** @type {Expression} */ (context.visit(path.expression?.(b.maybe_call(b.id(arg_alias)))))
+				/** @type {Expression} */ (context.visit(path.expression(b.maybe_call(b.id(arg_alias)))))
 			);
 
 			declarations.push(b.let(path.node, needs_derived ? b.call('$.derived_safe_equal', fn) : fn));
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 db153020fb..f2830528d0 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
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export function VariableDeclaration(node, context) {
 					declarations.push(
 						b.declarator(tmp, value),
 						...paths.map((path) => {
-							const value = path.expression?.(tmp);
+							const value = path.expression(tmp);
 							const binding = context.state.scope.get(/** @type {Identifier} */ (path.node).name);
 							return b.declarator(
 								path.node,
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ export function VariableDeclaration(node, context) {
 					for (const path of paths) {
 						const name = /** @type {Identifier} */ (path.node).name;
 						const binding = /** @type {Binding} */ (context.state.scope.get(name));
-						const value = path.expression?.(b.id(tmp));
+						const value = path.expression(b.id(tmp));
 						declarations.push(
 							b.declarator(
 								path.node,
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ function create_state_declarators(declarator, { scope, analysis }, value) {
 	return [
 		b.declarator(b.id(tmp), value),
 		...paths.map((path) => {
-			const value = path.expression?.(b.id(tmp));
+			const value = path.expression(b.id(tmp));
 			const binding = scope.get(/** @type {Identifier} */ (path.node).name);
 			return b.declarator(
 				path.node,
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 b76455b5c1..8110576d13 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
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export function VariableDeclaration(node, context) {
 						)
 					);
 					for (const path of paths) {
-						const value = path.expression?.(b.id(tmp));
+						const value = path.expression(b.id(tmp));
 						const name = /** @type {Identifier} */ (path.node).name;
 						const binding = /** @type {Binding} */ (context.state.scope.get(name));
 						const prop = b.member(b.id('$$props'), b.literal(binding.prop_alias ?? name), true);
@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ function create_state_declarators(declarator, scope, value) {
 		return [b.declarator(declarator.id, value)];
 	}
 
-	const tmp = scope.generate('tmp');
+	const tmp = b.id(scope.generate('tmp'));
 	const paths = extract_paths(declarator.id);
 	return [
-		b.declarator(b.id(tmp), value), // TODO inject declarator for opts, so we can use it below
+		b.declarator(tmp, value), // TODO inject declarator for opts, so we can use it below
 		...paths.map((path) => {
-			const value = path.expression?.(b.id(tmp));
+			const value = path.expression(tmp);
 			return b.declarator(path.node, value);
 		})
 	];