diff --git a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts
index c5df9d9b2f..cbed70b03c 100644
--- a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts
+++ b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ export default class InlineComponentWrapper extends Wrapper {
 
 		const name = this.var;
 
-		const componentInitProperties = [
-			`root: #component.$$root`
-		];
+		const componentInitProperties = [];
 
 		if (this.fragment) {
 			const slots = Array.from(this._slots).map(name => `${quoteNameIfNecessary(name)}: @createFragment()`);
diff --git a/src/internal/SvelteComponent.js b/src/internal/SvelteComponent.js
index d0cc97789e..5bd57d3c86 100644
--- a/src/internal/SvelteComponent.js
+++ b/src/internal/SvelteComponent.js
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ export class SvelteComponent {
 		this.$$onupdate = [];
 		this.$$ondestroy = [];
 
-		// TODO can we get rid of references to $$root and put
-		// the relevant code in the scheduler instead?
-		this.$$root = options.root || this;
 		this.$$callbacks = blankObject();
 		this.$$slotted = options.slots;