diff --git a/module/language/tree-il/peval.scm b/module/language/tree-il/peval.scm
index 7d1945873..07004a349 100644
--- a/module/language/tree-il/peval.scm
+++ b/module/language/tree-il/peval.scm
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
 (define (singly-valued-expression? exp)
   (match exp
     (($ <const>) #t)
-    (($ <lexical-ref>) #t)
     (($ <void>) #t)
     (($ <lexical-ref>) #t)
     (($ <primitive-ref>) #t)