diff --git a/DMCompiler/Bytecode/DreamProcOpcode.cs b/DMCompiler/Bytecode/DreamProcOpcode.cs
index 20b67e3b1b..4241c81664 100644
--- a/DMCompiler/Bytecode/DreamProcOpcode.cs
+++ b/DMCompiler/Bytecode/DreamProcOpcode.cs
@@ -293,8 +293,6 @@ public enum DreamProcOpcode : byte {
     NullRef = 0x96,
     [OpcodeMetadata(0, OpcodeArgType.Reference)]
     ReturnReferenceValue = 0x97,
-    [OpcodeMetadata(0, OpcodeArgType.Reference)]
-    AssignAndPushReferenceValue = 0x98,
 }
 // ReSharper restore MissingBlankLines
 
diff --git a/DMCompiler/Optimizer/PeepholeOptimizations.cs b/DMCompiler/Optimizer/PeepholeOptimizations.cs
index a14961608d..30949b63d0 100644
--- a/DMCompiler/Optimizer/PeepholeOptimizations.cs
+++ b/DMCompiler/Optimizer/PeepholeOptimizations.cs
@@ -743,7 +743,8 @@ public void Apply(List<IAnnotatedBytecode> input, int index) {
 
 // AssignPop [ref]
 // PushReferenceValue [ref]
-// -> AssignAndPushReferenceValue [ref]
+// -> Assign [ref]
+// These opcodes can be reduced to a single Assign as long as the [ref]s are the same
 internal sealed class AssignAndPushReferenceValue : IPeepholeOptimization {
     public ReadOnlySpan<DreamProcOpcode> GetOpcodes() {
         return [
@@ -776,7 +777,7 @@ public void Apply(List<IAnnotatedBytecode> input, int index) {
         AnnotatedBytecodeReference assignTarget = firstInstruction.GetArg<AnnotatedBytecodeReference>(0);
 
         input.RemoveRange(index, 2);
-        input.Insert(index, new AnnotatedBytecodeInstruction(DreamProcOpcode.AssignAndPushReferenceValue, [assignTarget]));
+        input.Insert(index, new AnnotatedBytecodeInstruction(DreamProcOpcode.Assign, [assignTarget]));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/DMOpcodeHandlers.cs b/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/DMOpcodeHandlers.cs
index 1617e29c93..71c71ce539 100644
--- a/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/DMOpcodeHandlers.cs
+++ b/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/DMOpcodeHandlers.cs
@@ -2900,16 +2900,6 @@ public static ProcStatus AssignPop(DMProcState state) {
             return ProcStatus.Continue;
         }
 
-        public static ProcStatus AssignAndPushReferenceValue(DMProcState state) {
-            DreamReference reference = state.ReadReference();
-            DreamValue value = state.Pop();
-
-            state.AssignReference(reference, value);
-            state.Push(value);
-
-            return ProcStatus.Continue;
-        }
-
         public static ProcStatus PushReferenceAndDereferenceField(DMProcState state) {
             DreamReference reference = state.ReadReference();
             string fieldName = state.ReadString();
diff --git a/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/DMProc.cs b/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/DMProc.cs
index be4484a58c..d67fc650d2 100644
--- a/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/DMProc.cs
+++ b/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/DMProc.cs
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ public sealed class DMProcState : ProcState {
             {DreamProcOpcode.PushRefandJumpIfNotNull, DMOpcodeHandlers.PushReferenceAndJumpIfNotNull},
             {DreamProcOpcode.NullRef, DMOpcodeHandlers.NullRef},
             {DreamProcOpcode.AssignPop, DMOpcodeHandlers.AssignPop},
-            {DreamProcOpcode.AssignAndPushReferenceValue, DMOpcodeHandlers.AssignAndPushReferenceValue},
             {DreamProcOpcode.PushRefAndDereferenceField, DMOpcodeHandlers.PushReferenceAndDereferenceField},
             {DreamProcOpcode.PushNRefs, DMOpcodeHandlers.PushNRefs},
             {DreamProcOpcode.PushNFloats, DMOpcodeHandlers.PushNFloats},
diff --git a/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/ProcDecoder.cs b/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/ProcDecoder.cs
index 45e4d16278..f5725b082a 100644
--- a/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/ProcDecoder.cs
+++ b/OpenDreamRuntime/Procs/ProcDecoder.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ public ITuple DecodeInstruction() {
             case DreamProcOpcode.PushReferenceValue:
             case DreamProcOpcode.PopReference:
             case DreamProcOpcode.AssignPop:
-            case DreamProcOpcode.AssignAndPushReferenceValue:
             case DreamProcOpcode.ReturnReferenceValue:
                 return (opcode, ReadReference());