diff --git a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/function_builder/mod.rs b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/function_builder/mod.rs
index f810b65d105..aebb47ccf8e 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/function_builder/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/function_builder/mod.rs
@@ -442,13 +442,7 @@ impl FunctionBuilder {
         match self.type_of_value(value) {
             Type::Numeric(_) => (),
             Type::Function => (),
-            Type::Reference(element) => {
-                if element.contains_an_array() {
-                    let reference = value;
-                    let value = self.insert_load(reference, element.as_ref().clone());
-                    self.update_array_reference_count(value, increment);
-                }
-            }
+            Type::Reference(_) => (),
             Type::Array(..) | Type::Slice(..) => {
                 // If there are nested arrays or slices, we wait until ArrayGet
                 // is issued to increment the count of that array.