diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Optimization/DeadCodeElimination.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Optimization/DeadCodeElimination.ts
index 0202d3ecf043f..2b752c6dfd28e 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Optimization/DeadCodeElimination.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Optimization/DeadCodeElimination.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 import {
-  ArrayPattern,
   BlockId,
   HIRFunction,
   Identifier,
@@ -184,29 +183,28 @@ function rewriteInstruction(instr: Instruction, state: State): void {
     switch (instr.value.lvalue.pattern.kind) {
       case 'ArrayPattern': {
         /*
-         * For arrays, we can only eliminate unused items from the end of the array,
-         * so we iterate from the end and break once we find a used item. Note that
-         * we already know at least one item is used, from the pruneableValue check.
+         * For arrays, we can prune items prior to the end by replacing
+         * them with a hole. Items at the end can simply be dropped.
          */
-        let nextItems: ArrayPattern['items'] | null = null;
-        const originalItems = instr.value.lvalue.pattern.items;
-        for (let i = originalItems.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-          const item = originalItems[i];
+        let lastEntryIndex = 0;
+        const items = instr.value.lvalue.pattern.items;
+        for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+          const item = items[i];
           if (item.kind === 'Identifier') {
-            if (state.isIdOrNameUsed(item.identifier)) {
-              nextItems = originalItems.slice(0, i + 1);
-              break;
+            if (!state.isIdOrNameUsed(item.identifier)) {
+              items[i] = {kind: 'Hole'};
+            } else {
+              lastEntryIndex = i;
             }
           } else if (item.kind === 'Spread') {
-            if (state.isIdOrNameUsed(item.place.identifier)) {
-              nextItems = originalItems.slice(0, i + 1);
-              break;
+            if (!state.isIdOrNameUsed(item.place.identifier)) {
+              items[i] = {kind: 'Hole'};
+            } else {
+              lastEntryIndex = i;
             }
           }
         }
-        if (nextItems !== null) {
-          instr.value.lvalue.pattern.items = nextItems;
-        }
+        items.length = lastEntryIndex + 1;
         break;
       }
       case 'ObjectPattern': {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/concise-arrow-expr.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/concise-arrow-expr.expect.md
index 787418f75b3fb..996afa1cb224b 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/concise-arrow-expr.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/concise-arrow-expr.expect.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function component() {
 import { c as _c } from "react/compiler-runtime";
 function component() {
   const $ = _c(1);
-  const [x, setX] = useState(0);
+  const [, setX] = useState(0);
   let t0;
   if ($[0] === Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel")) {
     const handler = (v) => setX(v);
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/escape-analysis-destructured-rest-element.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/escape-analysis-destructured-rest-element.expect.md
index dfa55302aee84..f38ffba958587 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/escape-analysis-destructured-rest-element.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/escape-analysis-destructured-rest-element.expect.md
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ function Component(props) {
   }
   let d;
   if ($[2] !== props.c) {
-    const [c, ...t0] = props.c;
-    d = t0;
+    [, ...d] = props.c;
     $[2] = props.c;
     $[3] = d;
   } else {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/inadvertent-mutability-readonly-lambda.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/inadvertent-mutability-readonly-lambda.expect.md
index 72433173b17ca..76dfc5ab1ca5c 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/inadvertent-mutability-readonly-lambda.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/inadvertent-mutability-readonly-lambda.expect.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function Component(props) {
 import { c as _c } from "react/compiler-runtime";
 function Component(props) {
   const $ = _c(2);
-  const [value, setValue] = useState(null);
+  const [, setValue] = useState(null);
   let t0;
   if ($[0] === Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel")) {
     t0 = (e) => setValue((value_0) => value_0 + e.target.value);
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/multiple-calls-to-hoisted-callback-from-other-callback.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/multiple-calls-to-hoisted-callback-from-other-callback.expect.md
index 710f3ac8ec782..57ca944af6bc9 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/multiple-calls-to-hoisted-callback-from-other-callback.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/multiple-calls-to-hoisted-callback-from-other-callback.expect.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { useState } from "react";
 
 function Component(props) {
   const $ = _c(1);
-  const [_state, setState] = useState();
+  const [, setState] = useState();
   let t0;
   if ($[0] === Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel")) {
     const a = () => b();
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/preserve-memo-validation/preserve-use-memo-transition.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/preserve-memo-validation/preserve-use-memo-transition.expect.md
index 941c37bc3f29f..3687198df3a99 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/preserve-memo-validation/preserve-use-memo-transition.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/preserve-memo-validation/preserve-use-memo-transition.expect.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { useCallback, useTransition } from "react";
 
 function useFoo() {
   const $ = _c(1);
-  const [t, start] = useTransition();
+  const [, start] = useTransition();
   let t0;
   if ($[0] === Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel")) {
     t0 = () => {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/react-namespace.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/react-namespace.expect.md
index 0afc5b651bb94..5deb18397d91b 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/react-namespace.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/react-namespace.expect.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function Component(props) {
   const $ = _c(5);
   React.useContext(FooContext);
   const ref = React.useRef();
-  const [x, setX] = React.useState(false);
+  const [, setX] = React.useState(false);
   let t0;
   if ($[0] === Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel")) {
     t0 = () => {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/reactive-control-dependency-phi-setState-type.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/reactive-control-dependency-phi-setState-type.expect.md
index 26e1f35d5b94a..c56bb7936c1aa 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/reactive-control-dependency-phi-setState-type.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/reactive-control-dependency-phi-setState-type.expect.md
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ import { useState } from "react";
 
 function Component(props) {
   const $ = _c(5);
-  const [x, setX] = useState(false);
-  const [y, setY] = useState(false);
+  const [, setX] = useState(false);
+  const [, setY] = useState(false);
   let setState;
   if (props.cond) {
     setState = setX;
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro-undefined-expression-of-jsxexpressioncontainer.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro-undefined-expression-of-jsxexpressioncontainer.expect.md
index b04c51abc51de..3e71c05a2efbf 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro-undefined-expression-of-jsxexpressioncontainer.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/repro-undefined-expression-of-jsxexpressioncontainer.expect.md
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ function Component(props) {
   const { buttons } = props;
   let nonPrimaryButtons;
   if ($[0] !== buttons) {
-    const [primaryButton, ...t0] = buttons;
-    nonPrimaryButtons = t0;
+    [, ...nonPrimaryButtons] = buttons;
     $[0] = buttons;
     $[1] = nonPrimaryButtons;
   } else {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/unused-array-middle-element.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/unused-array-middle-element.expect.md
index 2cf76a57adf40..4ae1fb6e22c43 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/unused-array-middle-element.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/unused-array-middle-element.expect.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
 
 ```javascript
 function foo(props) {
-  const [x, unused, y] = props.a;
+  const [x, , y] = props.a;
   return x + y;
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useActionState-dispatch-considered-as-non-reactive.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useActionState-dispatch-considered-as-non-reactive.expect.md
index 4181651e3d60f..4b6b94ce431c2 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useActionState-dispatch-considered-as-non-reactive.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useActionState-dispatch-considered-as-non-reactive.expect.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { useActionState } from "react";
 
 function Component() {
   const $ = _c(1);
-  const [actionState, dispatchAction] = useActionState();
+  const [, dispatchAction] = useActionState();
   let t0;
   if ($[0] === Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel")) {
     const onSubmitAction = () => {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useReducer-returned-dispatcher-is-non-reactive.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useReducer-returned-dispatcher-is-non-reactive.expect.md
index f5adab196b7bd..a500af2fc8f76 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useReducer-returned-dispatcher-is-non-reactive.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/useReducer-returned-dispatcher-is-non-reactive.expect.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { useReducer } from "react";
 
 function f() {
   const $ = _c(1);
-  const [state, dispatch] = useReducer();
+  const [, dispatch] = useReducer();
   let t0;
   if ($[0] === Symbol.for("react.memo_cache_sentinel")) {
     const onClick = () => {