diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/def_collector/dc_crate.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/def_collector/dc_crate.rs
index ce1cf675a07..f798dcb64e7 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/def_collector/dc_crate.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/def_collector/dc_crate.rs
@@ -646,7 +646,6 @@ fn resolve_globals(
     let globals = vecmap(globals, |global| {
         let module_id = ModuleId { local_id: global.module_id, krate: crate_id };
         let path_resolver = StandardPathResolver::new(module_id);
-        let storage_slot = context.next_storage_slot(module_id);
 
         let mut resolver = Resolver::new(
             &mut context.def_interner,
@@ -662,7 +661,7 @@ fn resolve_globals(
 
         context.def_interner.update_global(global.stmt_id, hir_stmt);
 
-        context.def_interner.push_global(global.stmt_id, name, global.module_id, storage_slot);
+        context.def_interner.push_global(global.stmt_id, name, global.module_id);
 
         (global.file_id, global.stmt_id)
     });
diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/mod.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/mod.rs
index 5a28d7b779a..789a59e276f 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/mod.rs
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ pub struct Context {
     /// A map of each file that already has been visited from a prior `mod foo;` declaration.
     /// This is used to issue an error if a second `mod foo;` is declared to the same file.
     pub visited_files: BTreeMap<fm::FileId, Location>,
-
-    /// Maps a given (contract) module id to the next available storage slot
-    /// for that contract.
-    pub storage_slots: BTreeMap<def_map::ModuleId, StorageSlot>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
@@ -42,8 +38,6 @@ pub enum FunctionNameMatch<'a> {
     Contains(&'a str),
 }
 
-pub type StorageSlot = u32;
-
 impl Context {
     pub fn new(file_manager: FileManager, crate_graph: CrateGraph) -> Context {
         Context {
@@ -52,7 +46,6 @@ impl Context {
             visited_files: BTreeMap::new(),
             crate_graph,
             file_manager,
-            storage_slots: BTreeMap::new(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -200,16 +193,4 @@ impl Context {
     fn module(&self, module_id: def_map::ModuleId) -> &def_map::ModuleData {
         module_id.module(&self.def_maps)
     }
-
-    /// Returns the next available storage slot in the given module.
-    /// Returns None if the given module is not a contract module.
-    fn next_storage_slot(&mut self, module_id: def_map::ModuleId) -> Option<StorageSlot> {
-        let module = self.module(module_id);
-
-        module.is_contract.then(|| {
-            let next_slot = self.storage_slots.entry(module_id).or_insert(0);
-            *next_slot += 1;
-            *next_slot
-        })
-    }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/node_interner.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/node_interner.rs
index 300a95f819c..e66a6d57605 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/node_interner.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/node_interner.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use crate::ast::Ident;
 use crate::graph::CrateId;
 use crate::hir::def_collector::dc_crate::{UnresolvedStruct, UnresolvedTrait, UnresolvedTypeAlias};
 use crate::hir::def_map::{LocalModuleId, ModuleId};
-use crate::hir::StorageSlot;
 use crate::hir_def::stmt::HirLetStatement;
 use crate::hir_def::traits::TraitImpl;
 use crate::hir_def::traits::{Trait, TraitConstraint};
@@ -399,10 +398,6 @@ impl DefinitionKind {
 pub struct GlobalInfo {
     pub ident: Ident,
     pub local_id: LocalModuleId,
-
-    /// Global definitions have an associated storage slot if they are defined within
-    /// a contract. If they're defined elsewhere, this value is None.
-    pub storage_slot: Option<StorageSlot>,
 }
 
 impl Default for NodeInterner {
@@ -578,14 +573,8 @@ impl NodeInterner {
         self.id_to_type.insert(definition_id.into(), typ);
     }
 
-    pub fn push_global(
-        &mut self,
-        stmt_id: StmtId,
-        ident: Ident,
-        local_id: LocalModuleId,
-        storage_slot: Option<StorageSlot>,
-    ) {
-        self.globals.insert(stmt_id, GlobalInfo { ident, local_id, storage_slot });
+    pub fn push_global(&mut self, stmt_id: StmtId, ident: Ident, local_id: LocalModuleId) {
+        self.globals.insert(stmt_id, GlobalInfo { ident, local_id });
     }
 
     /// Intern an empty global stmt. Used for collecting globals