diff --git a/terraform/graph_config_node_variable.go b/terraform/graph_config_node_variable.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b15e09dca..000000000
--- a/terraform/graph_config_node_variable.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,174 +0,0 @@
-package terraform
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/config"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/config/module"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/dag"
-)
-
-// GraphNodeConfigVariable represents a Variable in the config.
-type GraphNodeConfigVariable struct {
-	Variable *config.Variable
-
-	// Value, if non-nil, will be used to set the value of the variable
-	// during evaluation. If this is nil, evaluation will do nothing.
-	//
-	// Module is the name of the module to set the variables on.
-	Module string
-	Value  *config.RawConfig
-
-	ModuleTree *module.Tree
-	ModulePath []string
-}
-
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariable) Name() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("var.%s", n.Variable.Name)
-}
-
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariable) DependableName() []string {
-	return []string{n.Name()}
-}
-
-// RemoveIfNotTargeted implements RemovableIfNotTargeted.
-// When targeting is active, variables that are not targeted should be removed
-// from the graph, because otherwise module variables trying to interpolate
-// their references can fail when they're missing the referent resource node.
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariable) RemoveIfNotTargeted() bool {
-	return true
-}
-
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariable) DependentOn() []string {
-	// If we don't have any value set, we don't depend on anything
-	if n.Value == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// Get what we depend on based on our value
-	vars := n.Value.Variables
-	result := make([]string, 0, len(vars))
-	for _, v := range vars {
-		if vn := varNameForVar(v); vn != "" {
-			result = append(result, vn)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return result
-}
-
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariable) VariableName() string {
-	return n.Variable.Name
-}
-
-// GraphNodeDestroyEdgeInclude impl.
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariable) DestroyEdgeInclude(v dag.Vertex) bool {
-	// Only include this variable in a destroy edge if the source vertex
-	// "v" has a count dependency on this variable.
-	log.Printf("[DEBUG] DestroyEdgeInclude: Checking: %s", dag.VertexName(v))
-	cv, ok := v.(GraphNodeCountDependent)
-	if !ok {
-		log.Printf("[DEBUG] DestroyEdgeInclude: Not GraphNodeCountDependent: %s", dag.VertexName(v))
-		return false
-	}
-
-	for _, d := range cv.CountDependentOn() {
-		for _, d2 := range n.DependableName() {
-			log.Printf("[DEBUG] DestroyEdgeInclude: d = %s : d2 = %s", d, d2)
-			if d == d2 {
-				return true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
-// GraphNodeEvalable impl.
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariable) EvalTree() EvalNode {
-	// If we have no value, do nothing
-	if n.Value == nil {
-		return &EvalNoop{}
-	}
-
-	// Otherwise, interpolate the value of this variable and set it
-	// within the variables mapping.
-	var config *ResourceConfig
-	variables := make(map[string]interface{})
-	return &EvalSequence{
-		Nodes: []EvalNode{
-			&EvalInterpolate{
-				Config: n.Value,
-				Output: &config,
-			},
-
-			&EvalVariableBlock{
-				Config:         &config,
-				VariableValues: variables,
-			},
-
-			&EvalCoerceMapVariable{
-				Variables:  variables,
-				ModulePath: n.ModulePath,
-				ModuleTree: n.ModuleTree,
-			},
-
-			&EvalTypeCheckVariable{
-				Variables:  variables,
-				ModulePath: n.ModulePath,
-				ModuleTree: n.ModuleTree,
-			},
-
-			&EvalSetVariables{
-				Module:    &n.Module,
-				Variables: variables,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-// GraphNodeFlattenable impl.
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariable) Flatten(p []string) (dag.Vertex, error) {
-	return &GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat{
-		GraphNodeConfigVariable: n,
-		PathValue:               p,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-type GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat struct {
-	*GraphNodeConfigVariable
-
-	PathValue []string
-}
-
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat) Name() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"%s.%s", modulePrefixStr(n.PathValue), n.GraphNodeConfigVariable.Name())
-}
-
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat) DependableName() []string {
-	return []string{n.Name()}
-}
-
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat) DependentOn() []string {
-	// We only wrap the dependencies and such if we have a path that is
-	// longer than 2 elements (root, child, more). This is because when
-	// flattened, variables can point outside the graph.
-	prefix := ""
-	if len(n.PathValue) > 2 {
-		prefix = modulePrefixStr(n.PathValue[:len(n.PathValue)-1])
-	}
-
-	return modulePrefixList(
-		n.GraphNodeConfigVariable.DependentOn(),
-		prefix)
-}
-
-func (n *GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat) Path() []string {
-	if len(n.PathValue) > 2 {
-		return n.PathValue[:len(n.PathValue)-1]
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/terraform/graph_config_node_variable_test.go b/terraform/graph_config_node_variable_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 17a1d06a8..000000000
--- a/terraform/graph_config_node_variable_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package terraform
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/dag"
-)
-
-func TestGraphNodeConfigVariable_impl(t *testing.T) {
-	var _ dag.Vertex = new(GraphNodeConfigVariable)
-	var _ dag.NamedVertex = new(GraphNodeConfigVariable)
-	var _ graphNodeConfig = new(GraphNodeConfigVariable)
-}
-
-func TestGraphNodeConfigVariableFlat_impl(t *testing.T) {
-	var _ dag.Vertex = new(GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat)
-	var _ dag.NamedVertex = new(GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat)
-	var _ graphNodeConfig = new(GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat)
-}
diff --git a/terraform/transform_targets.go b/terraform/transform_targets.go
index 0ba98ee15..d83c13f65 100644
--- a/terraform/transform_targets.go
+++ b/terraform/transform_targets.go
@@ -90,15 +90,6 @@ func (t *TargetsTransformer) selectTargetedNodes(
 			var err error
 			if t.Destroy {
 				deps, err = g.Descendents(v)
-
-				// Select any variables that we depend on in case we need them later for
-				// interpolating in the count
-				ancestors, _ := g.Ancestors(v)
-				for _, a := range ancestors.List() {
-					if _, ok := a.(*GraphNodeConfigVariableFlat); ok {
-						deps.Add(a)
-					}
-				}
 			} else {
 				deps, err = g.Ancestors(v)
 			}