diff --git a/terraform/node_local.go b/terraform/node_local.go
index 6be28b036..8924d5336 100644
--- a/terraform/node_local.go
+++ b/terraform/node_local.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (n *nodeExpandLocal) ReferenceableAddrs() []addrs.Referenceable {
 // GraphNodeReferencer
 func (n *nodeExpandLocal) References() []*addrs.Reference {
 	refs, _ := lang.ReferencesInExpr(n.Config.Expr)
-	return appendResourceDestroyReferences(refs)
+	return refs
 }
 
 func (n *nodeExpandLocal) DynamicExpand(ctx EvalContext) (*Graph, error) {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (n *NodeLocal) ReferenceableAddrs() []addrs.Referenceable {
 // GraphNodeReferencer
 func (n *NodeLocal) References() []*addrs.Reference {
 	refs, _ := lang.ReferencesInExpr(n.Config.Expr)
-	return appendResourceDestroyReferences(refs)
+	return refs
 }
 
 // GraphNodeEvalable
diff --git a/terraform/node_module_expand.go b/terraform/node_module_expand.go
index 330f3e674..be65768d5 100644
--- a/terraform/node_module_expand.go
+++ b/terraform/node_module_expand.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (n *nodeExpandModule) References() []*addrs.Reference {
 		forEachRefs, _ := lang.ReferencesInExpr(n.ModuleCall.ForEach)
 		refs = append(refs, forEachRefs...)
 	}
-	return appendResourceDestroyReferences(refs)
+	return refs
 }
 
 func (n *nodeExpandModule) DependsOn() []*addrs.Reference {
diff --git a/terraform/node_output.go b/terraform/node_output.go
index 6c3713fd1..4301a755e 100644
--- a/terraform/node_output.go
+++ b/terraform/node_output.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (n *nodeExpandOutput) ReferenceOutside() (selfPath, referencePath addrs.Mod
 
 // GraphNodeReferencer
 func (n *nodeExpandOutput) References() []*addrs.Reference {
-	return appendResourceDestroyReferences(referencesForOutput(n.Config))
+	return referencesForOutput(n.Config)
 }
 
 // NodeApplyableOutput represents an output that is "applyable":
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func referencesForOutput(c *configs.Output) []*addrs.Reference {
 
 // GraphNodeReferencer
 func (n *NodeApplyableOutput) References() []*addrs.Reference {
-	return appendResourceDestroyReferences(referencesForOutput(n.Config))
+	return referencesForOutput(n.Config)
 }
 
 // GraphNodeEvalable
diff --git a/terraform/transform_reference.go b/terraform/transform_reference.go
index 2e608b370..a5f21246e 100644
--- a/terraform/transform_reference.go
+++ b/terraform/transform_reference.go
@@ -501,31 +501,6 @@ func ReferencesFromConfig(body hcl.Body, schema *configschema.Block) []*addrs.Re
 	return refs
 }
 
-// appendResourceDestroyReferences identifies resource and resource instance
-// references in the given slice and appends to it the "destroy-phase"
-// equivalents of those references, returning the result.
-//
-// This can be used in the References implementation for a node which must also
-// depend on the destruction of anything it references.
-func appendResourceDestroyReferences(refs []*addrs.Reference) []*addrs.Reference {
-	given := refs
-	for _, ref := range given {
-		switch tr := ref.Subject.(type) {
-		case addrs.Resource:
-			newRef := *ref // shallow copy
-			newRef.Subject = tr.Phase(addrs.ResourceInstancePhaseDestroy)
-			refs = append(refs, &newRef)
-		case addrs.ResourceInstance:
-			newRef := *ref // shallow copy
-			newRef.Subject = tr.Phase(addrs.ResourceInstancePhaseDestroy)
-			refs = append(refs, &newRef)
-		}
-		// FIXME: Using this method in module expansion references,
-		// May want to refactor this method beyond resources
-	}
-	return refs
-}
-
 func modulePrefixStr(p addrs.ModuleInstance) string {
 	return p.String()
 }