diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/scope-hoisting/es6/pure-assignment/a.js b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/scope-hoisting/es6/pure-assignment/a.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ce7667c325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/scope-hoisting/es6/pure-assignment/a.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import {foo} from './b';
+	
+output = foo;
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/scope-hoisting/es6/pure-assignment/b.js b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/scope-hoisting/es6/pure-assignment/b.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..919f23d1fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/scope-hoisting/es6/pure-assignment/b.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const foo = 2;
+
+export function bar() {}
+bar.displayName = 'hello';
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/scope-hoisting.js b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/scope-hoisting.js
index df12a4a00ec..1b69a93d211 100644
--- a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/scope-hoisting.js
+++ b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/scope-hoisting.js
@@ -549,6 +549,25 @@ describe('scope hoisting', function() {
       let output = await run(b);
       assert.deepEqual(output, 'bar');
     });
+
+    it('should shake pure property assignments', async function() {
+      let b = await bundle(
+        path.join(
+          __dirname,
+          '/integration/scope-hoisting/es6/pure-assignment/a.js'
+        )
+      );
+
+      let output = await run(b);
+      assert.deepEqual(output, 2);
+
+      let contents = await fs.readFile(
+        path.join(__dirname, 'dist/a.js'),
+        'utf8'
+      );
+      assert(!/bar/.test(contents));
+      assert(!/displayName/.test(contents));
+    });
   });
 
   describe('commonjs', function() {
diff --git a/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/scope-hoisting/shake.js b/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/scope-hoisting/shake.js
index d8f37b09e8a..f8bdc3e7712 100644
--- a/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/scope-hoisting/shake.js
+++ b/packages/core/parcel-bundler/src/scope-hoisting/shake.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 const t = require('@babel/types');
 
-const EXPORTS_RE = /^\$([^$]+)\$exports$/;
-
 /**
  * This is a small small implementation of dead code removal specialized to handle
  * removing unused exports. All other dead code removal happens in workers on each
@@ -44,31 +42,24 @@ function getUnusedBinding(path, name) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  if (isPure(binding)) {
+  let pure = isPure(binding);
+  if (!binding.referenced && pure) {
     return binding;
   }
 
-  if (!EXPORTS_RE.test(name)) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   // Is there any references which aren't simple assignments?
   let bailout = binding.referencePaths.some(
     path => !isExportAssignment(path) && !isUnusedWildcard(path)
   );
 
-  if (bailout) {
-    return null;
-  } else {
+  if (!bailout && pure) {
     return binding;
   }
+
+  return null;
 }
 
 function isPure(binding) {
-  if (binding.referenced) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   if (
     binding.path.isVariableDeclarator() &&
     binding.path.get('id').isIdentifier()
@@ -122,6 +113,15 @@ function remove(path) {
   } else if (isUnusedWildcard(path)) {
     remove(path.parentPath);
   } else if (!path.removed) {
-    path.remove();
+    if (
+      path.parentPath.isSequenceExpression() &&
+      path.parent.expressions.length === 1
+    ) {
+      // replace sequence expression with it's sole child
+      path.parentPath.replaceWith(path);
+      remove(path.parentPath);
+    } else {
+      path.remove();
+    }
   }
 }