diff --git a/src/ast/nodes/shared/knownGlobals.ts b/src/ast/nodes/shared/knownGlobals.ts
index 3b8c05979f0..b42316d6bc3 100644
--- a/src/ast/nodes/shared/knownGlobals.ts
+++ b/src/ast/nodes/shared/knownGlobals.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 /* eslint sort-keys: "off" */
 
+import { CallOptions } from '../../CallOptions';
+import { HasEffectsContext } from '../../ExecutionContext';
+import { UNKNOWN_NON_ACCESSOR_PATH } from '../../utils/PathTracker';
 import type { ObjectPath } from '../../utils/PathTracker';
 
 const ValueProperties = Symbol('Value Properties');
 
 interface ValueDescription {
-	// Denotes a proper function except for the side effects listed explicitly
-	function: boolean;
-	// This assumes that mutation itself cannot have side effects and that this
-	// does not trigger setters or getters
-	mutatesArg1: boolean;
+	hasEffectsWhenCalled(callOptions: CallOptions, context: HasEffectsContext): boolean;
 }
 
 interface GlobalDescription {
@@ -18,8 +17,17 @@ interface GlobalDescription {
 	__proto__: null;
 }
 
-const PURE: ValueDescription = { function: true, mutatesArg1: false };
-const IMPURE: ValueDescription = { function: false, mutatesArg1: false };
+const PURE: ValueDescription = {
+	hasEffectsWhenCalled() {
+		return false;
+	}
+};
+
+const IMPURE: ValueDescription = {
+	hasEffectsWhenCalled() {
+		return true;
+	}
+};
 
 // We use shortened variables to reduce file size here
 /* OBJECT */
@@ -37,7 +45,14 @@ const PF: GlobalDescription = {
 /* FUNCTION THAT MUTATES FIRST ARG WITHOUT TRIGGERING ACCESSORS */
 const MUTATES_ARG_WITHOUT_ACCESSOR: GlobalDescription = {
 	__proto__: null,
-	[ValueProperties]: { function: true, mutatesArg1: true }
+	[ValueProperties]: {
+		hasEffectsWhenCalled(callOptions, context) {
+			return (
+				!callOptions.args.length ||
+				callOptions.args[0].hasEffectsWhenAssignedAtPath(UNKNOWN_NON_ACCESSOR_PATH, context)
+			);
+		}
+	}
 };
 
 /* CONSTRUCTOR */
diff --git a/src/ast/variables/GlobalVariable.ts b/src/ast/variables/GlobalVariable.ts
index 813011e2106..7d6928c5f9c 100644
--- a/src/ast/variables/GlobalVariable.ts
+++ b/src/ast/variables/GlobalVariable.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ import { CallOptions } from '../CallOptions';
 import { HasEffectsContext } from '../ExecutionContext';
 import { getGlobalAtPath } from '../nodes/shared/knownGlobals';
 import type { ObjectPath } from '../utils/PathTracker';
-import { UNKNOWN_NON_ACCESSOR_PATH } from '../utils/PathTracker';
 import Variable from './Variable';
 
 export default class GlobalVariable extends Variable {
+	// Ensure we use live-bindings for globals as we do not know if they have
+	// been reassigned
 	isReassigned = true;
 
 	hasEffectsWhenAccessedAtPath(path: ObjectPath): boolean {
 		if (path.length === 0) {
+			// Technically, "undefined" is a global variable of sorts
 			return this.name !== 'undefined' && getGlobalAtPath([this.name]) === null;
 		}
 		return getGlobalAtPath([this.name, ...path].slice(0, -1)) === null;
@@ -21,12 +23,6 @@ export default class GlobalVariable extends Variable {
 		context: HasEffectsContext
 	): boolean {
 		const globalAtPath = getGlobalAtPath([this.name, ...path]);
-		return (
-			globalAtPath === null ||
-			!globalAtPath.function ||
-			(globalAtPath.mutatesArg1 &&
-				(!callOptions.args.length ||
-					callOptions.args[0].hasEffectsWhenAssignedAtPath(UNKNOWN_NON_ACCESSOR_PATH, context)))
-		);
+		return globalAtPath === null || globalAtPath.hasEffectsWhenCalled(callOptions, context);
 	}
 }