diff --git a/lib/compress/index.js b/lib/compress/index.js
index 4068f983e..5900bd674 100644
--- a/lib/compress/index.js
+++ b/lib/compress/index.js
@@ -1176,8 +1176,6 @@ AST_Scope.DEFMETHOD("hoist_properties", function(compressor) {
     var top_retain = self instanceof AST_Toplevel && compressor.top_retain || return_false;
     var defs_by_id = new Map();
     var hoister = new TreeTransformer(function(node, descend) {
-        if (node instanceof AST_Definitions
-            && hoister.parent() instanceof AST_Export) return node;
         if (node instanceof AST_VarDef) {
             const sym = node.name;
             let def;