diff --git a/lib/dependencies/ProvidedDependency.js b/lib/dependencies/ProvidedDependency.js
index 83cd995c892..7f9c324ea63 100644
--- a/lib/dependencies/ProvidedDependency.js
+++ b/lib/dependencies/ProvidedDependency.js
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ const ModuleDependency = require("./ModuleDependency");
 /** @typedef {import("../util/Hash")} Hash */
 /** @typedef {import("../util/runtime").RuntimeSpec} RuntimeSpec */
 
-const idsSymbol = Symbol("ProvidedDependency.ids");
-
 /**
  * @param {string[]|null} path the property path array
  * @returns {string} the converted path
@@ -55,26 +53,6 @@ class ProvidedDependency extends ModuleDependency {
 		return "esm";
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @param {ModuleGraph} moduleGraph the module graph
-	 * @returns {string[]} the imported ids
-	 */
-	getIds(moduleGraph) {
-		const meta = moduleGraph.getMetaIfExisting(this);
-		if (meta === undefined) return this.ids;
-		const ids = meta[idsSymbol];
-		return ids !== undefined ? ids : this.ids;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param {ModuleGraph} moduleGraph the module graph
-	 * @param {string[]} ids the imported ids
-	 * @returns {void}
-	 */
-	setIds(moduleGraph, ids) {
-		moduleGraph.getMeta(this)[idsSymbol] = ids;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns list of exports referenced by this dependency
 	 * @param {ModuleGraph} moduleGraph module graph
@@ -82,7 +60,7 @@ class ProvidedDependency extends ModuleDependency {
 	 * @returns {(string[] | ReferencedExport)[]} referenced exports
 	 */
 	getReferencedExports(moduleGraph, runtime) {
-		let ids = this.getIds(moduleGraph);
+		let ids = this.ids;
 		if (ids.length === 0) return Dependency.EXPORTS_OBJECT_REFERENCED;
 		return [ids];
 	}
@@ -95,8 +73,7 @@ class ProvidedDependency extends ModuleDependency {
 	 */
 	updateHash(hash, context) {
 		if (this._hashUpdate === undefined) {
-			this._hashUpdate =
-				this.identifier + (this.ids ? this.ids.join(",") : "null");
+			this._hashUpdate = this.identifier + (this.ids ? this.ids.join(",") : "");
 		}
 		hash.update(this._hashUpdate);
 	}
@@ -143,7 +120,7 @@ class ProvidedDependencyTemplate extends ModuleDependency.Template {
 		const dep = /** @type {ProvidedDependency} */ (dependency);
 		const connection = moduleGraph.getConnection(dep);
 		const exportsInfo = moduleGraph.getExportsInfo(connection.module);
-		const usedName = exportsInfo.getUsedName(dep.getIds(moduleGraph), runtime);
+		const usedName = exportsInfo.getUsedName(dep.ids, runtime);
 		initFragments.push(
 			new InitFragment(
 				`/* provided dependency */ var ${