diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/scope.v b/vlib/v/ast/scope.v
index 329ee554f8..c846debc37 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/scope.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/scope.v
@@ -21,23 +21,13 @@ pub fn new_scope(parent &Scope, start_pos int) &Scope {
 	}
 }
 
-pub struct ScopeVar {
-pub:
-	scope &Scope
-	var   Var
-}
-
-// pub fn (s &Scope) find_scope_and_var(name string) ?(&Scope,Var) {
-pub fn (s &Scope) find_scope_and_var(name string) ?ScopeVar {
+pub fn (s &Scope) find_scope_and_var(name string) ?(&Scope,Var) {
 	if name in s.vars {
-		// return s,s.vars[name]
-		return ScopeVar{
-			s,s.vars[name]}
+		return s,s.vars[name]
 	}
 	for sc := s; !isnil(sc.parent); sc = sc.parent {
 		if name in sc.vars {
-			return ScopeVar{
-				sc,sc.vars[name]}
+			return sc,sc.vars[name]
 		}
 	}
 	return none
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index be99e20a73..8e822d78f3 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -809,16 +809,11 @@ pub fn (c mut Checker) ident(ident mut ast.Ident) table.Type {
 		}
 		start_scope := c.file.scope.innermost(ident.pos.pos)
 		mut found := true
-		mut var_scope := &ast.Scope(0)
-		mut var := ast.Var{}
-		// var_scope,var = start_scope.find_scope_and_var(ident.name) or {
-		mr := start_scope.find_scope_and_var(ident.name) or {
+		var_scope,var := start_scope.find_scope_and_var(ident.name) or {
 			found = false
 			c.error('not found: $ident.name - POS: $ident.pos.pos', ident.pos)
 			panic('')
 		}
-		var_scope = mr.scope
-		var = mr.var
 		if found {
 			// update the variable
 			// we need to do this here instead of var_decl since some