diff --git a/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h b/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h
index f6bb8127c..566983f05 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h
+++ b/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	struct operand_s *op;	///< The operand for the temporary variable, if
 							///< allocated
 	struct type_s *type;	///< The type of the temporary variable.
-	int         users;		///< Reference count. Source of much hair loss.
 } ex_temp_t;
 
 /**	Pointer constant expression.
@@ -287,9 +286,6 @@ expr_t *new_block_expr (void);
 
 /**	Create a new binary expression node node.
 
-	If \a e1 or \a e2 represent temporary variables, their ex_temp_t::users
-	field will be incremented.
-
 	If either \a e1 or \a e2 are error expressions, then that expression will
 	be returned instead of a new binary expression.
 
@@ -304,9 +300,6 @@ expr_t *new_binary_expr (int op, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2);
 
 /**	Create a new unary expression node node.
 
-	If \a e1 represents a temporary variable, its ex_temp_t::users field
-	will be incremented.
-
 	If \a e1 is an error expression, then it will be returned instead of a
 	new binary expression.
 
@@ -514,30 +507,6 @@ expr_t *new_param_expr (struct type_s *type, int num);
 */
 expr_t *new_move_expr (expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2, struct type_s *type);
 
-/**	Temporary variable reference counting.
-
-	Increment the users of the referenced temporary. Has no effect on
-	other expressions.
-
-	\param e		The expression referencing the temporary variable. If
-					a block expression, the result of the block will be
-					incremented.
-	\return			\a e
-*/
-expr_t *inc_users (expr_t *e);
-
-/**	Temporary variable reference counting.
-
-	Decrement the users of the referenced temporary. Has no effect on
-	other expressions.
-
-	\param e		The expression referencing the temporary variable. If
-					a block expression, the result of the block will be
-					decremented.
-	\return			\a e
-*/
-expr_t *dec_users (expr_t *e);
-
 expr_t *append_expr (expr_t *block, expr_t *e);
 
 void print_expr (expr_t *e);
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c b/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c
index b4ba705c3..fb23689ee 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@ static expr_t *
 cf_cast_expr (type_t *type, expr_t *e)
 {
 	e = cast_expr (type, e);
-	// The expression of which this is a sub-expression has already 
-	// incremented users, so we don't need cast_expr to do so again,
-	// however, since cast_expr does so unconditionally, we must undo
-	// the increment.
-	if (e && e->type == ex_uexpr && e->e.expr.op == 'C')
-		dec_users (e->e.expr.e1);
 	return e;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
index be320d7e1..840c29d1b 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
@@ -190,26 +190,6 @@ test_error (expr_t *e, type_t *t)
 	return e;
 }
 
-expr_t *
-inc_users (expr_t *e)
-{
-	if (e && e->type == ex_temp)
-		e->e.temp.users++;
-	else if (e && e->type == ex_block)
-		inc_users (e->e.block.result);
-	return e;
-}
-
-expr_t *
-dec_users (expr_t *e)
-{
-	if (e && e->type == ex_temp)
-		e->e.temp.users--;
-	else if (e && e->type == ex_block)
-		dec_users (e->e.block.result);
-	return e;
-}
-
 expr_t *
 new_expr (void)
 {
@@ -301,7 +281,6 @@ copy_expr (expr_t *e)
 			n = new_expr ();
 			*n = *e;
 			n->e.temp.expr = copy_expr (e->e.temp.expr);
-			e->e.temp.users = 0;	//FIXME?
 			return n;
 	}
 	error (e, "internal: invalid expression");
@@ -387,9 +366,6 @@ new_binary_expr (int op, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 	if (e2 && e2->type == ex_error)
 		return e2;
 
-	inc_users (e1);
-	inc_users (e2);
-
 	e->type = ex_expr;
 	e->e.expr.op = op;
 	e->e.expr.e1 = e1;
@@ -405,8 +381,6 @@ new_unary_expr (int op, expr_t *e1)
 	if (e1 && e1->type == ex_error)
 		return e1;
 
-	inc_users (e1);
-
 	e->type = ex_uexpr;
 	e->e.expr.op = op;
 	e->e.expr.e1 = e1;
@@ -1214,7 +1188,6 @@ binary_expr (int op, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 	if (e1->type == ex_block && e1->e.block.is_call
 		&& has_function_call (e2) && e1->e.block.result) {
 		e = new_temp_def_expr (get_type (e1->e.block.result));
-		inc_users (e);					// for the block itself
 		e1 = assign_expr (e, e1);
 	}
 
@@ -1617,12 +1590,6 @@ build_function_call (expr_t *fexpr, type_t *ftype, expr_t *params)
 		} else {
 			*a = cast_expr (arg_types[i], e);
 		}
-		// new_binary_expr calls inc_users for both args, but inc_users doesn't
-		// walk expression chains so only the first arg expression in the chain
-		// (the last arg in the call) gets its user count incremented, thus
-		// ensure all other arg expressions get their user counts incremented.
-		if (a != &args)
-			inc_users (*a);
 		a = &(*a)->next;
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < arg_expr_count - 1; i++) {
@@ -1631,8 +1598,6 @@ build_function_call (expr_t *fexpr, type_t *ftype, expr_t *params)
 	if (arg_expr_count) {
 		e = assign_expr (arg_exprs[arg_expr_count - 1][1],
 						 arg_exprs[arg_expr_count - 1][0]);
-		inc_users (arg_exprs[arg_expr_count - 1][0]);
-		inc_users (arg_exprs[arg_expr_count - 1][1]);
 		append_expr (call, e);
 	}
 	e = new_binary_expr ('c', fexpr, args);