diff --git a/reference.go b/reference.go
index 31280d5..0b26c10 100644
--- a/reference.go
+++ b/reference.go
@@ -37,16 +37,6 @@ func (ref Reference) Name() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("${%s}", strings.ReplaceAll(ref.TargetPath.String(), ".", ":"))
 }
 
-type ResolvedReference struct {
-	Reference
-	// TargetValue is the value to which the TargetPath points to.
-	// If TargetReference is not nil, this value must be [data.NilValue].
-	TargetValue data.Value
-	// TargetReference is non-nil if the Reference points to another [ResolvedReference]
-	// If the Reference just points to a scalar value, this will be nil.
-	TargetReference *ResolvedReference
-}
-
 type ReferenceSourceWalker interface {
 	WalkValues(func(path data.Path, value data.Value) error) error
 }
diff --git a/reference_test.go b/reference_test.go
index dfc1366..f120d68 100644
--- a/reference_test.go
+++ b/reference_test.go
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ func TestResolveReferencesSimple(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test: resolve all valid references which have a direct TargetValue
 	resolved, err := ResolveReferences(expectedReferencesSimple, class)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Len(t, resolved, len(expectedReferencesSimple), "Every Reference should emit a ResolveReference")
+	assert.Len(t, resolved, len(expectedReferencesSimple))
 	for _, resolved := range resolved {
-		assert.Contains(t, expectedReferencesSimple, resolved, "ResolvedReference should be returned")
+		assert.Contains(t, expectedReferencesSimple, resolved)
 	}
 
 	// Test: references with invalid TargetPath