4 files changed, 7 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/source/compiler-core/slang-doc-extractor.cpp b/source/compiler-core/slang-doc-extractor.cpp
index f2f4775fa..0a5c1355d 100644
--- a/source/compiler-core/slang-doc-extractor.cpp
+++ b/source/compiler-core/slang-doc-extractor.cpp
@@ -885,9 +885,7 @@ SlangResult DocMarkupExtractor::extract(
 
         MemoryArena memoryArena(4096);
 
-        RootNamePool rootNamePool;
         NamePool namePool;
-        namePool.setRootNamePool(&rootNamePool);
 
         Index viewIndex = -1;
         SourceView* sourceView = nullptr;
diff --git a/source/compiler-core/slang-lexer.cpp b/source/compiler-core/slang-lexer.cpp
index 119c34d48..d9ff9c0f0 100644
--- a/source/compiler-core/slang-lexer.cpp
+++ b/source/compiler-core/slang-lexer.cpp
@@ -1921,9 +1921,7 @@ TokenList Lexer::lexAllTokens()
 
     MemoryArena arena;
 
-    RootNamePool rootNamePool;
     NamePool namePool;
-    namePool.setRootNamePool(&rootNamePool);
 
     lexer.initialize(sourceView, &sink, &namePool, &arena);
 
diff --git a/source/compiler-core/slang-name.cpp b/source/compiler-core/slang-name.cpp
index 6f79d25b5..da19dfe3b 100644
--- a/source/compiler-core/slang-name.cpp
+++ b/source/compiler-core/slang-name.cpp
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ const char* getCstr(Name* name)
 Name* NamePool::getName(UnownedStringSlice text)
 {
     RefPtr<Name> name;
-    if (rootPool->names.tryGetValue(text, name))
+    if (names.tryGetValue(text, name))
         return name;
 
     name = new Name();
     name->text = text;
-    rootPool->names.add(text, name);
+    names.add(text, name);
     return name;
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Name* NamePool::getName(String const& text)
 Name* NamePool::tryGetName(String const& text)
 {
     RefPtr<Name> name;
-    if (rootPool->names.tryGetValue(text, name))
+    if (names.tryGetValue(text, name))
         return name;
     return nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/source/compiler-core/slang-name.h b/source/compiler-core/slang-name.h
index 331086d77..aa178968d 100644
--- a/source/compiler-core/slang-name.h
+++ b/source/compiler-core/slang-name.h
@@ -43,28 +43,10 @@ UnownedStringSlice getUnownedStringSliceText(Name* name);
 // Get a name as a C style string, or nullptr if name is nullptr
 const char* getCstr(Name* name);
 
-// A `RootNamePool` is used to store and look up names.
+// A `NamePool` is used to store and look up names.
 // If two systems need to work together with names, and be sure that they
 // get equivalent names for a string like `"Foo"`, then they need to use
-// the same root name pool (directly or indirectly).
-//
-struct RootNamePool
-{
-    // The mapping from text strings to the corresponding name.
-    Dictionary<String, RefPtr<Name>> names;
-};
-
-// A `NamePool` is effectively a way of storing a subset of the
-// names that have been created through a `RootNamePool`.
-//
-// The intention is that eventually we will add the ability to clean
-// up a `NamePool`, and remove the names it created from the corresponding
-// `RootNamePool` *if* those names are no longer in use.
-//
-// The goal of such an approach would be to ensure that the memory
-// usage of a `Session` can't bloat over time just because of multiple
-// `CompileRequest`s being created, used, and then destroyed (each time
-// adding just a few more strings to the name mapping).
+// the same name pool (directly or indirectly).
 //
 struct NamePool
 {
@@ -74,13 +56,9 @@ struct NamePool
     // Try find the `Name` that represents the given `text`.
     // If the name does not exist, return nullptr
     Name* tryGetName(String const& text);
-    // Set the parent name pool to use for lookup
-    void setRootNamePool(RootNamePool* rootNamePool) { this->rootPool = rootNamePool; }
-
-    //
 
-    // The root name pool to use for storage/lookup
-    RootNamePool* rootPool = nullptr;
+    // The mapping from text strings to the corresponding name.
+    Dictionary<String, RefPtr<Name>> names;
 };
 
 } // namespace Slang