diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 387b87bb..933dbdbf 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -1384,6 +1384,8 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
             var in_use = [];
             var in_use_ids = {}; // avoid expensive linear scans of in_use
             var initializations = new Dictionary();
+            var destructuring_value = null;
+            var in_definition = false;
             // pass 1: find out which symbols are directly used in
             // this scope (not in nested scopes).
             var scope = this;
@@ -1395,9 +1397,17 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                     }
                     if (node instanceof AST_Definitions && scope === self) {
                         node.definitions.forEach(function(def){
-                            if (def.is_destructuring()) return;  /* Destructurings are type assertions! */
                             if (def.value) {
-                                initializations.add(def.name.name, def.value);
+                                if (def.is_destructuring()) {
+                                    var destructuring_cache = destructuring_value;
+                                    destructuring_value = def.value;
+                                    in_definition = true;
+                                    def.walk(tw);
+                                    in_definition = false;
+                                    destructuring_value = destructuring_cache;
+                                } else {
+                                    initializations.add(def.name.name, def.value);
+                                }
                                 if (def.value.has_side_effects(compressor)) {
                                     def.value.walk(tw);
                                 }
@@ -1420,6 +1430,39 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                         scope = save_scope;
                         return true;
                     }
+                    if (node instanceof AST_Destructuring) {
+                        if (!in_definition) {
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        for (var i = 0; i < node.names.length; i++) {
+                            if (node.names[i] instanceof AST_Destructuring) {
+                                node.names[i].walk(tw);
+                            }
+                            else if (node.names[i] instanceof AST_Expansion) {
+                                if (node.names[i].expression instanceof AST_Symbol) {
+                                    initializations.add(node.names[i].expression.name, destructuring_value);
+                                } else {
+                                    throw new Error(string_template("Can't handle expansion of type: {type}", {
+                                        type: Object.getPrototypeOf(node.names[i].expression).TYPE
+                                    }));
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else if (node.names[i] instanceof AST_Hole) {
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                            else if (node.names[i] instanceof AST_ObjectKeyVal && typeof node.names[i].key === "string") {
+                                initializations.add(node.names[i].key, destructuring_value);
+                            }
+                            else if (node.names[i] instanceof AST_Symbol) {
+                                initializations.add(node.names[i].name, destructuring_value);
+                            } else {
+                                throw new Error(string_template("Unknown destructuring element of type: {type}", {
+                                    type: Object.getPrototypeOf(node.names[i]).TYPE
+                                }));
+                            }
+                        }
+                        return true;
+                    }
                 }
             });
             self.walk(tw);
diff --git a/test/compress/destructuring.js b/test/compress/destructuring.js
index 5468bb81..2f8401a8 100644
--- a/test/compress/destructuring.js
+++ b/test/compress/destructuring.js
@@ -104,3 +104,99 @@ destructuring_expressions: {
     expect_exact: "({a,b});[{a}];f({x});"
 }
 
+destructuring_remove_unused_1: {
+    options = {
+        unused: true
+    }
+    input: {
+        function a() {
+            var unused = "foo";
+            var a = [1];
+            var [b] = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function b() {
+            var unused = "foo";
+            var a = {b: 1};
+            var {b} = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function c() {
+            var unused = "foo";
+            var a = [[1]];
+            var [[b]] = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function d() {
+            var unused = "foo";
+            var a = {b: {b:1}};
+            var {b:{b}} = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function e() {
+            var unused = "foo";
+            var a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+            var [b, ...c] = a;
+            f(b, c);
+        }
+    }
+    expect: {
+        function a() {
+            var a = [1];
+            var [b] = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function b() {
+            var a = {b: 1};
+            var {b} = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function c() {
+            var a = [[1]];
+            var [[b]] = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function d() {
+            var a = {b: {b:1}};
+            var {b:{b}} = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function e() {
+            var a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+            var [b, ...c] = a;
+            f(b, c);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+destructuring_remove_unused_2: {
+    options = {
+        unused: true
+    }
+    input: {
+        function a() {
+            var unused = "foo";
+            var a = [,,1];
+            var [b] = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function b() {
+            var unused = "foo";
+            var a = [{a: [1]}];
+            var [{b: a}] = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+    }
+    expect: {
+        function a() {
+            var a = [,,1];
+            var [b] = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+        function b() {
+            var a = [{a: [1]}];
+            var [{b: a}] = a;
+            f(b);
+        }
+    }
+}