diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/metadata.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/metadata.ts
index af855d3b43..ce1a358c8a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/metadata.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function generateSetClassMetadataCall(
   if (!reflection.isClass(clazz)) {
     return null;
   }
-  const id = ts.updateIdentifier(reflection.getAdjacentNameOfClass(clazz));
+  const id = reflection.getAdjacentNameOfClass(clazz);
 
   // Reflect over the class decorators. If none are present, or those that are aren't from
   // Angular, then return null. Otherwise, turn them into metadata.
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/imports/test/default_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/imports/test/default_spec.ts
index 0171459232..f07ea36462 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/imports/test/default_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/imports/test/default_spec.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
             module: ts.ModuleKind.CommonJS,
           });
       const fooClause = getDeclaration(program, _('/test.ts'), 'Foo', ts.isImportClause);
-      const fooId = ts.updateIdentifier(fooClause.name!);
+      const fooId = fooClause.name!;
       const fooDecl = fooClause.parent;
 
       const tracker = new DefaultImportTracker();
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/type_to_value.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/type_to_value.ts
index cf17312b60..eea33c9bfe 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/type_to_value.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/type_to_value.ts
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ export function typeToValue(
 
       return {
         kind: TypeValueReferenceKind.LOCAL,
-        // Copying the name here ensures the generated references will be correctly transformed
-        // along with the import.
-        expression: ts.updateIdentifier(firstDecl.name),
+        expression: firstDecl.name,
         defaultImportStatement: firstDecl.parent,
       };
     } else if (ts.isImportSpecifier(firstDecl)) {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/switch/src/switch.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/switch/src/switch.ts
index aa8897d74c..8d40c1e3db 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/switch/src/switch.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/switch/src/switch.ts
@@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ function flipIvySwitchesInVariableStatement(
           stmt.getSourceFile().fileName} for the Ivy switch.`);
     }
 
-    // Copy the identifier with updateIdentifier(). This copies the internal information which
-    // allows TS to write a correct reference to the identifier.
-    newIdentifier = ts.updateIdentifier(newIdentifier);
-
     newDeclarations[i] = ts.updateVariableDeclaration(
         /* node */ decl,
         /* name */ decl.name,