diff --git a/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast_impl/js.rs b/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast_impl/js.rs
index 8a12938bceb7b..4540ffb5925c1 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast_impl/js.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_ast/src/ast_impl/js.rs
@@ -294,10 +294,15 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Display for IdentifierName<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> IdentifierReference<'a> {
+    /// Get `ReferenceId` of `IdentifierReference`.
+    ///
+    /// Only use this method on a post-semantic AST where `ReferenceId`s are always defined.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// Panics if `reference_id` is `None`.
     #[inline]
-    #[allow(missing_docs)]
-    pub fn reference_id(&self) -> Option<ReferenceId> {
-        self.reference_id.get()
+    pub fn reference_id(&self) -> ReferenceId {
+        self.reference_id.get().unwrap()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_throw_literal.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_throw_literal.rs
index 7cc515c263a0f..524ff37c66557 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_throw_literal.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_throw_literal.rs
@@ -147,10 +147,7 @@ impl NoThrowLiteral {
                     || Self::could_be_error(ctx, &expr.alternate)
             }
             Expression::Identifier(ident) => {
-                let Some(ref_id) = ident.reference_id() else {
-                    return true;
-                };
-                let reference = ctx.symbols().get_reference(ref_id);
+                let reference = ctx.symbols().get_reference(ident.reference_id());
                 let Some(symbol_id) = reference.symbol_id() else {
                     return true;
                 };
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/no_async_endpoint_handlers.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/no_async_endpoint_handlers.rs
index 60bc927e33467..95810870ae983 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/no_async_endpoint_handlers.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/no_async_endpoint_handlers.rs
@@ -211,9 +211,8 @@ impl NoAsyncEndpointHandlers {
         match arg {
             Expression::Identifier(handler) => {
                 // Unresolved reference? Nothing we can do.
-                let Some(symbol_id) = handler
-                    .reference_id()
-                    .and_then(|id| ctx.symbols().get_reference(id).symbol_id())
+                let Some(symbol_id) =
+                    ctx.symbols().get_reference(handler.reference_id()).symbol_id()
                 else {
                     return;
                 };
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/no_map_spread.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/no_map_spread.rs
index 63c77c01bceb0..c95ae3c14661c 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/no_map_spread.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/no_map_spread.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use oxc_semantic::{Reference, ReferenceId, ScopeId, SymbolId};
+use oxc_semantic::{ReferenceId, ScopeId, SymbolId};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
@@ -354,10 +354,10 @@ impl Rule for NoMapSpread {
 
         match leftmost_identifier_reference(&call_expr.callee) {
             Ok(ident) => {
-                if let Some(ref_id) = ident.reference_id() {
-                    if self.is_ignored_map_call(ctx, ident.name.as_str(), ref_id, call_expr.span) {
-                        return;
-                    }
+                let reference_id = ident.reference_id();
+                if self.is_ignored_map_call(ctx, ident.name.as_str(), reference_id, call_expr.span)
+                {
+                    return;
                 }
             }
             // Mapped class properties likely have their elements spread to
@@ -675,10 +675,8 @@ where
             // check if identifier is a reference to a spread-initialized
             // variable declared within the map callback.
             Expression::Identifier(ident) => {
-                let Some(symbol_id) = ident
-                    .reference_id()
-                    .map(|id| self.ctx.symbols().get_reference(id))
-                    .and_then(Reference::symbol_id)
+                let Some(symbol_id) =
+                    self.ctx.symbols().get_reference(ident.reference_id()).symbol_id()
                 else {
                     return;
                 };
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/only_used_in_recursion.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/only_used_in_recursion.rs
index 92e35c9199bfe..12bb48f047d8b 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/only_used_in_recursion.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/oxc/only_used_in_recursion.rs
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ fn is_recursive_call(
     ctx: &LintContext,
 ) -> bool {
     if let Expression::Identifier(identifier) = &call_expr.callee {
-        if let Some(symbol_id) =
-            identifier.reference_id().and_then(|id| ctx.symbols().get_reference(id).symbol_id())
+        if let Some(symbol_id) = ctx.symbols().get_reference(identifier.reference_id()).symbol_id()
         {
             return symbol_id == function_symbol_id;
         }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/react/jsx_no_undef.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/react/jsx_no_undef.rs
index e0155081242c5..fa2f89773c38a 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/react/jsx_no_undef.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/react/jsx_no_undef.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl Rule for JsxNoUndef {
     fn run<'a>(&self, node: &AstNode<'a>, ctx: &LintContext<'a>) {
         if let AstKind::JSXOpeningElement(elem) = &node.kind() {
             if let Some(ident) = get_resolvable_ident(&elem.name) {
-                let reference = ctx.symbols().get_reference(ident.reference_id().unwrap());
+                let reference = ctx.symbols().get_reference(ident.reference_id());
                 if reference.symbol_id().is_some() {
                     return;
                 }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/typescript/no_wrapper_object_types.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/typescript/no_wrapper_object_types.rs
index f8788f29de9c0..abd4749a4a609 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/typescript/no_wrapper_object_types.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/typescript/no_wrapper_object_types.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ impl Rule for NoWrapperObjectTypes {
         };
 
         if matches!(ident_name, "BigInt" | "Boolean" | "Number" | "Object" | "String" | "Symbol") {
-            if reference_id.and_then(|v| ctx.symbols().get_reference(v).symbol_id()).is_some() {
+            if ctx.symbols().get_reference(reference_id).symbol_id().is_some() {
                 return;
             }
 
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/consistent_function_scoping.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/consistent_function_scoping.rs
index 5e10ecd4ff24d..bf02be8017a2b 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/consistent_function_scoping.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/consistent_function_scoping.rs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ struct ReferencesFinder {
 
 impl<'a> Visit<'a> for ReferencesFinder {
     fn visit_identifier_reference(&mut self, it: &oxc_ast::ast::IdentifierReference<'a>) {
-        self.references.push(it.reference_id().unwrap());
+        self.references.push(it.reference_id());
     }
 
     fn visit_jsx_element_name(&mut self, _it: &oxc_ast::ast::JSXElementName<'a>) {
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/utils/react_perf.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/utils/react_perf.rs
index ad6f29a0ea3ab..5c1ecec7b1ae5 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/utils/react_perf.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/utils/react_perf.rs
@@ -94,9 +94,7 @@ where
         let Expression::Identifier(ident) = expr else {
             return;
         };
-        let Some(symbol_id) =
-            ident.reference_id().and_then(|id| ctx.symbols().get_reference(id).symbol_id())
-        else {
+        let Some(symbol_id) = ctx.symbols().get_reference(ident.reference_id()).symbol_id() else {
             return;
         };
         // Symbols declared at the root scope won't (or, at least, shouldn't) be
diff --git a/crates/oxc_semantic/tests/conformance/test_identifier_reference.rs b/crates/oxc_semantic/tests/conformance/test_identifier_reference.rs
index 0fc6232272856..fe6841975c43f 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_semantic/tests/conformance/test_identifier_reference.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_semantic/tests/conformance/test_identifier_reference.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ impl ConformanceTest for IdentifierReferenceTest {
         let AstKind::IdentifierReference(id) = node.kind() else {
             return TestResult::Pass;
         };
-        let Some(reference_id) = id.reference_id() else {
+        let Some(reference_id) = id.reference_id.get() else {
             return missing_reference_id(id);
         };
 
diff --git a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2016/exponentiation_operator.rs b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2016/exponentiation_operator.rs
index 4f06a9164b9db..d489405afb257 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2016/exponentiation_operator.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2016/exponentiation_operator.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl<'a, 'ctx> ExponentiationOperator<'a, 'ctx> {
         let mut temp_var_inits = ctx.ast.vec();
 
         // Make sure side-effects of evaluating `left` only happen once
-        let reference = ctx.scoping.symbols_mut().get_reference_mut(ident.reference_id().unwrap());
+        let reference = ctx.scoping.symbols_mut().get_reference_mut(ident.reference_id());
         let pow_left =
             if let Some(symbol_id) = reference.symbol_id() {
                 // This variable is declared in scope so evaluating it multiple times can't trigger a getter.
@@ -492,8 +492,7 @@ impl<'a, 'ctx> ExponentiationOperator<'a, 'ctx> {
         match obj {
             Expression::Super(super_) => return ctx.ast.expression_super(super_.span),
             Expression::Identifier(ident) => {
-                let symbol_id =
-                    ctx.symbols().get_reference(ident.reference_id().unwrap()).symbol_id();
+                let symbol_id = ctx.symbols().get_reference(ident.reference_id()).symbol_id();
                 if let Some(symbol_id) = symbol_id {
                     // This variable is declared in scope so evaluating it multiple times can't trigger a getter.
                     // No need for a temp var.
diff --git a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2021/logical_assignment_operators.rs b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2021/logical_assignment_operators.rs
index 8fb3dbc097864..d533602d576ac 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2021/logical_assignment_operators.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2021/logical_assignment_operators.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ impl<'a, 'ctx> LogicalAssignmentOperators<'a, 'ctx> {
         ident: &IdentifierReference<'a>,
         ctx: &mut TraverseCtx<'a>,
     ) -> (Expression<'a>, AssignmentTarget<'a>) {
-        let reference = ctx.symbols_mut().get_reference_mut(ident.reference_id().unwrap());
+        let reference = ctx.symbols_mut().get_reference_mut(ident.reference_id());
         *reference.flags_mut() = ReferenceFlags::Read;
         let symbol_id = reference.symbol_id();
         let left_expr = Expression::Identifier(ctx.alloc(ident.clone()));
diff --git a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2022/class_static_block.rs b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2022/class_static_block.rs
index 233df0d48b442..55c4c60f0a56d 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2022/class_static_block.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_transformer/src/es2022/class_static_block.rs
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ struct ReferenceFlagsSetter<'s> {
 
 impl<'a, 's> Visit<'a> for ReferenceFlagsSetter<'s> {
     fn visit_identifier_reference(&mut self, ident: &IdentifierReference<'a>) {
-        let reference_id = ident.reference_id().unwrap();
+        let reference_id = ident.reference_id();
         let reference = self.symbols.get_reference_mut(reference_id);
         *reference.flags_mut() |= ReferenceFlags::Read;
     }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/context/scoping.rs b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/context/scoping.rs
index 0b2e7d6f44c44..e0fdf0785395f 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/context/scoping.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/context/scoping.rs
@@ -347,10 +347,8 @@ impl TraverseScoping {
     }
 
     /// Delete reference for an `IdentifierReference`.
-    #[allow(clippy::missing_panics_doc)]
     pub fn delete_reference_for_identifier(&mut self, ident: &IdentifierReference) {
-        // `unwrap` should never panic as `IdentifierReference`s should always have a `ReferenceId`
-        self.delete_reference(ident.reference_id().unwrap(), &ident.name);
+        self.delete_reference(ident.reference_id(), &ident.name);
     }
 
     /// Determine whether evaluating the specific input `node` is a consequenceless reference.