diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/eval.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/eval.rs
index 64d5eee..81005d0 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/eval.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/eval.rs
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ mod test;
 
 pub struct State<'a> {
   values: ScopeStack<'a, Rc<String>, ValueEntry>,
-  symbol_table_handle: SymbolTableHandle,
 }
 
 impl<'a> State<'a> {
-  pub fn new(symbol_table_handle: SymbolTableHandle) -> State<'a> {
+  pub fn new() -> State<'a> {
     let values = ScopeStack::new(Some(format!("global")));
-    State { values, symbol_table_handle }
+    State { values }
   }
 
   pub fn debug_print(&self) -> String {
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
   fn new_frame(&'a self, items: &'a Vec<Node>, bound_vars: &BoundVars) -> State<'a> {
     let mut inner_state = State {
       values: self.values.new_scope(None),
-      symbol_table_handle: self.symbol_table_handle.clone(),
     };
     for (bound_var, val) in bound_vars.iter().zip(items.iter()) {
       if let Some(bv) = bound_var.as_ref() {
@@ -263,7 +261,6 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
         }
         let mut func_state = State {
           values: self.values.new_scope(name.map(|n| format!("{}", n))),
-          symbol_table_handle: self.symbol_table_handle.clone(),
         };
         for (param, val) in params.into_iter().zip(args.into_iter()) {
           let val = func_state.expression(Node::Expr(val))?;
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/eval/test.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/eval/test.rs
index d361286..5c534cc 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/eval/test.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/eval/test.rs
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ fn evaluate_all_outputs(input: &str) -> Vec<Result<String, String>> {
   let (mut ast, source_map) = crate::util::quick_ast(input);
   let source_map = Rc::new(RefCell::new(source_map));
   let symbol_table = Rc::new(RefCell::new(SymbolTable::new(source_map)));
-  let mut state = State::new(symbol_table);
-  state.symbol_table_handle.borrow_mut().add_top_level_symbols(&ast).unwrap();
+  symbol_table.borrow_mut().add_top_level_symbols(&ast).unwrap();
   {
-  let mut scope_resolver = ScopeResolver::new(state.symbol_table_handle.clone());
+  let mut scope_resolver = ScopeResolver::new(symbol_table.clone());
   let _ = scope_resolver.resolve(&mut ast);
   }
 
-  let reduced = reduce(&ast, &state.symbol_table_handle.borrow());
+  let reduced = reduce(&ast, &symbol_table.borrow());
+  let mut state = State::new();
   let all_output = state.evaluate(reduced, true);
   all_output
 }
diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/schala.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/schala.rs
index 8446e03..a5a41e2 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/schala.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/schala.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl Schala {
       symbol_table: symbols.clone(),
       source_map: source_map.clone(),
       resolver: crate::scope_resolution::ScopeResolver::new(symbols.clone()),
-      state: eval::State::new(symbols),
+      state: eval::State::new(),
       type_context: typechecking::TypeContext::new(),
       active_parser: parsing::Parser::new(source_map)
     }