diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/DefineValuesForm.java b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/DefineValuesForm.java
index 2aa8306e..85030a3c 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/DefineValuesForm.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/DefineValuesForm.java
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ private static SyntaxSymbol[] checkIds(Evaluator eval, SyntaxChecker formChecker
         int size = argSexp.size(eval);
         for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
         {
-            // Prepare the identifiers so they resolve to their own binding.
-            subformChecker.requiredIdentifier(i).resolve();
+            // Syntax-check the binders
+            subformChecker.requiredIdentifier(i);
         }
 
         // Check for duplicate identifiers
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LambdaForm.java b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LambdaForm.java
index b54b0524..64bd4bc5 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LambdaForm.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LambdaForm.java
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ SyntaxValue<?> expand(Expander expander, Environment env, SyntaxSexp stx)
         // Prepare the bound names so they resolve to their own binding.
         for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++)
         {
-            SyntaxSymbol arg = args[i];
-            arg = (SyntaxSymbol) arg.addWrap(localEnv.getWrap());
-            arg.resolve();           // Caches the binding in the identifier
-            args[i] = arg;
+            args[i] = (SyntaxSymbol) args[i].addWrap(localEnv.getWrap());
         }
 
         if (formals instanceof SyntaxSymbol)
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LetValuesForm.java b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LetValuesForm.java
index da54161a..8747a9b0 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LetValuesForm.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LetValuesForm.java
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ SyntaxValue expand(Expander expander, Environment env, SyntaxSexp stx)
                 SyntaxSymbol name = boundNames[bindingPos];
                 assert name == wrappedNames[j];
 
-                name = (SyntaxSymbol) name.addWrap(localWrap);
-                name.resolve();
-                wrappedNames[j] = name;
+                wrappedNames[j] = name.addWrap(localWrap);
                 bindingPos++;
             }
             names = names.copyReplacingChildren(eval, wrappedNames);
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LetrecForm.java b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LetrecForm.java
index 4ddf387d..a62d0eeb 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LetrecForm.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/dev/ionfusion/fusion/LetrecForm.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ SyntaxValue expand(Expander expander, Environment env, SyntaxSexp stx)
         {
             // Wrap the bound names so they resolve to their own binding.
             SyntaxSymbol name = (SyntaxSymbol) boundNames[i].addWrap(localWrap);
-            name.resolve();
 
             // Already type- and arity-checked this above
             SyntaxSexp binding = (SyntaxSexp) bindingForms.get(eval, i);