diff --git a/terraform/node_module_removed.go b/terraform/node_module_removed.go
index ce5056929..bb3e5ee1e 100644
--- a/terraform/node_module_removed.go
+++ b/terraform/node_module_removed.go
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ func (n *NodeModuleRemoved) EvalTree() EvalNode {
 	}
 }
 
+func (n *NodeModuleRemoved) ReferenceGlobal() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (n *NodeModuleRemoved) References() []string {
+	return []string{modulePrefixStr(n.PathValue)}
+}
+
 // EvalDeleteModule is an EvalNode implementation that removes an empty module
 // entry from the state.
 type EvalDeleteModule struct {