diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/api/api.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/api/api.ts
index 19ebb420746..4f66f1e7e69 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/api/api.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/api/api.ts
@@ -8,22 +8,11 @@
 
 import {
   AbsoluteSourceSpan,
-  AST,
   BoundTarget,
   DirectiveMeta,
-  DirectiveOwner,
   LegacyAnimationTriggerNames,
   ParseSourceSpan,
   SchemaMetadata,
-  TemplateEntity,
-  TmplAstBoundAttribute,
-  TmplAstBoundEvent,
-  TmplAstComponent,
-  TmplAstDirective,
-  TmplAstElement,
-  TmplAstReference,
-  TmplAstTemplate,
-  TmplAstTextAttribute,
 } from '@angular/compiler';
 import ts from 'typescript';
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/environment.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/environment.ts
index a80f2930012..9666de22fbb 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/environment.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,9 @@
 
 import ts from 'typescript';
 
-import {
-  assertSuccessfulReferenceEmit,
-  ImportFlags,
-  Reference,
-  ReferenceEmitter,
-} from '../../imports';
-import {ClassDeclaration, ReflectionHost} from '../../reflection';
-import {ImportManager, translateExpression} from '../../translator';
+import {ReferenceEmitter} from '../../imports';
+import {ReflectionHost} from '../../reflection';
+import {ImportManager} from '../../translator';
 import {
   TcbDirectiveMetadata,
   TcbPipeMetadata,
@@ -26,9 +21,8 @@ import {
 } from '../api';
 
 import {ReferenceEmitEnvironment} from './reference_emit_environment';
-import {generateTypeCtorDeclarationFn, requiresInlineTypeCtor} from './type_constructor';
-import {TypeParameterEmitter} from './type_parameter_emitter';
-import {declareVariable, TcbExpr, tempPrint} from './ops/codegen';
+import {generateTypeCtorDeclarationFn} from './type_constructor';
+import {declareVariable, TcbExpr} from './ops/codegen';
 
 /**
  * A context which hosts one or more Type Check Blocks (TCBs).
@@ -83,10 +77,7 @@ export class Environment extends ReferenceEmitEnvironment {
       return new TcbExpr(typeCtorExpr);
     } else {
       const fnName = `_ctor${this.nextIds.typeCtor++}`;
-      const nodeTypeRef = this.referenceTcbType(dir.ref);
-      if (!ts.isTypeReferenceNode(nodeTypeRef)) {
-        throw new Error(`Expected TypeReferenceNode from reference to ${dir.ref.name}`);
-      }
+      const nodeTypeRef = this.referenceTcbValue(dir.ref);
       const meta: TypeCtorMetadata = {
         fnName,
         body: true,
@@ -98,7 +89,7 @@ export class Environment extends ReferenceEmitEnvironment {
       };
 
       const typeParams = dir.typeParameters || undefined;
-      const typeCtor = generateTypeCtorDeclarationFn(this, meta, nodeTypeRef.typeName, typeParams);
+      const typeCtor = generateTypeCtorDeclarationFn(this, meta, nodeTypeRef, typeParams);
       this.typeCtorStatements.push(typeCtor);
       this.typeCtors.set(key, fnName);
       return new TcbExpr(fnName);
@@ -114,46 +105,14 @@ export class Environment extends ReferenceEmitEnvironment {
       return new TcbExpr(this.pipeInsts.get(key)!);
     }
 
-    const pipeType = this.referenceTcbType(pipe.ref);
+    const pipeType = this.referenceTcbValue(pipe.ref);
     const pipeInstId = `_pipe${this.nextIds.pipeInst++}`;
 
     this.pipeInsts.set(key, pipeInstId);
-    this.pipeInstStatements.push(
-      declareVariable(new TcbExpr(pipeInstId), new TcbExpr(tempPrint(pipeType, this.contextFile))),
-    );
+    this.pipeInstStatements.push(declareVariable(new TcbExpr(pipeInstId), pipeType));
     return new TcbExpr(pipeInstId);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Generate a `ts.Expression` that references the given node.
-   *
-   * This may involve importing the node into the file if it's not declared there already.
-   */
-  reference(ref: Reference<ClassDeclaration<ts.ClassDeclaration>>): TcbExpr {
-    // Disable aliasing for imports generated in a template type-checking context, as there is no
-    // guarantee that any alias re-exports exist in the .d.ts files. It's safe to use direct imports
-    // in these cases as there is no strict dependency checking during the template type-checking
-    // pass.
-    const ngExpr = this.refEmitter.emit(ref, this.contextFile, ImportFlags.NoAliasing);
-    assertSuccessfulReferenceEmit(ngExpr, this.contextFile, 'class');
-
-    // Use `translateExpression` to convert the `Expression` into a `ts.Expression`.
-    const tsExpression = translateExpression(
-      this.contextFile,
-      ngExpr.expression,
-      this.importManager,
-    );
-
-    return new TcbExpr(tempPrint(tsExpression, this.contextFile));
-  }
-
-  private emitTypeParameters(
-    declaration: ClassDeclaration<ts.ClassDeclaration>,
-  ): ts.TypeParameterDeclaration[] | undefined {
-    const emitter = new TypeParameterEmitter(declaration.typeParameters, this.reflector);
-    return emitter.emit((ref) => this.referenceType(ref));
-  }
-
   getPreludeStatements(): TcbExpr[] {
     return [...this.pipeInstStatements, ...this.typeCtorStatements];
   }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/directive_type.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/directive_type.ts
index 13fe67597e1..83a4f670474 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/directive_type.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/directive_type.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
  */
 
 import {DirectiveOwner, ParseSourceSpan, TmplAstHostElement} from '@angular/compiler';
-import ts from 'typescript';
 import type {Context} from './context';
 import type {Scope} from './scope';
 import {TcbOp} from './base';
-import {declareVariable, TcbExpr, tempPrint} from './codegen';
+import {declareVariable, TcbExpr} from './codegen';
 import {TcbDirectiveMetadata} from '../../api';
 import {ExpressionIdentifier} from '../comments';
 
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ export abstract class TcbDirectiveTypeOpBase extends TcbOp {
   }
 
   override execute(): TcbExpr {
-    const rawType = this.tcb.env.referenceTcbType(this.dir.ref);
+    const rawType = this.tcb.env.referenceTcbValue(this.dir.ref);
 
     let type: TcbExpr;
     let span: ParseSourceSpan;
@@ -46,20 +45,12 @@ export abstract class TcbDirectiveTypeOpBase extends TcbOp {
       this.dir.typeParameters === null ||
       this.dir.typeParameters.length === 0
     ) {
-      type = new TcbExpr(tempPrint(rawType, this.tcb.env.contextFile));
+      type = rawType;
     } else {
-      if (!ts.isTypeReferenceNode(rawType)) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Expected TypeReferenceNode when referencing the type for ${this.dir.ref.name}`,
-        );
-      }
-      const typeName = ts.isIdentifier(rawType.typeName)
-        ? rawType.typeName.text
-        : tempPrint(rawType.typeName, this.tcb.env.contextFile);
       const typeArguments = Array(this.dir.typeParameters?.length ?? 0)
         .fill('any')
         .join(', ');
-      type = new TcbExpr(`${typeName}<${typeArguments}>`);
+      type = new TcbExpr(`${rawType.print()}<${typeArguments}>`);
     }
 
     if (this.node instanceof TmplAstHostElement) {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/inputs.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/inputs.ts
index dacca8f425c..da838ec718d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/inputs.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/inputs.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@ import {
   TmplAstDirective,
   TmplAstElement,
   TmplAstTemplate,
-  TransplantedType,
 } from '@angular/compiler';
-import ts from 'typescript';
 import type {Context} from './context';
 import type {Scope} from './scope';
 import {TcbDirectiveMetadata} from '../../api';
 import {TcbOp} from './base';
-import {declareVariable, quoteAndEscape, TcbExpr, tempPrint} from './codegen';
+import {declareVariable, quoteAndEscape, TcbExpr} from './codegen';
 import {BindingPropertyName, ClassPropertyName} from '../../../metadata';
 import {REGISTRY} from '../dom';
 import {tcbExpression, unwrapWritableSignal} from './expression';
@@ -125,17 +123,8 @@ export class TcbDirectiveInputsOp extends TcbOp {
             // expression into the input field directly. To achieve this, a variable is declared
             // with a type of `typeof Directive.ngAcceptInputType_fieldName` which is then used as
             // target of the assignment.
-            const dirTypeRef: ts.TypeNode = this.tcb.env.referenceTcbType(this.dir.ref);
-
-            if (!ts.isTypeReferenceNode(dirTypeRef)) {
-              throw new Error(`Expected TypeReferenceNode from reference to ${this.dir.ref.name}`);
-            }
-
-            const typeName = ts.isIdentifier(dirTypeRef.typeName)
-              ? dirTypeRef.typeName.text
-              : tempPrint(dirTypeRef.typeName, dirTypeRef.typeName.getSourceFile());
-
-            type = new TcbExpr(`typeof ${typeName}.ngAcceptInputType_${fieldName}`);
+            const dirTypeRef = this.tcb.env.referenceTcbValue(this.dir.ref);
+            type = new TcbExpr(`typeof ${dirTypeRef.print()}.ngAcceptInputType_${fieldName}`);
           }
 
           const id = new TcbExpr(this.tcb.allocateId());
@@ -160,10 +149,6 @@ export class TcbDirectiveInputsOp extends TcbOp {
           }
 
           const id = new TcbExpr(this.tcb.allocateId());
-          const dirTypeRef = this.tcb.env.referenceTcbType(this.dir.ref);
-          if (!ts.isTypeReferenceNode(dirTypeRef)) {
-            throw new Error(`Expected TypeReferenceNode from reference to ${this.dir.ref.name}`);
-          }
           const type = new TcbExpr(`(typeof ${dirId.print()})[${quoteAndEscape(fieldName)}]`);
           const temp = declareVariable(id, type);
           this.scope.addStatement(temp);
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/template.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/template.ts
index 11af1da7166..513bf68de5d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/template.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/template.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 import {TmplAstBoundAttribute, TmplAstDirective, TmplAstTemplate} from '@angular/compiler';
-import ts from 'typescript';
 import {TcbOp} from './base';
 import {declareVariable, getStatementsBlock, TcbExpr} from './codegen';
 import type {Context} from './context';
 import type {Scope} from './scope';
 import {TcbDirectiveMetadata} from '../../api';
-import {Reference} from '../../../imports';
-import {ClassDeclaration} from '../../../reflection';
 import {tcbExpression} from './expression';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/reference_emit_environment.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/reference_emit_environment.ts
index 91d40c8c433..96127e34ff1 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/reference_emit_environment.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/reference_emit_environment.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 
-import {
-  ExpressionType,
-  ExternalExpr,
-  TransplantedType,
-  Type,
-  TypeModifier,
-} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {ExpressionType, TransplantedType} from '@angular/compiler';
 import ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {ErrorCode, FatalDiagnosticError, makeDiagnosticChain} from '../../diagnostics';
@@ -77,33 +71,6 @@ export class ReferenceEmitEnvironment {
     );
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Generates a `ts.TypeNode` from a `TcbReferenceMetadata` object.
-   * This is used by the TCB operations which do not hold on to the original `ts.Declaration`.
-   *
-   * Note: It's important that we do not try to evaluate the `typeParameters` here and pad them
-   * out with `any` type arguments. If we supply `any` to a generic pipe (e.g. `var _pipe1: MyPipe<any>;`),
-   * it destroys the generic constraints and degrades the `transform` signature. When they are omitted
-   * entirely, TypeScript implicitly flags an error, which the Angular compiler filters out, and
-   * crucially recovers by falling back to constraint inference (e.g. `var _pipe1: MyPipe;` infers
-   * bounds safely).
-   */
-  referenceTcbType(ref: TcbReferenceMetadata): ts.TypeNode {
-    if (ref.unexportedDiagnostic !== null || ref.isLocal || ref.moduleName === null) {
-      if (ref.unexportedDiagnostic !== null) {
-        throw new FatalDiagnosticError(
-          ErrorCode.IMPORT_GENERATION_FAILURE,
-          this.contextFile, // Using context file as fallback origin for external file since we lack exact node
-          makeDiagnosticChain(`Unable to import symbol ${ref.name}.`, [
-            makeDiagnosticChain(ref.unexportedDiagnostic),
-          ]),
-        );
-      }
-      return ts.factory.createTypeReferenceNode(ref.name);
-    }
-    return this.referenceExternalType(ref.moduleName, ref.name);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Generates a `TcbExpr` from a `TcbReferenceMetadata` object.
    */
@@ -139,23 +106,6 @@ export class ReferenceEmitEnvironment {
     throw new Error('Unexpected value returned by import manager');
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Generate a `ts.TypeNode` that references a given type from the provided module.
-   *
-   * This will involve importing the type into the file, and will also add type parameters if
-   * provided.
-   */
-  referenceExternalType(moduleName: string, name: string, typeParams?: Type[]): ts.TypeNode {
-    const external = new ExternalExpr({moduleName, name});
-    return translateType(
-      new ExpressionType(external, TypeModifier.None, typeParams),
-      this.contextFile,
-      this.reflector,
-      this.refEmitter,
-      this.importManager,
-    );
-  }
-
   /**
    * Generates a `ts.TypeNode` representing a type that is being referenced from a different place
    * in the program. Any type references inside the transplanted type will be rewritten so that
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/tcb_adapter.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/tcb_adapter.ts
index 122bb57b791..ed6f56c43d9 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/tcb_adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/tcb_adapter.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
   TcbInputMapping,
   TcbPipeMetadata,
   TypeCheckableDirectiveMeta,
-  TcbTypeParameter,
 } from '../api';
 import {Environment} from './environment';
 import {ImportFlags, ReferenceEmitKind, Reference} from '../../imports';
@@ -24,9 +23,7 @@ import {
   ExternalExpr,
   TransplantedType,
   BoundTarget,
-  DirectiveOwner,
   ReferenceTarget,
-  TmplAstReference,
   TmplAstElement,
   TmplAstTemplate,
   WrappedNodeExpr,
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
index 4d274932a01..a776235e323 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
@@ -7,21 +7,14 @@
  */
 
 import ts from 'typescript';
-
-import {
-  TcbComponentMetadata,
-  TcbTypeCheckBlockMetadata,
-  TcbTypeParameter,
-  TypeCheckId,
-} from '../api';
-
+import {TcbComponentMetadata, TcbTypeCheckBlockMetadata, TcbTypeParameter} from '../api';
 import {DomSchemaChecker} from './dom';
 import {Environment} from './environment';
 import {OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder} from './oob';
 import {createHostBindingsBlockGuard} from './host_bindings';
 import {Context, TcbGenericContextBehavior} from './ops/context';
 import {Scope} from './ops/scope';
-import {getStatementsBlock, tempPrint} from './ops/codegen';
+import {getStatementsBlock} from './ops/codegen';
 
 /**
  * Given a `ts.ClassDeclaration` for a component, and metadata regarding that component, compose a
@@ -67,13 +60,7 @@ export function generateTypeCheckBlock(
     meta.isStandalone,
     meta.preserveWhitespaces,
   );
-  const ctxRawType = env.referenceTcbType(component.ref);
-  if (!ts.isTypeReferenceNode(ctxRawType)) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Expected TypeReferenceNode when referencing the ctx param for ${component.ref.name}`,
-    );
-  }
-
+  const ctxRawType = env.referenceTcbValue(component.ref);
   let typeParameters: TcbTypeParameter[] | undefined = undefined;
   let typeArguments: string[] | undefined = undefined;
 
@@ -102,7 +89,6 @@ export function generateTypeCheckBlock(
     }
   }
 
-  const sourceFile = env.contextFile;
   const typeParamsStr =
     typeParameters === undefined || typeParameters.length === 0
       ? ''
@@ -111,11 +97,8 @@ export function generateTypeCheckBlock(
     typeArguments === undefined || typeArguments.length === 0
       ? ''
       : `<${typeArguments.join(', ')}>`;
-  const typeRef = ts.isIdentifier(ctxRawType.typeName)
-    ? ctxRawType.typeName.text
-    : tempPrint(ctxRawType.typeName, sourceFile);
 
-  const thisParamStr = `this: ${typeRef}${typeArgsStr}`;
+  const thisParamStr = `this: ${ctxRawType.print()}${typeArgsStr}`;
   const statements: string[] = [];
 
   // Add the template type checking code.
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_constructor.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_constructor.ts
index 7392d7e4a31..4fbd30abfb7 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_constructor.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_constructor.ts
@@ -14,20 +14,17 @@ import {TypeCtorMetadata, TcbTypeParameter} from '../api';
 
 import {ReferenceEmitEnvironment} from './reference_emit_environment';
 import {checkIfGenericTypeBoundsCanBeEmitted, generateTcbTypeParameters} from './tcb_util';
-import {quoteAndEscape, TcbExpr, tempPrint} from './ops/codegen';
+import {quoteAndEscape, TcbExpr} from './ops/codegen';
 
 export function generateTypeCtorDeclarationFn(
   env: ReferenceEmitEnvironment,
   meta: TypeCtorMetadata,
-  nodeTypeRef: ts.EntityName,
+  nodeTypeRef: TcbExpr,
   typeParams: TcbTypeParameter[] | undefined,
 ): TcbExpr {
   const typeArgs = generateGenericArgs(typeParams);
-  const typeRef = ts.isIdentifier(nodeTypeRef)
-    ? nodeTypeRef.text
-    : tempPrint(nodeTypeRef, nodeTypeRef.getSourceFile());
-  const typeRefWithGenerics = `${typeRef}${typeArgs}`;
-  const initParam = constructTypeCtorParameter(env, meta, typeRef, typeRefWithGenerics);
+  const typeRefWithGenerics = `${nodeTypeRef.print()}${typeArgs}`;
+  const initParam = constructTypeCtorParameter(env, meta, nodeTypeRef.print(), typeRefWithGenerics);
   const typeParameters = typeParametersWithDefaultTypes(typeParams);
   let source: string;