diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/Analyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/Analyzer.php
index 9f23798b9..2bdb4c3c2 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/Analyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/Analyzer.php
@@ -1028,20 +1028,6 @@ class Analyzer
         ];
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function addDocblockType(
-        string $file_path,
-        \Psalm\CodeLocation\DocblockTypeLocation $code_location,
-        string $docblock_type
-    ) {
-        $this->type_map[$file_path][$code_location->raw_file_start] = [
-            $code_location->raw_file_end,
-            $docblock_type
-        ];
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param array<string, string> $aliases
      * @return void
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Type/Atomic.php b/src/Psalm/Type/Atomic.php
index fec931219..8c8d1b448 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Type/Atomic.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Type/Atomic.php
@@ -355,14 +355,10 @@ abstract class Atomic
                 && $this->offset_start !== null
                 && $this->offset_end !== null
             ) {
-                $codebase->analyzer->addDocblockType(
+                $codebase->analyzer->addOffsetReference(
                     $source->getFilePath(),
-                    new CodeLocation\DocblockTypeLocation(
-                        $source,
-                        $code_location->raw_file_start + $this->offset_start,
-                        $code_location->raw_file_start + $this->offset_end,
-                        $code_location->raw_line_number
-                    ),
+                    $code_location->raw_file_start + $this->offset_start,
+                    $code_location->raw_file_start + $this->offset_end,
                     $this->value
                 );
             }
@@ -395,14 +391,10 @@ abstract class Atomic
                         && $extra_type->offset_start !== null
                         && $extra_type->offset_end !== null
                     ) {
-                        $codebase->analyzer->addDocblockType(
+                        $codebase->analyzer->addOffsetReference(
                             $source->getFilePath(),
-                            new CodeLocation\DocblockTypeLocation(
-                                $source,
-                                $code_location->raw_file_start + $extra_type->offset_start,
-                                $code_location->raw_file_start + $extra_type->offset_end,
-                                $code_location->raw_line_number
-                            ),
+                            $code_location->raw_file_start + $extra_type->offset_start,
+                            $code_location->raw_file_start + $extra_type->offset_end,
                             $extra_type->value
                         );
                     }
diff --git a/tests/LanguageServer/SymbolLookupTest.php b/tests/LanguageServer/SymbolLookupTest.php
index 54dd82043..3c853bd47 100644
--- a/tests/LanguageServer/SymbolLookupTest.php
+++ b/tests/LanguageServer/SymbolLookupTest.php
@@ -293,6 +293,6 @@ class SymbolLookupTest extends \Psalm\Tests\TestCase
 
         $this->assertNotNull($symbol_at_position);
 
-        $this->assertSame('type: Exception', $symbol_at_position[0]);
+        $this->assertSame('Exception', $symbol_at_position[0]);
     }
 }