diff --git a/src/taglibs/migrate/all-tags/widget-in-attrs.js b/src/taglibs/migrate/all-tags/widget-in-attrs.js
index 01825a831..2564791e1 100644
--- a/src/taglibs/migrate/all-tags/widget-in-attrs.js
+++ b/src/taglibs/migrate/all-tags/widget-in-attrs.js
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ module.exports = function migrate(el, context) {
     el.forEachAttribute(attr => {
         const value = attr.value;
 
-        if (isWidgetElIdFunctionCall(value)) {
+        if (
+            isWidgetElIdFunctionCall(value) &&
+            el.tagName !== "var" &&
+            el.tagName !== "assign"
+        ) {
             context.deprecate(
                 `The "*=widget.elId("someId")" is deprecated. Please use "*:scoped="someId"" modifier instead. See: https://github.com/marko-js/marko/wiki/Deprecation:-w-*-Atrributes`
             );
diff --git a/test/migrate/fixtures/widget-in-attrs/snapshot-expected.marko b/test/migrate/fixtures/widget-in-attrs/snapshot-expected.marko
index 2b09a2c23..415f13983 100644
--- a/test/migrate/fixtures/widget-in-attrs/snapshot-expected.marko
+++ b/test/migrate/fixtures/widget-in-attrs/snapshot-expected.marko
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 <div aria-describedby=(a && component.elId("x"))/>
 <div aria-describedby=(a && component.anything())/>
 <div aria-describedby=`${a} ${component.id}`/>
+$ var widgetId = component.elId();
 $ var widgetId = a ? component.id : component.elId("b");
+$ widgetId = component.elId();
diff --git a/test/migrate/fixtures/widget-in-attrs/template.marko b/test/migrate/fixtures/widget-in-attrs/template.marko
index baf6c4c3f..459b8a5bf 100644
--- a/test/migrate/fixtures/widget-in-attrs/template.marko
+++ b/test/migrate/fixtures/widget-in-attrs/template.marko
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 <div aria-describedby=(a && widget.elId('x'))/>
 <div aria-describedby=(a && widget.anything())/>
 <div aria-describedby=`${a} ${widget.id}`/>
-<var widgetId=(a ? widget.id : widget.elId("b"))/>
\ No newline at end of file
+<var widgetId=widget.elId()/>
+<var widgetId=(a ? widget.id : widget.elId("b"))/>
+<assign widgetId=widget.elId()/>
\ No newline at end of file