3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/generics/T5884.hs b/testsuite/tests/generics/T5884.hs
index 6dfad25581..92b5087967 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/generics/T5884.hs
+++ b/testsuite/tests/generics/T5884.hs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 module T5884 where
 
 import GHC.Generics
+import T5884Other
 
-import Data.Complex
-
-deriving instance Generic (Complex v)
+deriving instance Generic (Pair a)
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/generics/T5884Other.hs b/testsuite/tests/generics/T5884Other.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cf8250162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/generics/T5884Other.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module T5884Other where
+
+data Pair a = Pair a a
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/generics/all.T b/testsuite/tests/generics/all.T
index c51de18a9c..98116ec519 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/generics/all.T
+++ b/testsuite/tests/generics/all.T
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ test('T5462Yes2', extra_clean(['T5462Yes2/GFunctor.hi'])
 test('T5462No1', extra_clean(['T5462No1/GFunctor.hi'])
      , multimod_compile_fail, ['T5462No1', '-iGFunctor -outputdir=T5462No1'])
 
-test('T5884',      normal, compile, [''])
+test('T5884',      extra_clean(['T5884Other.o', 'T5884Other.hi'])
+    , multimod_compile, ['T5884Other', '-v0'])
 test('GenNewtype', normal, compile_and_run, [''])
 
 test('GenDerivOutput1_0', normal, compile, ['-dsuppress-uniques'])