diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
index 01462b2cadda..9469ea747668 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
@@ -12370,7 +12370,8 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
         }
 
         // lower some array comparisons to object.__equals(e1, e2)
-        if (needsArrayLowering || (t1.ty == Tarray && t2.ty == Tarray))
+        if (sc.needsCodegen() &&
+            (needsArrayLowering || (t1.ty == Tarray && t2.ty == Tarray)))
         {
             //printf("Lowering to __equals %s %s\n", exp.e1.toChars(), exp.e2.toChars());
 
diff --git a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/diag7420.d b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/diag7420.d
index 3267e6692432..a19796d5d9b6 100644
--- a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/diag7420.d
+++ b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/diag7420.d
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
 /*
 TEST_OUTPUT:
 ---
-fail_compilation/diag7420.d(21): Error: static variable `x` cannot be read at compile time
-fail_compilation/diag7420.d(21):        while evaluating: `static assert(x < 4)`
+fail_compilation/diag7420.d(20): Error: static variable `x` cannot be read at compile time
+fail_compilation/diag7420.d(20):        while evaluating: `static assert(x < 4)`
+fail_compilation/diag7420.d(21): Error: static variable `y` cannot be read at compile time
+fail_compilation/diag7420.d(21):        while evaluating: `static assert(y == "abc")`
 fail_compilation/diag7420.d(22): Error: static variable `y` cannot be read at compile time
-fail_compilation/diag7420.d(22):        called from here: `__equals(y, "abc")`
-fail_compilation/diag7420.d(22):        while evaluating: `static assert(y == "abc")`
+fail_compilation/diag7420.d(22):        while evaluating: `static assert(cast(ubyte[])y != null)`
 fail_compilation/diag7420.d(23): Error: static variable `y` cannot be read at compile time
-fail_compilation/diag7420.d(23):        while evaluating: `static assert(cast(ubyte[])y != null)`
+fail_compilation/diag7420.d(23):        while evaluating: `static assert(cast(int)y[0] == 1)`
 fail_compilation/diag7420.d(24): Error: static variable `y` cannot be read at compile time
-fail_compilation/diag7420.d(24):        while evaluating: `static assert(cast(int)y[0] == 1)`
-fail_compilation/diag7420.d(25): Error: static variable `y` cannot be read at compile time
-fail_compilation/diag7420.d(25):        while evaluating: `static assert(y[0..1].length == 1u)`
+fail_compilation/diag7420.d(24):        while evaluating: `static assert(y[0..1].length == 1u)`
 ---
 */
 
diff --git a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/ice19762.d b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/ice19762.d
index a484327426b9..73c8216e1ac1 100644
--- a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/ice19762.d
+++ b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/ice19762.d
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /*
 TEST_OUTPUT:
 ---
-fail_compilation/ice19762.d(13): Error: struct `ice19762.X` had semantic errors when compiling
+fail_compilation/ice19762.d(16): Error: undefined identifier `Err`, did you mean variable `err`?
 ---
 */