diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index fb8a4d71ccc1d1..1f39d9a326f2a3 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -1625,14 +1625,13 @@ pub mut:
 @[minify]
 pub struct CastExpr {
 pub mut:
-	arg          Expr   // `n` in `string(buf, n)`
-	typ          Type   // `string`
-	expr         Expr   // `buf` in `string(buf, n)` and `&Type(buf)`
-	typname      string // `&Type` in `&Type(buf)`
-	expr_type    Type   // `byteptr`, the type of the `buf` expression
-	has_arg      bool   // true for `string(buf, n)`, false for `&Type(buf)`
-	pos          token.Pos
-	is_generated bool // true when added by Checker
+	arg       Expr   // `n` in `string(buf, n)`
+	typ       Type   // `string`
+	expr      Expr   // `buf` in `string(buf, n)` and `&Type(buf)`
+	typname   string // `&Type` in `&Type(buf)`
+	expr_type Type   // `byteptr`, the type of the `buf` expression
+	has_arg   bool   // true for `string(buf, n)`, false for `&Type(buf)`
+	pos       token.Pos
 }
 
 @[minify]
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/infix.v b/vlib/v/checker/infix.v
index 4340385a0693ad..21825362df54f2 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/infix.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/infix.v
@@ -84,12 +84,11 @@ fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 		if left_type in [ast.f32_type_idx, ast.f64_type_idx] && right_type == ast.float_literal_type {
 			defer {
 				node.right = ast.CastExpr{
-					expr:         node.right
-					typ:          left_type
-					typname:      c.table.get_type_name(left_type)
-					expr_type:    right_type
-					pos:          node.right.pos()
-					is_generated: true
+					expr:      node.right
+					typ:       left_type
+					typname:   c.table.get_type_name(left_type)
+					expr_type: right_type
+					pos:       node.right.pos()
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -100,11 +99,10 @@ fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 		if right_type in [ast.f32_type_idx, ast.f64_type_idx] && left_type == ast.float_literal_type {
 			defer {
 				node.left = ast.CastExpr{
-					expr:         node.left
-					typ:          right_type
-					typname:      c.table.get_type_name(right_type)
-					expr_type:    left_type
-					is_generated: true
+					expr:      node.left
+					typ:       right_type
+					typname:   c.table.get_type_name(right_type)
+					expr_type: left_type
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -734,12 +732,11 @@ fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 
 			node = ast.InfixExpr{
 				left:        ast.CastExpr{
-					expr:         node.left
-					typ:          modified_left_type
-					typname:      c.table.type_str(modified_left_type)
-					expr_type:    left_type
-					pos:          node.pos
-					is_generated: true
+					expr:      node.left
+					typ:       modified_left_type
+					typname:   c.table.type_str(modified_left_type)
+					expr_type: left_type
+					pos:       node.pos
 				}
 				left_type:   left_type
 				op:          .right_shift
diff --git a/vlib/v/comptime/comptimeinfo.v b/vlib/v/comptime/comptimeinfo.v
index e61a2f8ddb87d0..a46e82a7463b2f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/comptime/comptimeinfo.v
+++ b/vlib/v/comptime/comptimeinfo.v
@@ -64,14 +64,8 @@ pub fn (mut ct ComptimeInfo) is_comptime(node ast.Expr) bool {
 		ast.SelectorExpr {
 			return node.expr is ast.Ident && node.expr.ct_expr
 		}
-		ast.CastExpr {
-			if node.is_generated {
-				if node.expr is ast.InfixExpr {
-					return ct.is_comptime(node.expr.left) || ct.is_comptime(node.expr.right)
-				}
-				return ct.is_comptime(node.expr)
-			}
-			return false
+		ast.InfixExpr {
+			return ct.is_comptime(node.left) || ct.is_comptime(node.right)
 		}
 		ast.ParExpr {
 			return ct.is_comptime(node.expr)
@@ -146,10 +140,8 @@ pub fn (mut ct ComptimeInfo) get_type_or_default(node ast.Expr, default_typ ast.
 		ast.ParExpr {
 			return ct.get_type_or_default(node.expr, default_typ)
 		}
-		ast.CastExpr {
-			if node.is_generated {
-				return ct.get_type_or_default(node.expr, default_typ)
-			}
+		ast.InfixExpr {
+			return ct.get_type_or_default(node.left, default_typ)
 		}
 		else {
 			return default_typ
@@ -215,8 +207,6 @@ pub fn (mut ct ComptimeInfo) get_type(node ast.Expr) ast.Type {
 		nltype := ct.get_type(node.left)
 		nltype_unwrapped := ct.resolver.unwrap_generic(nltype)
 		return ct.table.value_type(nltype_unwrapped)
-	} else if node is ast.SelectorExpr && ct.is_comptime(node.expr) {
-		println('>>> ${node.expr}')
 	}
 	return ast.void_type
 }
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
index 8458b6890cdd3e..9f1888f1e54fda 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
@@ -1189,11 +1189,11 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_plain_infix_expr(node ast.InfixExpr) {
 		|| g.file.is_translated)
 	if needs_cast {
 		typ_str := if g.comptime.is_comptime(node.left) {
-			g.styp(g.comptime.get_type(node.left))
+			g.styp(g.comptime.get_type_or_default(node.left, node.promoted_type))
 		} else {
 			g.styp(node.promoted_type)
 		}
-		g.write('(${typ_str}/*${node.left}*/)(')
+		g.write('(${typ_str})(')
 	}
 	if node.left_type.is_ptr() && node.left.is_auto_deref_var() && !node.right_type.is_pointer() {
 		g.write('*')
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/generics/generic_selector_type_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/generics/generic_selector_type_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6643b4cef0e3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/generics/generic_selector_type_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import math.vec
+
+type UnusedType = vec.Vec3[f32]
+
+fn (n UnusedType) unused_function() f32 {
+	return n.mul_scalar(2).magnitude()
+}
+
+fn test_main() {
+	assert vec.Vec3[f32]{0.5, 0.5, 0.5}.magnitude() == f32(0.8660254)
+	assert vec.Vec3[f32]{1.5, 1.5, 1.5}.magnitude() == f32(2.598076)
+}