diff --git a/src/go/types/examples/types.go2 b/src/go/types/examples/types.go2
index b07477549f..8df0a0415c 100644
--- a/src/go/types/examples/types.go2
+++ b/src/go/types/examples/types.go2
@@ -81,3 +81,21 @@ func _() {
 	x1a = x2a // ERROR assignment
 	x1a.f = x2a.f
 }
+
+// Another interesting corner case is parameterized types that don't use
+// their type arguments. For instance:
+type T(type P) struct{}
+
+var xint T(int)
+var xbool T(bool)
+
+// Are these two variables of the same type? After all, their underlying
+// types are identical. We consider them to be different because each type
+// instantiation creates a new named type, in this case T<int> and T<bool>
+// even if their underlying types are identical. This is sensible because
+// we might still have methods that have different signatures or behave
+// differently depending on the type arguments, and thus we can't possibly
+// consider such types identical. Consequently:
+func _() {
+	xint = xbool // ERROR assignment
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/go/types/subst.go b/src/go/types/subst.go
index c36f518b0b..9ea48ea657 100644
--- a/src/go/types/subst.go
+++ b/src/go/types/subst.go
@@ -194,16 +194,18 @@ func (subst *subster) typ(typ Type) Type {
 		dump(">>> subst %s(%s) with %s (new: %s)", t.underlying, subst.tpars, subst.targs, new_targs)
 		named.underlying = subst.typ(t.underlying)
 
+		named.methods = t.methods // for now
+		// TODO(gri) how much work do we really need to do here?
 		// instantiate custom methods as necessary
-		for _, m := range t.methods {
-			// methods may not have a fully set up signature yet
-			dump(">>> instantiate %s", m)
-			subst.check.objDecl(m, nil)
-			sig := subst.check.subst(m.pos, m.typ, subst.tpars /*m.tparams*/, subst.targs).(*Signature)
-			m1 := NewFunc(m.pos, m.pkg, m.name, sig)
-			dump(">>> %s: method %s => %s", name, m, m1)
-			named.methods = append(named.methods, m1)
-		}
+		// for _, m := range t.methods {
+		// 	// methods may not have a fully set up signature yet
+		// 	dump(">>> instantiate %s", m)
+		// 	subst.check.objDecl(m, nil)
+		// 	sig := subst.check.subst(m.pos, m.typ, subst.tpars /*m.tparams*/, subst.targs).(*Signature)
+		// 	m1 := NewFunc(m.pos, m.pkg, m.name, sig)
+		// 	dump(">>> %s: method %s => %s", name, m, m1)
+		// 	named.methods = append(named.methods, m1)
+		// }
 		// TODO(gri) update the method receivers?
 		return named