diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go
index 55773641ed..834c1a8ee6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go
@@ -2068,12 +2068,6 @@ func typecheck1(n *Node, top int) (res *Node) {
 		ok |= ctxStmt
 		n.Left = typecheck(n.Left, ctxType)
 		checkwidth(n.Left.Type)
-		if n.Left.Type != nil && n.Left.Type.NotInHeap() && !n.Left.Name.Param.Alias && n.Left.Name.Param.Pragma&NotInHeap == 0 {
-			// The type contains go:notinheap types, so it
-			// must be marked as such (alternatively, we
-			// could silently propagate go:notinheap).
-			yyerror("type %v must be go:notinheap", n.Left.Type)
-		}
 	}
 
 	t := n.Type
diff --git a/test/notinheap.go b/test/notinheap.go
index 5dd4997a65..2188a38a14 100644
--- a/test/notinheap.go
+++ b/test/notinheap.go
@@ -11,18 +11,6 @@ package p
 //go:notinheap
 type nih struct{}
 
-// Types embedding notinheap types must be notinheap.
-
-type embed1 struct { // ERROR "must be go:notinheap"
-	x nih
-}
-
-type embed2 [1]nih // ERROR "must be go:notinheap"
-
-type embed3 struct { // ERROR "must be go:notinheap"
-	x [1]nih
-}
-
 type embed4 map[nih]int // ERROR "incomplete \(or unallocatable\) map key not allowed"
 
 type embed5 map[int]nih // ERROR "incomplete \(or unallocatable\) map value not allowed"
@@ -52,14 +40,6 @@ type t3 byte
 //go:notinheap
 type t4 rune
 
-// Type aliases inherit the go:notinheap-ness of the type they alias.
-type nihAlias = nih
-
-type embedAlias1 struct { // ERROR "must be go:notinheap"
-	x nihAlias
-}
-type embedAlias2 [1]nihAlias // ERROR "must be go:notinheap"
-
 var sink interface{}
 
 func i() {
diff --git a/test/notinheap2.go b/test/notinheap2.go
index 23d4b0ae77..100ed37b72 100644
--- a/test/notinheap2.go
+++ b/test/notinheap2.go
@@ -32,6 +32,25 @@ var y3 *[1]nih
 var z []nih
 var w []nih
 var n int
+var sink interface{}
+
+type embed1 struct { // implicitly notinheap
+	x nih
+}
+
+type embed2 [1]nih // implicitly notinheap
+
+type embed3 struct { // implicitly notinheap
+	x [1]nih
+}
+
+// Type aliases inherit the go:notinheap-ness of the type they alias.
+type nihAlias = nih
+
+type embedAlias1 struct { // implicitly notinheap
+	x nihAlias
+}
+type embedAlias2 [1]nihAlias // implicitly notinheap
 
 func g() {
 	y = new(nih)              // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
@@ -39,6 +58,13 @@ func g() {
 	y3 = new([1]nih)          // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
 	z = make([]nih, 1)        // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
 	z = append(z, x)          // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
+
+	sink = new(embed1)      // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
+	sink = new(embed2)      // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
+	sink = new(embed3)      // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
+	sink = new(embedAlias1) // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
+	sink = new(embedAlias2) // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
+
 	// Test for special case of OMAKESLICECOPY
 	x := make([]nih, n) // ERROR "can't be allocated in Go"
 	copy(x, z)