diff --git a/compiler/ast.nim b/compiler/ast.nim
index 4ef5c0cbbb49b..a015fd259506c 100644
--- a/compiler/ast.nim
+++ b/compiler/ast.nim
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ proc findMetaTypeCompOrNil*(t: PType): PType=
   if t == nil:
     return nil
   if tfHasMeta in t.flags:
-    return t
+    result = t
   if t.size == szIllegalRecursion:
     return nil
   let tmp = t.size
@@ -1465,25 +1465,23 @@ proc findMetaTypeCompOrNil*(t: PType): PType=
   case t.kind
   of tyMetaTypes, tyNone:
     result = t
-    result.flags.incl tfHasMeta
   of tyStatic:
     if t.n == nil:
       result = t
-      result.flags.incl tfHasMeta
   of tySequence, tySet, tyArray, tyOpenArray, tyVar, tyLent, tyPtr, tyRef,
        tyProc, tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink, tyOwned:
     let start = ord(t.kind in {tyGenericInvocation, tyGenericInst})
     for i in start..<t.len:
-      let comp = findMetaTypeCompOrNil(t[i])
-      if comp != nil:
-        result = comp
-        result.flags.incl tfHasMeta
+      result = findMetaTypeCompOrNil(t[i])
+      if result != nil:
         break
   else:
     discard
   t.size = tmp
 
 proc isMetaType*(t: PType): bool =
+  if tfHasMeta in t.flags:
+    return true
   return findMetaTypeCompOrNil(t) != nil
 
 proc genericParamHasConstraints*(t: PType): bool {.inline.} = t.sons.len > 0
diff --git a/compiler/semstmts.nim b/compiler/semstmts.nim
index 28e6aa18e8fff..24da45b8e230b 100644
--- a/compiler/semstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/semstmts.nim
@@ -1604,8 +1604,7 @@ proc typeSectionRightSidePass(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
       # like: mydata.seq
       if s.typ.kind == tyArray and s.typ.len == 2:
         discard
-      elif s.typ.kind in {tyOpenArray, tyVarargs} and s.typ.len == 1:
-        # XXX investigate why `tySequence` cannot be added here for now.
+      elif s.typ.kind in {tyOpenArray, tyVarargs, tySequence} and s.typ.len == 1:
         discard
       else:
         rawAddSon(s.typ, newTypeS(tyNone, c))
diff --git a/tests/concepts/tconceptsv2.nim b/tests/concepts/tconceptsv2.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..893ad9b59d38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/concepts/tconceptsv2.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+discard """
+action: "run"
+output: '''
+A[array[0..0, int]]
+A[seq[int]]
+'''
+"""
+type
+  SomethingLike[T] = concept
+    proc len(s: Self): int
+    proc `[]`(s: Self; index: int): T
+
+  A[T] = object
+    x: T
+
+proc initA*(x: SomethingLike): auto =
+  A[type x](x: x)
+
+var a: array[1, int]
+var s: seq[int]
+echo typeof(initA(a))
+echo typeof(initA(s))
diff --git a/tests/generics/tmetafield.nim b/tests/generics/tmetafield.nim
index cf30a936d9d46..ee1ec8d94be8d 100644
--- a/tests/generics/tmetafield.nim
+++ b/tests/generics/tmetafield.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 discard """
   cmd: "nim check $options $file"
+  matrix: "--hints:off"
   action: "reject"
   nimout: '''
 tmetafield.nim(26, 5) Error: 'proc' is not a concrete type; for a callback without parameters use 'proc()'