diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index 6893f7287e21..8fcf5936ef57 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -3029,7 +3029,7 @@ proc resolveIdentToSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, resultNode: var PNode,
   # result is nil on error or if a node that can't produce a sym is resolved
   let ident = considerQuotedIdent(c, n)
   var filter = {low(TSymKind)..high(TSymKind)}
-  if efNoEvaluateGeneric in flags:
+  if efNoEvaluateGeneric in flags or expectedType != nil:
     # `a[...]` where `a` is a module or package is not possible
     filter.excl {skModule, skPackage}
   let candidates = lookUpCandidates(c, ident, filter)
diff --git a/tests/lookups/tmoduleclash1.nim b/tests/lookups/tmoduleclash1.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7058f691edb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lookups/tmoduleclash1.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# issue #23596
+
+import std/heapqueue
+type Algo = enum heapqueue, quick
+when false:
+  let x = heapqueue
+let y: Algo = heapqueue
+proc bar*(algo=quick) =
+  var x: HeapQueue[int]
+  case algo
+  of heapqueue: echo 1 # `Algo.heapqueue` works on devel
+  of quick: echo 2
+  echo x.len
diff --git a/tests/lookups/tmoduleclash2.nim b/tests/lookups/tmoduleclash2.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..958da229966e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lookups/tmoduleclash2.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import std/heapqueue
+proc heapqueue(x: int) = discard
+let x: proc (x: int) = heapqueue
+let y: proc = heapqueue
+when false:
+  let z = heapqueue