diff --git a/tests/neg/i15311.check b/tests/neg/i15311.check
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--- Error: tests/neg/i15311.scala:16:4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-16 |def test =  // error
-   |^
-   |Recursion limit exceeded.
-   |Maybe there is an illegal cyclic reference?
-   |If that's not the case, you could also try to increase the stacksize using the -Xss JVM option.
-   |A recurring operation is (inner to outer):
-   |
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  ...
-   |
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined food.T
-   |  check fully defined Template[food.T]
-17 |  eat(ham)
-18 |  eat(food.self)