diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/MixinOps.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/MixinOps.scala
index 3ac082959a46..532a08aecea1 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/MixinOps.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/MixinOps.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class MixinOps(cls: ClassSymbol, thisPhase: DenotTransformer)(implicit ctx: Cont
     val res = member.copy(
       owner = cls,
       name = member.name.stripScala2LocalSuffix,
-      flags = member.flags &~ Deferred | Synthetic | Artifact | extraFlags,
+      flags = member.flags &~ Deferred | Synthetic | extraFlags,
       info = cls.thisType.memberInfo(member)).enteredAfter(thisPhase).asTerm
     res.addAnnotations(member.annotations.filter(_.symbol != defn.TailrecAnnot))
     res
diff --git a/tests/pos-java-interop-separate/forwarder/Foo_1.scala b/tests/pos-java-interop-separate/forwarder/Foo_1.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92f46fb51577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos-java-interop-separate/forwarder/Foo_1.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java.util.List
+
+trait Foo {
+  val x: List[String] = null
+}
+abstract class Bar extends Foo
+
diff --git a/tests/pos-java-interop-separate/forwarder/Test_2.java b/tests/pos-java-interop-separate/forwarder/Test_2.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a7856008909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos-java-interop-separate/forwarder/Test_2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class Test_2 {
+  public void foo() {
+    new Bar() {};
+  }
+}