diff --git a/basis/compiler/tree/propagation/known-words/known-words.factor b/basis/compiler/tree/propagation/known-words/known-words.factor
index ecfd415579..1b5d383353 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/tree/propagation/known-words/known-words.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/tree/propagation/known-words/known-words.factor
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ generic-comparison-ops [
 \ clone [
     in-d>> first value-info literal>> {
         { V{ } [ [ drop { } 0 vector boa ] ] }
-        { H{ } [ [ drop hashtable new ] ] }
+        { H{ } [ [ drop 0 <hashtable> ] ] }
         [ drop f ]
     } case
 ] "custom-inlining" set-word-prop
diff --git a/basis/hints/hints.factor b/basis/hints/hints.factor
index 597367c353..804ef035f4 100644
--- a/basis/hints/hints.factor
+++ b/basis/hints/hints.factor
@@ -119,6 +119,6 @@ SYNTAX: HINTS:
 
 \ >be { { bignum fixnum } { fixnum fixnum } } "specializer" set-word-prop
 
-\ hashtable \ at* method { { fixnum hashtable } { word hashtable } } "specializer" set-word-prop
+\ hashtable \ at* method { { fixnum object } { word object } } "specializer" set-word-prop
 
 \ hashtable \ set-at method { { object fixnum object } { object word object } } "specializer" set-word-prop
diff --git a/core/hashtables/hashtables.factor b/core/hashtables/hashtables.factor
index 8aa13a5f5e..f95a7a7e67 100644
--- a/core/hashtables/hashtables.factor
+++ b/core/hashtables/hashtables.factor
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ TUPLE: hashtable
 : grow-hash ( hash -- )
     [ [ >alist ] [ assoc-size 1+ ] bi ] keep
     [ reset-hash ] keep
-    swap (rehash) ; inline
+    swap (rehash) ;
 
 : ?grow-hash ( hash -- )
     dup hash-large? [
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ TUPLE: hashtable
 PRIVATE>
 
 : <hashtable> ( n -- hash )
-    hashtable new [ reset-hash ] keep ;
+    hashtable new [ reset-hash ] keep ; inline
 
 M: hashtable at* ( key hash -- value ? )
     key@ [ 3 fixnum+fast slot t ] [ 2drop f f ] if ;
diff --git a/core/namespaces/namespaces.factor b/core/namespaces/namespaces.factor
index 623e2ddcda..b0e764c94d 100644
--- a/core/namespaces/namespaces.factor
+++ b/core/namespaces/namespaces.factor
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ PRIVATE>
 : bind ( ns quot -- ) swap >n call ndrop ; inline
 : counter ( variable -- n ) global [ 0 or 1+ dup ] change-at ;
 : make-assoc ( quot exemplar -- hash ) 20 swap new-assoc [ swap bind ] keep ; inline
-: with-scope ( quot -- ) H{ } clone swap bind ; inline
+: with-scope ( quot -- ) 5 <hashtable> swap bind ; inline
 : with-variable ( value key quot -- ) [ associate ] dip bind ; inline
 : initialize ( variable quot -- ) [ global ] dip [ unless* ] curry change-at ; inline
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