diff --git a/lib/type1.g b/lib/type1.g
index 6d85e3dfd8..bbcd980143 100644
--- a/lib/type1.g
+++ b/lib/type1.g
@@ -569,13 +569,6 @@ BIND_GLOBAL( "FlagsObj", obj -> FlagsType( TypeObj( obj ) ) );
 BIND_GLOBAL( "DataObj", obj -> DataType( TypeObj( obj ) ) );
 
 
-BIND_GLOBAL( "IsNonAtomicComponentObjectRepFlags",
-        FLAGS_FILTER(IsNonAtomicComponentObjectRep));
-BIND_GLOBAL( "IsAtomicPositionalObjectRepFlags",
-        FLAGS_FILTER(IsAtomicPositionalObjectRep));
-BIND_GLOBAL( "IsReadOnlyPositionalObjectRepFlags",
-        FLAGS_FILTER(IsReadOnlyPositionalObjectRep));
-
 #############################################################################
 ##
 #F  Objectify( <type>, <obj> )
@@ -592,26 +585,40 @@ BIND_GLOBAL( "Objectify", function ( type, obj )
     if not IsType( type )  then
         Error("<type> must be a type");
     fi;
+    flags := FlagsType(type);
     if IsHPCGAP then
-        flags := FlagsType(type);
         if IS_LIST( obj )  then
-            if IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, IsAtomicPositionalObjectRepFlags) then
+            if IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, FLAGS_FILTER(IsAtomicPositionalObjectRep)) then
                 FORCE_SWITCH_OBJ( obj, FixedAtomicList(obj) );
             fi;
         elif IS_REC( obj )  then
             if IS_ATOMIC_RECORD(obj) then
-                if IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, IsNonAtomicComponentObjectRepFlags) then
+                if IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, FLAGS_FILTER(IsNonAtomicComponentObjectRep)) then
                     FORCE_SWITCH_OBJ( obj, FromAtomicRecord(obj) );
                 fi;
-            elif not IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, IsNonAtomicComponentObjectRepFlags) then
+            elif not IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, FLAGS_FILTER(IsNonAtomicComponentObjectRep)) then
                 FORCE_SWITCH_OBJ( obj, AtomicRecord(obj) );
             fi;
         fi;
     fi;
     if IS_LIST( obj )  then
+        #Assert(0, IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, FLAGS_FILTER(IsPositionalObjectRep)));
+        Assert(0, not IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, FLAGS_FILTER(IsComponentObjectRep)));
+        if not IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, FLAGS_FILTER(IsPositionalObjectRep)) then
+            INFO_DEBUG(1, "Objectify: type does not imply IsPositionalObjectRep ",
+                 INPUT_FILENAME(), ":", STRING_INT(INPUT_LINENUMBER()));
+        fi;
         SET_TYPE_POSOBJ( obj, type );
     elif IS_REC( obj )  then
+        #Assert(0, IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, FLAGS_FILTER(IsComponentObjectRep)));
+        Assert(0, not IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, FLAGS_FILTER(IsPositionalObjectRep)));
+        if not IS_SUBSET_FLAGS(flags, FLAGS_FILTER(IsComponentObjectRep)) then
+            INFO_DEBUG(1, "Objectify: type does not imply IsComponentObjectRep ",
+                 INPUT_FILENAME(), ":", STRING_INT(INPUT_LINENUMBER()));
+        fi;
         SET_TYPE_COMOBJ( obj, type );
+    else
+        Error("<obj> must be a list or a record");
     fi;
     if not ( IGNORE_IMMEDIATE_METHODS
              or IsNoImmediateMethodsObject(obj) ) then
diff --git a/tst/testinstall/kernel/gap.tst b/tst/testinstall/kernel/gap.tst
index a105593b31..b0a51cf10c 100644
--- a/tst/testinstall/kernel/gap.tst
+++ b/tst/testinstall/kernel/gap.tst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gap> START_TEST("kernel/gap.tst");
 # in ViewObj; afterwards everything should still work as before
 gap> l := [ ~ ];; r := rec(a:=~);;
 gap> cat := NewCategory("IsMockObject", IsObject);;
-gap> type := NewType(NewFamily("MockFamily"), cat);;
+gap> type := NewType(NewFamily("MockFamily"), cat and IsPositionalObjectRep);;
 gap> InstallMethod(ViewObj, [cat], function(s) Error("oops"); end);
 gap> InstallMethod(PrintObj, [cat], function(s) Error("uups"); end);
 gap> x:=Objectify(type,[]); r; Print(l, "\n");
diff --git a/tst/testinstall/kernel/opers.tst b/tst/testinstall/kernel/opers.tst
index 2013864ec0..b4fa24ce45 100644
--- a/tst/testinstall/kernel/opers.tst
+++ b/tst/testinstall/kernel/opers.tst
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ gap> CLEAR_CACHE_INFO();
 gap> opcheck := OPERS_CACHE_INFO();;
 #@if GAPInfo.KernelInfo.KernelDebug and IsHPCGAP
 gap> opcheck{[1..11]};
-[ 2, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 2, 0 ]
+[ 2, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, 2, 0 ]
 #@fi
 
 # FIXME: the following code skips entry 4 (OperationHit, which is normally
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ gap> opcheck{[1..11]};
 #
 #@if GAPInfo.KernelInfo.KernelDebug and not IsHPCGAP
 gap> opcheck{Difference([1..11], [4])};
-[ 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 2, 0 ]
+[ 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 2, 0 ]
 #@fi
 #@if not GAPInfo.KernelInfo.KernelDebug
 gap> opcheck{[1..11]};
diff --git a/tst/testinstall/object.tst b/tst/testinstall/object.tst
index b51e34ecc4..422f492a5b 100644
--- a/tst/testinstall/object.tst
+++ b/tst/testinstall/object.tst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 gap> START_TEST("object.tst");
 
 # test some standard object types
-gap> r := Objectify(TYPE_KERNEL_OBJECT, rec());
+gap> r := [];; SET_TYPE_DATOBJ(r,TYPE_KERNEL_OBJECT);
 <kernel object>
 gap> KnownAttributesOfObject(r);
 [  ]