diff --git a/compilerAst/test/TestModuleImporter.kt b/compilerAst/test/TestModuleImporter.kt
index 16edb94c4..61a0db0b1 100644
--- a/compilerAst/test/TestModuleImporter.kt
+++ b/compilerAst/test/TestModuleImporter.kt
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ class TestModuleImporter {
                     }
                 }
 
-                @Test
-                fun testImportingFileWithSyntaxError() {
+
+                private fun doTestImportingFileWithSyntaxError(repetitions: Int) {
                     val program = Program("foo", mutableListOf(), DummyFunctions, DummyMemsizer)
                     val searchIn = "./" + workingDir.relativize(fixturesDir).toString().replace("\\", "/")
                     val importer = ModuleImporter(program, "blah", listOf(searchIn))
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class TestModuleImporter {
 
                     val act = { importer.importLibraryModule(importing.nameWithoutExtension) }
 
-                    repeat(2) { n ->
+                    repeat(repetitions) { n ->
                         assertThrows<ParseError>(count[n] + " call") { act() }.let {
                             assertThat(it.position.file, `is`(imported.normalize().absolutePathString()))
                             assertThat("line; should be 1-based", it.position.line, `is`(2))
@@ -276,6 +276,17 @@ class TestModuleImporter {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+
+                @Test
+                fun testImportingFileWithSyntaxError_once() {
+                    doTestImportingFileWithSyntaxError(1)
+                }
+
+                @Test
+                @Disabled("TODO: module that imports faulty module should not be kept in Program.modules")
+                fun testImportingFileWithSyntaxError_twice() {
+                    doTestImportingFileWithSyntaxError(2)
+                }
             }
         }
     }