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diff --git a/compiler/typecheck/TcType.lhs b/compiler/typecheck/TcType.lhs
index d4a4b82..50ac35a 100644
--- a/compiler/typecheck/TcType.lhs
+++ b/compiler/typecheck/TcType.lhs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module TcType (
   MetaDetails(Flexi, Indirect), MetaInfo(..), 
   SkolemInfo(..), pprSkolTvBinding, pprSkolInfo,
   isImmutableTyVar, isSkolemTyVar, isMetaTyVar,  isMetaTyVarTy,
-  isSigTyVar, isExistentialTyVar,  isTyConableTyVar,
+  isSigTyVar, isOverlappableTyVar,  isTyConableTyVar,
   metaTvRef, 
   isFlexi, isIndirect, isUnkSkol, isRuntimeUnkSkol,
 
@@ -339,9 +339,6 @@ data SkolemInfo
   | RuntimeUnkSkol      -- a type variable used to represent an unknown
                         -- runtime type (used in the GHCi debugger)
 
-  | NoScSkol		-- Used for the "self" superclass when solving
-    			-- superclasses; don't generate superclasses of me
-
   | UnkSkol		-- Unhelpful info (until I improve it)
 
 -------------------------------------
@@ -461,7 +458,6 @@ pprSkolInfo (IPSkol ips)    = ptext (sLit "the implicit-parameter bindings for")
                               <+> pprWithCommas ppr ips
 pprSkolInfo (ClsSkol cls)   = ptext (sLit "the class declaration for") <+> quotes (ppr cls)
 pprSkolInfo InstSkol        = ptext (sLit "the instance declaration")
-pprSkolInfo NoScSkol        = ptext (sLit "the instance declaration (self)")
 pprSkolInfo FamInstSkol     = ptext (sLit "the family instance declaration")
 pprSkolInfo (RuleSkol name) = ptext (sLit "the RULE") <+> doubleQuotes (ftext name)
 pprSkolInfo ArrowSkol       = ptext (sLit "the arrow form")
@@ -618,7 +614,7 @@ isImmutableTyVar tv
   | isTcTyVar tv = isSkolemTyVar tv
   | otherwise    = True
 
-isTyConableTyVar, isSkolemTyVar, isExistentialTyVar, 
+isTyConableTyVar, isSkolemTyVar, isOverlappableTyVar,
   isMetaTyVar :: TcTyVar -> Bool 
 
 isTyConableTyVar tv	
@@ -637,11 +633,14 @@ isSkolemTyVar tv
         FlatSkol {} -> True
  	MetaTv {}   -> False
 
-isExistentialTyVar tv 	-- Existential type variable, bound by a pattern
+-- isOverlappableTyVar has a unique purpose.
+-- See Note [Binding when looking up instances] in InstEnv.
+isOverlappableTyVar tv
   = ASSERT( isTcTyVar tv )
     case tcTyVarDetails tv of
-	SkolemTv (PatSkol {}) -> True
-	_                     -> False
+        SkolemTv (PatSkol {})  -> True
+        SkolemTv (InstSkol {}) -> True
+        _                      -> False
 
 isMetaTyVar tv 
   = ASSERT2( isTcTyVar tv, ppr tv )
@@ -957,6 +956,9 @@ tcInstHeadTyAppAllTyVars :: Type -> Bool
 -- Used in Haskell-98 mode, for the argument types of an instance head
 -- These must be a constructor applied to type variable arguments
 tcInstHeadTyAppAllTyVars ty
+  | Just ty' <- tcView ty       -- Look through synonyms
+  = tcInstHeadTyAppAllTyVars ty'
+  | otherwise
   = case ty of
 	TyConApp _ tys  -> ok tys
 	FunTy arg res   -> ok [arg, res]