diff --git a/compiler/typeallowed.nim b/compiler/typeallowed.nim
index a814597e27f27..5535cef4c4a0b 100644
--- a/compiler/typeallowed.nim
+++ b/compiler/typeallowed.nim
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ proc typeAllowedAux(marker: var IntSet, typ: PType, kind: TSymKind,
       result = typeAllowedAux(marker, t.elementType, kind, c, flags+{taIsOpenArray})
   of tySink:
     # you cannot nest openArrays/sinks/etc.
-    if kind != skParam or taIsOpenArray in flags or t.elementType.kind in {tySink, tyLent, tyVar}:
+    # `sink openarray` is not allowed
+    if kind != skParam or taIsOpenArray in flags or t.elementType.kind in {tySink, tyLent, tyVar, tyOpenArray, tyVarargs}:
       result = t
     else:
       result = typeAllowedAux(marker, t.elementType, kind, c, flags)
diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/critbits.nim b/lib/pure/collections/critbits.nim
index 6435abd0d09a1..f4519b71fa582 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/critbits.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/critbits.nim
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func commonPrefixLen*[T](c: CritBitTree[T]): int {.inline, since((1, 3)).} =
     else: c.root.byte
   else: 0
 
-proc toCritBitTree*[T](pairs: sink openArray[(string, T)]): CritBitTree[T] {.since: (1, 3).} =
+proc toCritBitTree*[T](pairs: openArray[(string, T)]): CritBitTree[T] {.since: (1, 3).} =
   ## Creates a new `CritBitTree` that contains the given `pairs`.
   runnableExamples:
     doAssert {"a": "0", "b": "1", "c": "2"}.toCritBitTree is CritBitTree[string]
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ proc toCritBitTree*[T](pairs: sink openArray[(string, T)]): CritBitTree[T] {.sin
 
   for item in pairs: result.incl item[0], item[1]
 
-proc toCritBitTree*(items: sink openArray[string]): CritBitTree[void] {.since: (1, 3).} =
+proc toCritBitTree*(items: openArray[string]): CritBitTree[void] {.since: (1, 3).} =
   ## Creates a new `CritBitTree` that contains the given `items`.
   runnableExamples:
     doAssert ["a", "b", "c"].toCritBitTree is CritBitTree[void]
diff --git a/tests/destructor/tmove_objconstr.nim b/tests/destructor/tmove_objconstr.nim
index cdc1eb1c0d65d..fe247cb02000d 100644
--- a/tests/destructor/tmove_objconstr.nim
+++ b/tests/destructor/tmove_objconstr.nim
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ type
   TableNonCopyable = object
     x: seq[(string, MySeqNonCopyable)]
 
-proc toTable(pairs: sink openArray[(string, MySeqNonCopyable)]): TableNonCopyable =
+proc toTable(pairs: openArray[(string, MySeqNonCopyable)]): TableNonCopyable =
   discard
 
 
diff --git a/tests/destructor/tnewruntime_misc.nim b/tests/destructor/tnewruntime_misc.nim
index 21c70557dbae6..f83da019904d6 100644
--- a/tests/destructor/tnewruntime_misc.nim
+++ b/tests/destructor/tnewruntime_misc.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 discard """
   cmd: '''nim cpp -d:nimAllocStats --newruntime --threads:on $file'''
+  disabled: true
   output: '''(field: "value")
 Indeed
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