diff --git a/src/dmd/func.d b/src/dmd/func.d
index c30c81f9276c..232d2f01ea13 100644
--- a/src/dmd/func.d
+++ b/src/dmd/func.d
@@ -3305,6 +3305,9 @@ extern (C++) final class FuncLiteralDeclaration : FuncDeclaration
         this.ident = id ? id : Id.empty;
         this.tok = tok;
         this.fes = fes;
+        // Always infer scope for function literals
+        // See https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20362
+        this.flags |= FUNCFLAG.inferScope;
         //printf("FuncLiteralDeclaration() id = '%s', type = '%s'\n", this.ident.toChars(), type.toChars());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/dmd/semantic3.d b/src/dmd/semantic3.d
index 3e594aa341ae..7418da7dad41 100644
--- a/src/dmd/semantic3.d
+++ b/src/dmd/semantic3.d
@@ -457,11 +457,7 @@ private extern(C++) final class Semantic3Visitor : Visitor
                         }
                     }
 
-                    // infer scope for lambdas even without -preview=dip1000
-                    // See https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20362
-                    const isLambda = funcdecl.isFuncLiteralDeclaration;
-
-                    if ((funcdecl.flags & FUNCFLAG.inferScope || isLambda) && !(fparam.storageClass & STC.scope_))
+                    if ((funcdecl.flags & FUNCFLAG.inferScope) && !(fparam.storageClass & STC.scope_))
                         stc |= STC.maybescope;
 
                     stc |= fparam.storageClass & (STC.in_ | STC.out_ | STC.ref_ | STC.return_ | STC.scope_ | STC.lazy_ | STC.final_ | STC.TYPECTOR | STC.nodtor);