diff --git a/src/func.c b/src/func.c
index 459007c3b4e1..b8e62f46eb04 100644
--- a/src/func.c
+++ b/src/func.c
@@ -5174,9 +5174,6 @@ void UnitTestDeclaration::semantic(Scope *sc)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (inNonRoot())
-        return;
-
     if (global.params.useUnitTests)
     {
         if (!type)
diff --git a/test/fail_compilation/ice14424.d b/test/fail_compilation/ice14424.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac4888789d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fail_compilation/ice14424.d
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// REQUIRED_ARGS: -o- -unittest
+/*
+TEST_OUTPUT:
+---
+fail_compilation/ice14424.d(12): Error: tuple has no effect in expression (tuple(__unittestL3_1))
+---
+*/
+
+void main()
+{
+    import imports.a14424;
+    __traits(getUnitTests, imports.a14424);
+}
diff --git a/test/fail_compilation/imports/a14424.d b/test/fail_compilation/imports/a14424.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57312136d75c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fail_compilation/imports/a14424.d
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module imports.a14424;
+
+unittest { }