diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/enums.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/enums.rs
index 42c7467453f..5153845a57c 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/enums.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/enums.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ impl Elaborator<'_> {
         self_type: &Type,
     ) {
         let name = &variant.name;
-        let name_string = name.to_string();
         let location = Location::new(variant.name.span(), self.file);
 
         let global_id = self.interner.push_empty_global(
@@ -79,16 +78,13 @@ impl Elaborator<'_> {
             false,
         );
 
-        let kind = DefinitionKind::Global(global_id);
-        let definition_id =
-            self.interner.push_definition(name_string, false, false, kind, location);
-
         let mut typ = self_type.clone();
         if !datatype.borrow().generics.is_empty() {
             let typevars = vecmap(&datatype.borrow().generics, |generic| generic.type_var.clone());
             typ = Type::Forall(typevars, Box::new(typ));
         }
 
+        let definition_id = self.interner.get_global(global_id).definition_id;
         self.interner.push_definition_type(definition_id, typ.clone());
 
         let no_parameters = Parameters(Vec::new());
diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter.rs
index 6f0997d19d3..33f8e43863e 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter.rs
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ impl<'local, 'interner> Interpreter<'local, 'interner> {
         id: ExprId,
     ) -> IResult<Value> {
         let fields = try_vecmap(constructor.arguments, |arg| self.evaluate(arg))?;
-        let typ = self.elaborator.interner.id_type(id).follow_bindings();
+        let typ = self.elaborator.interner.id_type(id).unwrap_forall().1.follow_bindings();
         Ok(Value::Enum(constructor.variant_index, fields, typ))
     }
 
diff --git a/test_programs/compile_success_empty/enums/src/main.nr b/test_programs/compile_success_empty/enums/src/main.nr
index b9bd3cb1f71..03a64d57dcf 100644
--- a/test_programs/compile_success_empty/enums/src/main.nr
+++ b/test_programs/compile_success_empty/enums/src/main.nr
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ fn main() {
     let _b: Foo<u16> = Foo::B(3);
     let _c = Foo::C(4);
 
-    // (#7172): Single variant enums must be called as functions currently
     let _d: fn() -> Foo<(i32, i32)> = Foo::D;
     let _d: Foo<(i32, i32)> = Foo::D();
     let _e: Foo<u16> = Foo::E;