diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/control/ResolveVisitor.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/control/ResolveVisitor.java
index 383c0bffa78..1af01a97d9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/control/ResolveVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/control/ResolveVisitor.java
@@ -1272,14 +1272,8 @@ public void visitClass(final ClassNode node) {
 
         //
 
-        Map<GenericsTypeName, GenericsType> outerNames = null;
-        if (node instanceof InnerClassNode) {
-            outerNames = genericParameterNames;
+        if (!(node instanceof InnerClassNode) || Modifier.isStatic(node.getModifiers())) {
             genericParameterNames = new HashMap<>();
-            if (!Modifier.isStatic(node.getModifiers()))
-                genericParameterNames.putAll(outerNames); // outer names visible
-        } else {
-            genericParameterNames.clear(); // outer class: new generic namespace
         }
         resolveGenericsHeader(node.getGenericsTypes());
         switch (phase) { // GROOVY-9866, GROOVY-10466
@@ -1322,7 +1316,6 @@ public void visitClass(final ClassNode node) {
             visitObjectInitializerStatements(node);
             visitAnnotations(node); // GROOVY-10750, GROOVY-11206
         }
-        if (outerNames != null) genericParameterNames = outerNames;
         currentClass = oldNode;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/gls/innerClass/InnerClassTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/gls/innerClass/InnerClassTest.groovy
index 4378c49efa7..148a562bea6 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/gls/innerClass/InnerClassTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/gls/innerClass/InnerClassTest.groovy
@@ -1265,25 +1265,6 @@ final class InnerClassTest {
         assert err =~ /No enclosing instance passed in constructor call of a non-static inner class/
     }
 
-    // GROOVY-11711
-    @Test
-    void testUsageOfOuterType6() {
-        assertScript '''
-            class Foo<T> {
-                static class Bar {
-                }
-                /*non-static*/ class Baz
-                    implements java.util.concurrent.Callable<T> {
-                    T call() {
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            def foo = new Foo<Short>()
-            def baz = new Foo.Baz(foo)
-            assert baz.call() == null
-        '''
-    }
-
     @Test
     void testClassOutputOrdering() {
         // this does actually not do much, but before this
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/groovy/util/GroovyScriptEngineReloadingTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/groovy/util/GroovyScriptEngineReloadingTest.groovy
index 660f4ddcf0c..935d99abc8e 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/groovy/util/GroovyScriptEngineReloadingTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/groovy/util/GroovyScriptEngineReloadingTest.groovy
@@ -182,6 +182,39 @@ final class GroovyScriptEngineReloadingTest {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testRecompilingWithGenericsAndConstants() {
+        MapFileSystem.instance.modFile('BaseClass.groovy', 'class BaseClass<T> {}', gse.@time)
+
+        def tertiaryClassText = '''
+            class NotGeneric {
+                /**
+                 * Not typed on purpose - if typed as String then NotGeneric is no longer a dependency of
+                 * ParameterisedClass for some reason...
+                 */
+                public static final Object CONSTANT = "not generic"
+            }
+        '''
+        MapFileSystem.instance.modFile('NotGeneric.groovy', tertiaryClassText, gse.@time)
+
+        def subClassText = '''
+            class SubClass extends BaseClass<String> {
+                public static final String CONSTANT = NotGeneric.CONSTANT
+            }
+        '''
+        MapFileSystem.instance.modFile('SubClass.groovy', subClassText, gse.@time)
+
+        MapFileSystem.instance.modFile('scriptUsingGeneric.groovy', 'SubClass.CONSTANT', gse.@time)
+
+
+        gse.loadScriptByName('scriptUsingGeneric.groovy')
+        sleep 1000
+
+        // make a change to the sub-class so that it gets recompiled
+        MapFileSystem.instance.modFile('SubClass.groovy', subClassText + '\n', gse.@time)
+        gse.loadScriptByName('scriptUsingGeneric.groovy')
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testDeleteDependent() {
         sleep 10000