diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/mod.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/mod.rs
index 10ebd657494..c55438193d1 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/elaborator/mod.rs
@@ -1147,6 +1147,7 @@ impl<'context> Elaborator<'context> {
         self.current_item = Some(DependencyId::Alias(alias_id));
         let typ = self.resolve_type(alias.type_alias_def.typ);
         self.interner.set_type_alias(alias_id, typ, generics);
+        self.generics.clear();
     }
 
     fn collect_struct_definitions(&mut self, structs: BTreeMap<StructId, UnresolvedStruct>) {