diff --git a/compiler/pragmas.nim b/compiler/pragmas.nim
index 50b8c338fb1ee..8fbdd3579f380 100644
--- a/compiler/pragmas.nim
+++ b/compiler/pragmas.nim
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const
 
 const
   declPragmas = {wImportc, wImportObjC, wImportCpp, wImportJs, wExportc, wExportCpp,
-    wExportNims, wExtern, wDeprecated, wNodecl, wError, wUsed, wAlign}
+    wExportNims, wExtern, wDeprecated, wNodecl, wError, wUsed}
     ## common pragmas for declarations, to a good approximation
   procPragmas* = declPragmas + {FirstCallConv..LastCallConv,
     wMagic, wNoSideEffect, wSideEffect, wNoreturn, wNosinks, wDynlib, wHeader,
@@ -56,22 +56,23 @@ const
     wFloatChecks, wInfChecks, wNanChecks, wPragma, wEmit, wUnroll,
     wLinearScanEnd, wPatterns, wTrMacros, wEffects, wNoForward, wReorder, wComputedGoto,
     wInjectStmt, wExperimental, wThis, wUsed, wInvariant, wAssume, wAssert}
-  lambdaPragmas* = declPragmas + {FirstCallConv..LastCallConv,
+  lambdaPragmas* = {FirstCallConv..LastCallConv,
     wNoSideEffect, wSideEffect, wNoreturn, wNosinks, wDynlib, wHeader,
     wThread, wAsmNoStackFrame,
     wRaises, wLocks, wTags, wRequires, wEnsures,
-    wGcSafe, wCodegenDecl} - {wExportNims, wError, wUsed}  # why exclude these?
+    wGcSafe, wCodegenDecl, wNoInit}
   typePragmas* = declPragmas + {wMagic, wAcyclic,
     wPure, wHeader, wCompilerProc, wCore, wFinal, wSize, wShallow,
     wIncompleteStruct, wCompleteStruct, wByCopy, wByRef,
     wInheritable, wGensym, wInject, wRequiresInit, wUnchecked, wUnion, wPacked,
     wCppNonPod, wBorrow, wGcSafe, wPartial, wExplain, wPackage}
-  fieldPragmas* = declPragmas + {
-    wGuard, wBitsize, wCursor, wRequiresInit, wNoalias} - {wExportNims, wNodecl} # why exclude these?
+  fieldPragmas* = declPragmas + {wGuard, wBitsize, wCursor,
+    wRequiresInit, wNoalias, wAlign} - {wExportNims, wNodecl} # why exclude these?
   varPragmas* = declPragmas + {wVolatile, wRegister, wThreadVar,
     wMagic, wHeader, wCompilerProc, wCore, wDynlib,
     wNoInit, wCompileTime, wGlobal,
-    wGensym, wInject, wCodegenDecl, wGuard, wGoto, wCursor, wNoalias}
+    wGensym, wInject, wCodegenDecl,
+    wGuard, wGoto, wCursor, wNoalias, wAlign}
   constPragmas* = declPragmas + {wHeader, wMagic,
     wGensym, wInject,
     wIntDefine, wStrDefine, wBoolDefine, wCompilerProc, wCore}
diff --git a/tests/proc/tlambdapragma.nim b/tests/proc/tlambdapragma.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..daa952b1efa86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/proc/tlambdapragma.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+discard """
+  errormsg: "invalid pragma: exportc"
+"""
+
+let _ = proc () {.exportc.} =
+  # this would previously cause a codegen error
+  discard