diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 7556193..d56dce5 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Removals
 * Python 2 is no longer supported.
 * Support for attribute lists in `defclass` has been removed. Use `setv`
   and `defn` instead.
+* Literal keywords are no longer parsed differently in calls to functions
+  with certain names.
 
 Bug Fixes
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/hy/compiler.py b/hy/compiler.py
index 648ff7b..4387366 100755
--- a/hy/compiler.py
+++ b/hy/compiler.py
@@ -1664,11 +1664,7 @@ class HyASTCompiler(object):
         if not func:
             func = self.compile(root)
 
-        # An exception for pulling together keyword args is if we're doing
-        # a typecheck, eg (type :foo)
-        with_kwargs = root not in (
-            "type", "HyKeyword", "keyword", "name", "keyword?", "identity")
-        args, ret, keywords = self._compile_collect(args, with_kwargs)
+        args, ret, keywords = self._compile_collect(args, with_kwargs=True)
 
         return func + ret + asty.Call(
             expr, func=func.expr, args=args, keywords=keywords)
diff --git a/tests/native_tests/core.hy b/tests/native_tests/core.hy
index eb1b1c3..b961f78 100644
--- a/tests/native_tests/core.hy
+++ b/tests/native_tests/core.hy
@@ -634,8 +634,8 @@ result['y in globals'] = 'y' in globals()")
   "NATIVE: testing the keyword? function"
   (assert (keyword? ':bar))
   (assert (keyword? ':baz))
-  (assert (keyword? :bar))
-  (assert (keyword? :baz))
+  (setv x :bar)
+  (assert (keyword? x))
   (assert (not (keyword? "foo")))
   (assert (not (keyword? ":foo")))
   (assert (not (keyword? 1)))
diff --git a/tests/native_tests/language.hy b/tests/native_tests/language.hy
index c525f7c..688f985 100644
--- a/tests/native_tests/language.hy
+++ b/tests/native_tests/language.hy
@@ -1104,7 +1104,8 @@
 
   (assert (= :foo :foo))
   (assert (= :foo ':foo))
-  (assert (is (type :foo) (type ':foo)))
+  (setv x :foo)
+  (assert (is (type x) (type ':foo)))
   (assert (= (get {:foo "bar"} :foo) "bar"))
   (assert (= (get {:bar "quux"} (get {:foo :bar} :foo)) "quux")))
 
@@ -1119,9 +1120,9 @@
 (defn test-empty-keyword []
   "NATIVE: test that the empty keyword is recognized"
   (assert (= : :))
-  (assert (keyword? :))
+  (assert (keyword? ':))
   (assert (!= : ":"))
-  (assert (= (name :) "")))
+  (assert (= (name ':) "")))
 
 
 (defn test-nested-if []
@@ -1198,12 +1199,15 @@
       5j 5.1j 2+1j 1.2+3.4j
       "" b""
       "apple bloom" b"apple bloom" "⚘" b"\x00"
-      :mykeyword
       [] #{} {}
       [1 2 3] #{1 2 3} {"a" 1 "b" 2}]]
     (assert (= (eval `(identity ~x)) x))
     (assert (= (eval x) x)))
 
+  (setv kw :mykeyword)
+  (assert (= (get (eval `[~kw]) 0) kw))
+  (assert (= (eval kw) kw))
+
   ; Tuples wrap to HyLists, not HyExpressions.
   (assert (= (eval (,)) []))
   (assert (= (eval (, 1 2 3)) [1 2 3]))
@@ -1632,7 +1636,8 @@ macros()
   (assert (= (keyword 'foo) :foo))
   (assert (= (keyword 'foo-bar) :foo-bar))
   (assert (= (keyword 1) :1))
-  (assert (= (keyword :foo_bar) :foo-bar)))
+  (setv x :foo_bar)
+  (assert (= (keyword x) :foo-bar)))
 
 (defn test-name-conversion []
   "NATIVE: Test name conversion"
@@ -1644,8 +1649,8 @@ macros()
   (assert (= (name 'foo_bar) "foo-bar"))
   (assert (= (name 1) "1"))
   (assert (= (name 1.0) "1.0"))
-  (assert (= (name :foo) "foo"))
-  (assert (= (name :foo_bar) "foo-bar"))
+  (assert (= (name ':foo) "foo"))
+  (assert (= (name ':foo_bar) "foo-bar"))
   (assert (= (name test-name-conversion) "test-name-conversion")))
 
 (defn test-keywords []