diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/Lists.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/Lists.rsc
index 9aea9e1134e..deda66b7cc2 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/Lists.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/Lists.rsc
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ test bool sliceFirstSecond(list[int] L) {
   return L[f, f + incr..] == makeSlice(L, f, f + incr, size(L));
 }
 
-test bool sliceEmpty(int from, int to) = [][from..to] == [];
+test bool sliceEmpty(int from, int to) = [][from % 32768 .. to % 32768] == [];
 
 test bool sliceOverEnd() = [0][1..] == [];