From 8a599fb57116e8f6df977bd57220113e5738f7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:51:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #12491 [backport]

---
 compiler/vmops.nim | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler/vmops.nim b/compiler/vmops.nim
index 1c184cb79e..b46faeb0fe 100644
--- a/compiler/vmops.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmops.nim
@@ -152,7 +152,11 @@ proc registerAdditionalOps*(c: PCtx) =
     systemop getCurrentException
     registerCallback c, "stdlib.*.staticWalkDir", proc (a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =
       setResult(a, staticWalkDirImpl(getString(a, 0), getBool(a, 1)))
-    systemop gorgeEx
+
+    if defined(nimsuggest) or c.config.cmd == cmdCheck:
+      discard "don't run staticExec for 'nim suggest'"
+    else:
+      systemop gorgeEx
   macrosop getProjectPath
 
   registerCallback c, "stdlib.os.getCurrentCompilerExe", proc (a: VmArgs) {.nimcall.} =