diff --git a/compiler/ast.nim b/compiler/ast.nim
index e8fee6c0d1..4de277ba9a 100644
--- a/compiler/ast.nim
+++ b/compiler/ast.nim
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ type
     mSwap, mIsNil, mArrToSeq, mOpenArrayToSeq,
     mNewString, mNewStringOfCap, mParseBiggestFloat,
     mMove, mEnsureMove, mWasMoved, mDup, mDestroy, mTrace,
-    mDefault, mUnown, mFinished, mIsolate, mAccessEnv, mAccessTypeField, mReset,
+    mDefault, mUnown, mFinished, mIsolate, mAccessEnv, mAccessTypeField,
     mArray, mOpenArray, mRange, mSet, mSeq, mVarargs,
     mRef, mPtr, mVar, mDistinct, mVoid, mTuple,
     mOrdinal, mIterableType,
diff --git a/compiler/ccgcalls.nim b/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
index 1558005824..516bb6fed1 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgcalls.nim
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ proc getPotentialWrites(n: PNode; mutate: bool; result: var seq[PNode]) =
   of nkCallKinds:
     case n.getMagic:
     of mIncl, mExcl, mInc, mDec, mAppendStrCh, mAppendStrStr, mAppendSeqElem,
-        mAddr, mNew, mNewFinalize, mWasMoved, mDestroy, mReset:
+        mAddr, mNew, mNewFinalize, mWasMoved, mDestroy:
       getPotentialWrites(n[1], true, result)
       for i in 2..<n.len:
         getPotentialWrites(n[i], mutate, result)
diff --git a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
index 042af01f16..9312933a4d 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgexprs.nim
@@ -1352,14 +1352,6 @@ proc genSeqElemAppend(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
   genAssignment(p, dest, b, {needToCopy})
   gcUsage(p.config, e)
 
-proc genReset(p: BProc, n: PNode) =
-  var a: TLoc = initLocExpr(p, n[1])
-  specializeReset(p, a)
-  when false:
-    linefmt(p, cpsStmts, "#genericReset((void*)$1, $2);$n",
-            [addrLoc(p.config, a),
-            genTypeInfoV1(p.module, skipTypes(a.t, {tyVar}), n.info)])
-
 proc genDefault(p: BProc; n: PNode; d: var TLoc) =
   if d.k == locNone: d = getTemp(p, n.typ, needsInit=true)
   else: resetLoc(p, d)
@@ -2562,7 +2554,6 @@ proc genMagicExpr(p: BProc, e: PNode, d: var TLoc, op: TMagic) =
              [mangleDynLibProc(prc), getTypeDesc(p.module, prc.loc.t), getModuleDllPath(p.module, prc)])
     genCall(p, e, d)
   of mDefault, mZeroDefault: genDefault(p, e, d)
-  of mReset: genReset(p, e)
   of mEcho: genEcho(p, e[1].skipConv)
   of mArrToSeq: genArrToSeq(p, e, d)
   of mNLen..mNError, mSlurp..mQuoteAst:
diff --git a/compiler/jsgen.nim b/compiler/jsgen.nim
index 129dc32bb6..f7e4e9e721 100644
--- a/compiler/jsgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/jsgen.nim
@@ -2212,16 +2212,17 @@ proc genDefault(p: PProc, n: PNode; r: var TCompRes) =
   r.res = createVar(p, n.typ, indirect = false)
   r.kind = resExpr
 
-proc genReset(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
+proc genWasMoved(p: PProc, n: PNode) =
+  # TODO: it should be done by nir
   var x: TCompRes = default(TCompRes)
-  useMagic(p, "genericReset")
   gen(p, n[1], x)
   if x.typ == etyBaseIndex:
     lineF(p, "$1 = null, $2 = 0;$n", [x.address, x.res])
   else:
-    let (a, tmp) = maybeMakeTempAssignable(p, n[1], x)
-    lineF(p, "$1 = genericReset($3, $2);$n", [a,
-                  genTypeInfo(p, n[1].typ), tmp])
+    var y: TCompRes = default(TCompRes)
+    genDefault(p, n[1], y)
+    let (a, _) = maybeMakeTempAssignable(p, n[1], x)
+    lineF(p, "$1 = $2;$n", [a, y.rdLoc])
 
 proc genMove(p: PProc; n: PNode; r: var TCompRes) =
   var a: TCompRes = default(TCompRes)
@@ -2229,7 +2230,7 @@ proc genMove(p: PProc; n: PNode; r: var TCompRes) =
   r.res = p.getTemp()
   gen(p, n[1], a)
   lineF(p, "$1 = $2;$n", [r.rdLoc, a.rdLoc])
-  genReset(p, n)
+  genWasMoved(p, n)
   #lineF(p, "$1 = $2;$n", [dest.rdLoc, src.rdLoc])
 
 proc genDup(p: PProc; n: PNode; r: var TCompRes) =
@@ -2410,7 +2411,7 @@ proc genMagic(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
   of mNewSeqOfCap: unaryExpr(p, n, r, "", "[]")
   of mOf: genOf(p, n, r)
   of mDefault, mZeroDefault: genDefault(p, n, r)
-  of mReset, mWasMoved: genReset(p, n)
+  of mWasMoved: genWasMoved(p, n)
   of mEcho: genEcho(p, n, r)
   of mNLen..mNError, mSlurp, mStaticExec:
     localError(p.config, n.info, errXMustBeCompileTime % n[0].sym.name.s)
diff --git a/compiler/nir/ast2ir.nim b/compiler/nir/ast2ir.nim
index c8954548f5..11bd711f97 100644
--- a/compiler/nir/ast2ir.nim
+++ b/compiler/nir/ast2ir.nim
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ proc genMagic(c: var ProcCon; n: PNode; d: var Value; m: TMagic) =
   of mDefault, mZeroDefault:
     genDefault c, n, d
   of mMove: genMove(c, n, d)
-  of mWasMoved, mReset:
+  of mWasMoved:
     unused(c, n, d)
     genWasMoved(c, n)
   of mDestroy: genDestroy(c, n)
diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index d7452c156a..235a4e808c 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ proc analyseIfAddressTakenInCall(c: PContext, n: PNode, isConverter = false) =
   const
     FakeVarParams = {mNew, mNewFinalize, mInc, ast.mDec, mIncl, mExcl,
       mSetLengthStr, mSetLengthSeq, mAppendStrCh, mAppendStrStr, mSwap,
-      mAppendSeqElem, mNewSeq, mReset, mShallowCopy, mDeepCopy, mMove,
+      mAppendSeqElem, mNewSeq, mShallowCopy, mDeepCopy, mMove,
       mWasMoved}
 
   template checkIfConverterCalled(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
diff --git a/compiler/vmgen.nim b/compiler/vmgen.nim
index 366fc7b292..f29619e386 100644
--- a/compiler/vmgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmgen.nim
@@ -1229,13 +1229,6 @@ proc genMagic(c: PCtx; n: PNode; dest: var TDest; m: TMagic) =
     c.freeTemp(tmp1)
     c.genAsgnPatch(d2AsNode, d2)
     c.freeTemp(d2)
-  of mReset:
-    unused(c, n, dest)
-    var d = c.genx(n[1])
-    # XXX use ldNullOpcode() here?
-    c.gABx(n, opcLdNull, d, c.genType(n[1].typ))
-    c.gABC(n, opcNodeToReg, d, d)
-    c.genAsgnPatch(n[1], d)
   of mDefault, mZeroDefault:
     if dest < 0: dest = c.getTemp(n.typ)
     c.gABx(n, ldNullOpcode(n.typ), dest, c.genType(n.typ))
diff --git a/lib/system/jssys.nim b/lib/system/jssys.nim
index 9f9a410d5f..5599240fdb 100644
--- a/lib/system/jssys.nim
+++ b/lib/system/jssys.nim
@@ -622,37 +622,6 @@ proc nimCopy(dest, src: JSRef, ti: PNimType): JSRef =
   else:
     result = src
 
-proc genericReset(x: JSRef, ti: PNimType): JSRef {.compilerproc.} =
-  {.emit: "`result` = null;".}
-  case ti.kind
-  of tyPtr, tyRef, tyVar, tyNil:
-    if isFatPointer(ti):
-      {.emit: """
-        `result` = [null, 0];
-      """.}
-  of tySet:
-    {.emit: """
-      `result` = {};
-    """.}
-  of tyTuple, tyObject:
-    if ti.kind == tyObject:
-      {.emit: "`result` = {m_type: `ti`};".}
-    else:
-      {.emit: "`result` = {};".}
-  of tySequence, tyOpenArray, tyString:
-    {.emit: """
-      `result` = [];
-    """.}
-  of tyArrayConstr, tyArray:
-    {.emit: """
-      `result` = new Array(`x`.length);
-      for (var i = 0; i < `x`.length; ++i) {
-        `result`[i] = genericReset(`x`[i], `ti`.base);
-      }
-    """.}
-  else:
-    discard
-
 proc arrayConstr(len: int, value: JSRef, typ: PNimType): JSRef {.
                 asmNoStackFrame, compilerproc.} =
   # types are fake
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tsystem.nim b/tests/stdlib/tsystem.nim
index c1cadb49de..21dbdb59d6 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/tsystem.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tsystem.nim
@@ -83,24 +83,36 @@ block:
     X = object
       a: string
       b: set[char]
+      c: int
+      d: float
+      e: int64
 
-  var y = X(b: {'a'})
+
+  var x = X(b: {'a'}, e: 10)
+
+  var y = move x
+
+  doAssert x.a == ""
+  doAssert x.b == {}
+  doAssert x.c == 0
+  doAssert x.d == 0.0
+  doAssert x.e == 0
 
   reset(y)
 
+  doAssert y.a == ""
   doAssert y.b == {}
+  doAssert y.c == 0
+  doAssert y.d == 0.0
+  doAssert y.e == 0
 
 block:
-  type
-    X = object
-      a: string
-      b: int
-
-  var y = X(b: 1314)
-
-  reset(y)
-
-  doAssert y.b == 0
+  var x = 2
+  var y = move x
+  doAssert y == 2
+  doAssert x == 0
+  reset y
+  doAssert y == 0
 
 block:
   type