diff --git a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/BasicSymbolsMill.java b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/BasicSymbolsMill.java
index a976d5ae71..5c036e7363 100644
--- a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/BasicSymbolsMill.java
+++ b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/BasicSymbolsMill.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import de.monticore.symbols.basicsymbols._symboltable.IBasicSymbolsGlobalScope;
 import de.monticore.symbols.basicsymbols._symboltable.TypeSymbol;
+import de.monticore.symboltable.modifiers.AccessModifier;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ protected TypeSymbol createPrimitive(String name){
             .setEnclosingScope(globalScope())
             .setFullName(name)
             .setSpannedScope(scope())
+            .setAccessModifier(AccessModifier.ALL_INCLUSION)
             .build();
   }
 
diff --git a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/FunctionSymbol.java b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/FunctionSymbol.java
index 6a9575c625..c72c25649e 100644
--- a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/FunctionSymbol.java
+++ b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/FunctionSymbol.java
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ public SymTypeOfFunction getFunctionType() {
   public AccessModifier getAccessModifier() {
     // supporting legacy source code...
     if(accessModifier == null) {
-      Log.info("AccessModifier of function '"
+      Log.trace("AccessModifier of function '"
               + getFullName() + "' was not set (null)",
           "BasicSymbols");
-      return AccessModifier.ALL_INCLUSION;
+      accessModifier = AccessModifier.ALL_INCLUSION;
     }
     return accessModifier;
   }
diff --git a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/TypeSymbol.java b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/TypeSymbol.java
index b6fa0c370d..df33675d64 100644
--- a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/TypeSymbol.java
+++ b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/TypeSymbol.java
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ public SymTypeExpression getSuperClass() {
   public AccessModifier getAccessModifier() {
     // supporting legacy source code...
     if(accessModifier == null) {
-      Log.info("AccessModifier of type '"
+      Log.trace("AccessModifier of type '"
               + getFullName() + "' was not set (null)",
           "BasicSymbols");
-      return AccessModifier.ALL_INCLUSION;
+      accessModifier = AccessModifier.ALL_INCLUSION;
     }
     return accessModifier;
   }
diff --git a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/TypeVarSymbol.java b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/TypeVarSymbol.java
index 00da48d8e3..3734ac63a2 100644
--- a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/TypeVarSymbol.java
+++ b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/TypeVarSymbol.java
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ public boolean deepEquals(TypeVarSymbol other) {
   public AccessModifier getAccessModifier() {
     // supporting legacy source code...
     if(accessModifier == null) {
-      Log.info("AccessModifier of type variable '"
+      Log.trace("AccessModifier of type variable '"
               + getFullName() + "' was not set (null)",
           "BasicSymbols");
-      return AccessModifier.ALL_INCLUSION;
+      accessModifier = AccessModifier.ALL_INCLUSION;
     }
     return accessModifier;
   }
diff --git a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/VariableSymbol.java b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/VariableSymbol.java
index d0a536d363..df84990107 100644
--- a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/VariableSymbol.java
+++ b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/basicsymbols/_symboltable/VariableSymbol.java
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ public void replaceTypeVariables(Map<TypeVarSymbol, SymTypeExpression> replaceMa
   public AccessModifier getAccessModifier() {
     // supporting legacy source code...
     if(accessModifier == null) {
-      Log.info("AccessModifier of variable '"
+      Log.trace("AccessModifier of variable '"
               + getFullName() + "' was not set (null)",
           "BasicSymbols");
-      return AccessModifier.ALL_INCLUSION;
+      accessModifier = AccessModifier.ALL_INCLUSION;
     }
     return accessModifier;
   }
diff --git a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/types3/util/WithinTypeBasicSymbolsResolver.java b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/types3/util/WithinTypeBasicSymbolsResolver.java
index e24fd00abb..d97541d313 100644
--- a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/types3/util/WithinTypeBasicSymbolsResolver.java
+++ b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/types3/util/WithinTypeBasicSymbolsResolver.java
@@ -264,9 +264,8 @@ protected Optional<VariableSymbol> resolveVariableLocally(
     Optional<VariableSymbol> resolved = scope.resolveVariable(
         name,
         accessModifier,
-        predicate.and(v -> v.getEnclosingScope() == scope)
+        predicate.and(getIsLocalSymbolPredicate(scope))
     );
-    resolved = filterNonLocalSymbols(resolved, scope);
     return resolved;
   }
 
@@ -283,9 +282,8 @@ protected List<FunctionSymbol> resolveFunctionLocally(
         false,
         name,
         accessModifier,
-        predicate.and(f -> f.getEnclosingScope() == scope)
+        predicate.and(getIsLocalSymbolPredicate(scope))
     );
-    resolved = filterNonLocalSymbols(resolved, scope);
     return resolved;
   }
 
@@ -302,9 +300,8 @@ protected Optional<TypeSymbol> resolveTypeLocally(
         false,
         name,
         accessModifier,
-        predicate.and(t -> t.getEnclosingScope() == scope)
+        predicate.and(getIsLocalSymbolPredicate(scope))
     );
-    resolved = filterNonLocalSymbols(resolved, scope);
     // prefer variables to concrete types in the same scope,
     // e.g., class A<B>{class B{} B b = new B();} is not valid Java
     if (resolved.stream().anyMatch(getTypeDispatcher()::isTypeVar)) {
@@ -323,44 +320,20 @@ protected Optional<TypeSymbol> resolveTypeLocally(
    * Even more legacy code workarounds:
    * filter out anything that is not in the exact scope
    * due to questionable resolve strategy overrides in Scope classes...
-   * Changes the original list!!!
    */
-  protected <E extends ISymbol> List<E> filterNonLocalSymbols(
-      List<E> symbols,
-      IScope scope
-  ) {
-    Iterator<E> sItr = symbols.iterator();
-    while (sItr.hasNext()) {
-      ISymbol symbol = sItr.next();
-      if (symbol.getEnclosingScope() != scope) {
-        Log.info("filtered symbol '"
-                + symbol.getFullName() + "' as it was resolved "
+  protected Predicate<ISymbol> getIsLocalSymbolPredicate(IScope localScope) {
+    return s -> {
+      if (s.getEnclosingScope() != localScope) {
+        Log.trace("filtered symbol '"
+                + s.getFullName() + "' as it was resolved "
                 + "in a different scope, even though "
                 + "\"resolve[...]Locally[...]\" was used",
             LOG_NAME
         );
-        sItr.remove();
+        return false;
       }
-    }
-    return symbols;
-  }
-
-  protected <E extends ISymbol> Optional<E> filterNonLocalSymbols(
-      Optional<E> symbolOpt,
-      IScope scope
-  ) {
-    if (symbolOpt.isPresent()) {
-      if (symbolOpt.get().getEnclosingScope() != scope) {
-        Log.info("filtered symbol '"
-                + symbolOpt.get().getFullName() + "' as it was resolved "
-                + "in a different scope, even though "
-                + "\"resolve[...]Locally[...]\" was used",
-            LOG_NAME
-        );
-        symbolOpt = Optional.empty();
-      }
-    }
-    return symbolOpt;
+      return true;
+    };
   }
 
   protected BasicSymbolsTypeDispatcher getTypeDispatcher() {