diff --git a/src/awkward/contents/bitmaskedarray.py b/src/awkward/contents/bitmaskedarray.py
index b5c1370efd..ae5e8e2fe5 100644
--- a/src/awkward/contents/bitmaskedarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/contents/bitmaskedarray.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def _to_typetracer(self, forget_length: bool) -> Self:
         tt = TypeTracer.instance()
         return BitMaskedArray(
             self._mask.to_nplike(tt),
-            self._content._to_typetracer(forget_length),
+            self._content._to_typetracer(False),
             self._valid_when,
             unknown_length if forget_length else self.length,
             self._lsb_order,
diff --git a/src/awkward/contents/bytemaskedarray.py b/src/awkward/contents/bytemaskedarray.py
index 1ba6f8966d..ab82e40764 100644
--- a/src/awkward/contents/bytemaskedarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/contents/bytemaskedarray.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def _to_typetracer(self, forget_length: bool) -> Self:
         mask = self._mask.to_nplike(tt)
         return ByteMaskedArray(
             mask.forget_length() if forget_length else mask,
-            self._content._to_typetracer(forget_length),
+            self._content._to_typetracer(False),
             self._valid_when,
             parameters=self._parameters,
         )
diff --git a/src/awkward/contents/indexedarray.py b/src/awkward/contents/indexedarray.py
index eb5f595337..d990dea323 100644
--- a/src/awkward/contents/indexedarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/contents/indexedarray.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def _to_typetracer(self, forget_length: bool) -> Self:
         index = self._index.to_nplike(TypeTracer.instance())
         return IndexedArray(
             index.forget_length() if forget_length else index,
-            self._content._to_typetracer(forget_length),
+            self._content._to_typetracer(False),
             parameters=self._parameters,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/awkward/contents/indexedoptionarray.py b/src/awkward/contents/indexedoptionarray.py
index cee5e77326..f1d9568a55 100644
--- a/src/awkward/contents/indexedoptionarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/contents/indexedoptionarray.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def _to_typetracer(self, forget_length: bool) -> Self:
         index = self._index.to_nplike(TypeTracer.instance())
         return IndexedOptionArray(
             index.forget_length() if forget_length else index,
-            self._content._to_typetracer(forget_length),
+            self._content._to_typetracer(False),
             parameters=self._parameters,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/awkward/contents/listarray.py b/src/awkward/contents/listarray.py
index 26f872f421..98f153925b 100644
--- a/src/awkward/contents/listarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/contents/listarray.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def _to_typetracer(self, forget_length: bool) -> Self:
         return ListArray(
             starts.forget_length() if forget_length else starts,
             self._stops.to_nplike(tt),
-            self._content._to_typetracer(forget_length),
+            self._content._to_typetracer(False),
             parameters=self._parameters,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py b/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py
index d3efb08698..c6aa5f1d8f 100644
--- a/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/contents/listoffsetarray.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def _to_typetracer(self, forget_length: bool) -> Self:
         offsets = self._offsets.to_nplike(TypeTracer.instance())
         return ListOffsetArray(
             offsets.forget_length() if forget_length else offsets,
-            self._content._to_typetracer(forget_length),
+            self._content._to_typetracer(False),
             parameters=self._parameters,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/awkward/contents/unionarray.py b/src/awkward/contents/unionarray.py
index 95ddfca6e4..2d0647ce77 100644
--- a/src/awkward/contents/unionarray.py
+++ b/src/awkward/contents/unionarray.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def _to_typetracer(self, forget_length: bool) -> Self:
         return UnionArray(
             tags.forget_length() if forget_length else tags,
             self._index.to_nplike(tt),
-            [x._to_typetracer(forget_length) for x in self._contents],
+            [x._to_typetracer(False) for x in self._contents],
             parameters=self._parameters,
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/test_2765_slice_from_typetracer.py b/tests/test_2765_slice_from_typetracer.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b144e7f9be..0000000000
--- a/tests/test_2765_slice_from_typetracer.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import awkward as ak
-
-
-def test():
-    array = ak.typetracer.typetracer_from_form(
-        ak.forms.from_type(
-            ak.types.from_datashape("{x: var * {y:int64}}", highlevel=False)
-        )
-    )
-    sliced = array[0, "x", 0]
-    assert sliced.type.is_equal_to(
-        ak.types.ScalarType(
-            ak.types.RecordType([ak.types.NumpyType("int64")], ["y"]), None
-        )
-    )