diff --git a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TastyFormat.scala b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TastyFormat.scala
index 1022fc4da825..94ed9405276c 100644
--- a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TastyFormat.scala
+++ b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TastyFormat.scala
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ Standard-Section: "ASTs" TopLevelStat*
                   TERMREF               possiblySigned_NameRef qual_Type
                   THIS                  clsRef_Type
                   REFINEDthis           refinedType_ASTRef
-                  SKOLEMtype            Type_ASTRef
                   SHARED                path_ASTRef
 
   Constant      = UNITconst
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ Standard-Section: "ASTs" TopLevelStat*
                   LAZY
                   OVERRIDE
                   INLINE                // macro
-                  ABSOVERRIDE                     // abstract override
                   STATIC                            // mapped to static Java member
                   OBJECT                            // an object or its class
                   TRAIT                 // a trait
@@ -239,39 +237,37 @@ object TastyFormat {
   final val LAZY = 14
   final val OVERRIDE = 15
   final val INLINE = 16
-  final val ABSOVERRIDE = 17
-  final val STATIC = 18
-  final val OBJECT = 19
-  final val TRAIT = 20
-  final val LOCAL = 21
-  final val SYNTHETIC = 22
-  final val ARTIFACT = 23
-  final val MUTABLE = 24
-  final val LABEL = 25
-  final val FIELDaccessor = 26
-  final val CASEaccessor = 27
-  final val COVARIANT = 28
-  final val CONTRAVARIANT = 29
-  final val SCALA2X = 30
-  final val DEFAULTparameterized = 31
-  final val INSUPERCALL = 32
+  final val STATIC = 17
+  final val OBJECT = 18
+  final val TRAIT = 19
+  final val LOCAL = 20
+  final val SYNTHETIC = 21
+  final val ARTIFACT = 22
+  final val MUTABLE = 23
+  final val LABEL = 24
+  final val FIELDaccessor = 25
+  final val CASEaccessor = 26
+  final val COVARIANT = 27
+  final val CONTRAVARIANT = 28
+  final val SCALA2X = 29
+  final val DEFAULTparameterized = 30
+  final val INSUPERCALL = 31
 
   final val SHARED = 64
   final val TERMREFdirect = 65
   final val TYPEREFdirect = 66
   final val TERMREFpkg = 67
   final val TYPEREFpkg = 68
-  final val SKOLEMtype = 69
-  final val REFINEDthis = 70
-  final val BYTEconst = 71
-  final val SHORTconst = 72
-  final val CHARconst = 73
-  final val INTconst = 74
-  final val LONGconst = 75
-  final val FLOATconst = 76
-  final val DOUBLEconst = 77
-  final val STRINGconst = 78
-  final val IMPORTED = 79
+  final val REFINEDthis = 69
+  final val BYTEconst = 70
+  final val SHORTconst = 71
+  final val CHARconst = 72
+  final val INTconst = 73
+  final val LONGconst = 74
+  final val FLOATconst = 75
+  final val DOUBLEconst = 76
+  final val STRINGconst = 77
+  final val IMPORTED = 78
 
   final val THIS = 96
   final val CLASSconst = 97
@@ -351,7 +347,6 @@ object TastyFormat {
        | LAZY
        | OVERRIDE
        | INLINE
-       | ABSOVERRIDE
        | STATIC
        | OBJECT
        | TRAIT
@@ -399,7 +394,6 @@ object TastyFormat {
     case LAZY => "LAZY"
     case OVERRIDE => "OVERRIDE"
     case INLINE => "INLINE"
-    case ABSOVERRIDE => "ABSOVERRIDE"
     case STATIC => "STATIC"
     case OBJECT => "OBJECT"
     case TRAIT => "TRAIT"
@@ -421,7 +415,7 @@ object TastyFormat {
     case TYPEREFdirect => "TYPEREFdirect"
     case TERMREFpkg => "TERMREFpkg"
     case TYPEREFpkg => "TYPEREFpkg"
-    case SKOLEMtype => "SKOLEMtype"
+    case REFINEDthis => "REFINEDthis"
     case BYTEconst => "BYTEconst"
     case SHORTconst => "SHORTconst"
     case CHARconst => "CHARconst"
diff --git a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreePickler.scala b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreePickler.scala
index cd49f7c5a989..8847d2de3c40 100644
--- a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreePickler.scala
+++ b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreePickler.scala
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ class TreePickler(pickler: TastyPickler) {
         writeByte(REFINEDthis)
         writeRef(pickledTypes.get(tpe.binder).asInstanceOf[Addr])
       case tpe: SkolemType =>
-        writeByte(SKOLEMtype)
         pickleType(tpe.info)
       case tpe: RefinedType =>
         val args = tpe.argInfos(interpolate = false)
@@ -523,7 +522,7 @@ class TreePickler(pickler: TastyPickler) {
       if (sym.isTerm) {
         if (flags is Implicit) writeByte(IMPLICIT)
         if ((flags is Lazy) && !(sym is Module)) writeByte(LAZY)
-        if (flags is AbsOverride) writeByte(ABSOVERRIDE)
+        if (flags is AbsOverride) { writeByte(ABSTRACT); writeByte(OVERRIDE) }
         if (flags is Mutable) writeByte(MUTABLE)
         if (flags is Accessor) writeByte(FIELDaccessor)
         if (flags is CaseAccessor) writeByte(CASEaccessor)
diff --git a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala
index d4260e679a00..11f6d12c57ad 100644
--- a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala
+++ b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala
@@ -256,8 +256,6 @@ class TreeUnpickler(reader: TastyReader, tastyName: TastyName.Table) {
           ThisType.raw(readType().asInstanceOf[TypeRef])
         case REFINEDthis =>
           RefinedThis(readTypeRef().asInstanceOf[RefinedType])
-        case SKOLEMtype =>
-          SkolemType(readTypeRef())
         case SHARED =>
           val ref = readAddr()
           typeAtAddr.getOrElseUpdate(ref, forkAt(ref).readType())
@@ -429,7 +427,12 @@ class TreeUnpickler(reader: TastyReader, tastyName: TastyName.Table) {
           case PRIVATE => addFlag(Private)
           case INTERNAL => ??? // addFlag(Internal)
           case PROTECTED => addFlag(Protected)
-          case ABSTRACT => addFlag(Abstract)
+          case ABSTRACT =>
+            readByte()
+            nextByte match {
+              case OVERRIDE => addFlag(AbsOverride)
+              case _ => flags |= Abstract
+            }
           case FINAL => addFlag(Final)
           case SEALED => addFlag(Sealed)
           case CASE => addFlag(Case)
@@ -437,7 +440,6 @@ class TreeUnpickler(reader: TastyReader, tastyName: TastyName.Table) {
           case LAZY => addFlag(Lazy)
           case OVERRIDE => addFlag(Override)
           case INLINE => addFlag(Inline)
-          case ABSOVERRIDE => addFlag(AbsOverride)
           case STATIC => addFlag(JavaStatic)
           case OBJECT => addFlag(Module)
           case TRAIT => addFlag(Trait)
diff --git a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/PlainPrinter.scala b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/PlainPrinter.scala
index a7b338be88c5..86dd3878c80a 100644
--- a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/PlainPrinter.scala
+++ b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/PlainPrinter.scala
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ class PlainPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends Printer {
       case tp: RefinedThis =>
         s"${nameString(tp.binder.typeSymbol)}{...}.this"
       case tp: SkolemType =>
-        "<unknown instance of type " ~ toTextGlobal(tp.info) ~ ">"
+        if (homogenizedView) toText(tp.info)
+        else "<unknown instance of type " ~ toTextGlobal(tp.info) ~ ">"
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala
index cf80969bf749..2288fe9c0c73 100644
--- a/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala
+++ b/src/dotty/tools/dotc/printing/RefinedPrinter.scala
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class RefinedPrinter(_ctx: Context) extends PlainPrinter(_ctx) {
    *
    *  The body is simplified  as follows
    *   - if it is a TypeAlias, follow it
-   *   - replace all references to of the form <skolem>.HK$i by references
+   *   - replace all references to of the form <refined-this>.HK$i by references
    *     without a prefix, because the latter print nicer.
    *
    */