diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBackendInterface.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBackendInterface.scala
index 98491884a06f..8bad39e71a7c 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBackendInterface.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBackendInterface.scala
@@ -535,8 +535,10 @@ class DottyBackendInterface(outputDirectory: AbstractFile, val superCallsMap: Ma
 
   private def getGenericSignature(sym: Symbol, owner: Symbol, memberTpe: Type)(implicit ctx: Context): Option[String] =
     if (needsGenericSignature(sym)) {
-      val erasedTypeSym = sym.denot.info.typeSymbol
+      val erasedTypeSym = TypeErasure.fullErasure(sym.denot.info).typeSymbol
       if (erasedTypeSym.isPrimitiveValueClass) {
+        // Suppress signatures for symbols whose types erase in the end to primitive
+        // value types. This is needed to fix #7416.
         None
       } else {
         val jsOpt = GenericSignatures.javaSig(sym, memberTpe)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala
index 70ecc04a6e22..700fe6134940 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeErasure.scala
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ object TypeErasure {
   def valueErasure(tp: Type)(implicit ctx: Context): Type =
     erasureFn(isJava = false, semiEraseVCs = true, isConstructor = false, wildcardOK = false)(tp)(erasureCtx)
 
+  /** Like value class erasure, but value classes erase to their underlying type erasure */
+  def fullErasure(tp: Type)(implicit ctx: Context): Type =
+    valueErasure(tp) match
+      case ErasedValueType(_, underlying) => erasure(underlying)
+      case etp => etp
+
   def sigName(tp: Type, isJava: Boolean)(implicit ctx: Context): TypeName = {
     val normTp = tp.underlyingIfRepeated(isJava)
     val erase = erasureFn(isJava, semiEraseVCs = false, isConstructor = false, wildcardOK = true)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/CapturedVars.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/CapturedVars.scala
index 37eebce9ac55..a8a93791ab3b 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/CapturedVars.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/CapturedVars.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class CapturedVars extends MiniPhase with IdentityDenotTransformer { thisPhase =
   /** the following two members override abstract members in Transform */
   val phaseName: String = "capturedVars"
 
-  private var Captured: Store.Location[collection.Set[Symbol]] = _
+  private[this] var Captured: Store.Location[collection.Set[Symbol]] = _
   private def captured(implicit ctx: Context) = ctx.store(Captured)
 
   override def initContext(ctx: FreshContext): Unit =
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class CapturedVars extends MiniPhase with IdentityDenotTransformer { thisPhase =
     */
   def refClass(cls: Symbol, isVolatile: Boolean)(implicit ctx: Context): Symbol = {
     val refMap = if (isVolatile) refInfo.volatileRefClass else refInfo.refClass
-    if (cls.isClass) 
+    if (cls.isClass)
       refMap.getOrElse(cls, refMap(defn.ObjectClass))
     else refMap(defn.ObjectClass)
   }