diff --git a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/ExecuteContextNode.java b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/ExecuteContextNode.java
index 2ffd6f747..5c4a203ae 100644
--- a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/ExecuteContextNode.java
+++ b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/ExecuteContextNode.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.exceptions.ProcessSwitch;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.exceptions.Returns.NonLocalReturn;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.exceptions.Returns.NonVirtualReturn;
+import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.model.CompiledBlockObject;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.model.CompiledCodeObject;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.model.ContextObject;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.accessing.AbstractPointersObjectNodes.AbstractPointersObjectReadNode;
@@ -69,12 +70,13 @@ protected ExecuteContextNode(final CompiledCodeObject code, final boolean resume
         }
         frameInitializationNode = resume ? null : FrameStackInitializationNode.create();
         /*
-         * Only check for interrupts if method is relatively large. Also, skip timer interrupts here
-         * as they trigger too often, which causes a lot of context switches and therefore
-         * materialization and deopts. Timer inputs are currently handled in
+         * Only check for interrupts if method is relatively large. Avoid check if a closure is
+         * activated (effectively what #primitiveClosureValueNoContextSwitch is for). Also, skip
+         * timer interrupts here as they trigger too often, which causes a lot of context switches
+         * and therefore materialization and deopts. Timer inputs are currently handled in
          * primitiveRelinquishProcessor (#230) only.
          */
-        interruptHandlerNode = bytecodeNodes.length < MIN_NUMBER_OF_BYTECODE_FOR_INTERRUPT_CHECKS ? null : InterruptHandlerNode.createOrNull(false);
+        interruptHandlerNode = code instanceof CompiledBlockObject || bytecodeNodes.length < MIN_NUMBER_OF_BYTECODE_FOR_INTERRUPT_CHECKS ? null : InterruptHandlerNode.createOrNull(false);
         materializeContextOnMethodExitNode = resume ? null : MaterializeContextOnMethodExitNode.create();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/primitives/impl/BlockClosurePrimitives.java b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/primitives/impl/BlockClosurePrimitives.java
index e766cd56d..26bb9bef9 100644
--- a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/primitives/impl/BlockClosurePrimitives.java
+++ b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/primitives/impl/BlockClosurePrimitives.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.Cached;
-import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.CachedContext;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.GenerateNodeFactory;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.ImportStatic;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.NodeFactory;
@@ -17,14 +16,12 @@
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.DirectCallNode;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.IndirectCallNode;
 
-import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.SqueakLanguage;
-import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.image.SqueakImageContext;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.model.ArrayObject;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.model.BlockClosureObject;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.model.CompiledBlockObject;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.accessing.ArrayObjectNodes.ArrayObjectCopyIntoObjectArrayNode;
-import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.context.frame.GetContextOrMarkerNode;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.accessing.SqueakObjectSizeNode;
+import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.context.frame.GetContextOrMarkerNode;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.primitives.AbstractPrimitiveFactoryHolder;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.primitives.AbstractPrimitiveNode;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.primitives.PrimitiveInterfaces.BinaryPrimitive;
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ public final class BlockClosurePrimitives extends AbstractPrimitiveFactoryHolder
     protected static final int INLINE_CACHE_SIZE = 3;
 
     @GenerateNodeFactory
-    @SqueakPrimitive(indices = 201)
+    @SqueakPrimitive(indices = {201, 221})
     @ImportStatic(BlockClosurePrimitives.class)
     public abstract static class PrimClosureValue0Node extends AbstractPrimitiveNode implements UnaryPrimitive {
         @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -206,7 +203,7 @@ protected static final Object doValue5Indirect(final VirtualFrame frame, final B
     }
 
     @GenerateNodeFactory
-    @SqueakPrimitive(indices = 206)
+    @SqueakPrimitive(indices = {206, 222})
     @ImportStatic(BlockClosurePrimitives.class)
     protected abstract static class PrimClosureValueAryNode extends AbstractPrimitiveNode implements BinaryPrimitive {
         @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -235,93 +232,6 @@ protected static final Object doValueIndirect(final VirtualFrame frame, final Bl
         }
     }
 
-    @GenerateNodeFactory
-    @SqueakPrimitive(indices = 221)
-    @ImportStatic(BlockClosurePrimitives.class)
-    public abstract static class PrimClosureValueNoContextSwitchNode extends AbstractPrimitiveNode implements UnaryPrimitive {
-        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-        @Specialization(guards = {"closure.getCompiledBlock() == cachedBlock", "cachedBlock.getNumArgs() == 0"}, assumptions = {"cachedBlock.getCallTargetStable()"}, limit = "INLINE_CACHE_SIZE")
-        protected static final Object doValueDirect(final VirtualFrame frame, final BlockClosureObject closure,
-                        @Cached("closure.getCompiledBlock()") final CompiledBlockObject cachedBlock,
-                        @Cached final GetContextOrMarkerNode getContextOrMarkerNode,
-                        @Cached("create(cachedBlock.getCallTarget())") final DirectCallNode directCallNode,
-                        @CachedContext(SqueakLanguage.class) final SqueakImageContext image) {
-            final boolean wasActive = image.interrupt.isActive();
-            image.interrupt.deactivate();
-            try {
-                return directCallNode.call(FrameAccess.newClosureArgumentsTemplate(closure, cachedBlock, getContextOrMarkerNode.execute(frame), 0));
-            } finally {
-                if (wasActive) {
-                    image.interrupt.activate();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        @Specialization(guards = {"closure.getNumArgs() == 0"}, replaces = "doValueDirect")
-        protected static final Object doValueIndirect(final VirtualFrame frame, final BlockClosureObject closure,
-                        @Cached final GetContextOrMarkerNode getContextOrMarkerNode,
-                        @Cached final IndirectCallNode indirectCallNode,
-                        @CachedContext(SqueakLanguage.class) final SqueakImageContext image) {
-            final boolean wasActive = image.interrupt.isActive();
-            image.interrupt.deactivate();
-            try {
-                return indirectCallNode.call(closure.getCompiledBlock().getCallTarget(), FrameAccess.newClosureArgumentsTemplate(closure, getContextOrMarkerNode.execute(frame), 0));
-            } finally {
-                if (wasActive) {
-                    image.interrupt.activate();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    @GenerateNodeFactory
-    @SqueakPrimitive(indices = 222)
-    @ImportStatic(BlockClosurePrimitives.class)
-    protected abstract static class PrimClosureValueAryNoContextSwitchNode extends AbstractPrimitiveNode implements BinaryPrimitive {
-        @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-        @Specialization(guards = {"closure.getCompiledBlock() == cachedBlock", "cachedBlock.getNumArgs() == sizeNode.execute(argArray)"}, //
-                        assumptions = {"cachedBlock.getCallTargetStable()"}, limit = "INLINE_CACHE_SIZE")
-        protected static final Object doValueDirect(final VirtualFrame frame, final BlockClosureObject closure, final ArrayObject argArray,
-                        @SuppressWarnings("unused") @Cached final SqueakObjectSizeNode sizeNode,
-                        @Cached("closure.getCompiledBlock()") final CompiledBlockObject cachedBlock,
-                        @Cached("createForFrameArguments()") final ArrayObjectCopyIntoObjectArrayNode copyIntoNode,
-                        @Cached final GetContextOrMarkerNode getContextOrMarkerNode,
-                        @Cached("create(cachedBlock.getCallTarget())") final DirectCallNode directCallNode,
-                        @CachedContext(SqueakLanguage.class) final SqueakImageContext image) {
-            final Object[] frameArguments = FrameAccess.newClosureArgumentsTemplate(closure, getContextOrMarkerNode.execute(frame), sizeNode.execute(argArray));
-            copyIntoNode.execute(frameArguments, argArray);
-            final boolean wasActive = image.interrupt.isActive();
-            image.interrupt.deactivate();
-            try {
-                return directCallNode.call(frameArguments);
-            } finally {
-                if (wasActive) {
-                    image.interrupt.activate();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        @Specialization(guards = {"closure.getNumArgs() == sizeNode.execute(argArray)"}, replaces = "doValueDirect", limit = "1")
-        protected static final Object doValueIndirect(final VirtualFrame frame, final BlockClosureObject closure, final ArrayObject argArray,
-                        @SuppressWarnings("unused") @Cached final SqueakObjectSizeNode sizeNode,
-                        @Cached("createForFrameArguments()") final ArrayObjectCopyIntoObjectArrayNode copyIntoNode,
-                        @Cached final GetContextOrMarkerNode getContextOrMarkerNode,
-                        @Cached final IndirectCallNode indirectCallNode,
-                        @CachedContext(SqueakLanguage.class) final SqueakImageContext image) {
-            final Object[] frameArguments = FrameAccess.newClosureArgumentsTemplate(closure, getContextOrMarkerNode.execute(frame), sizeNode.execute(argArray));
-            copyIntoNode.execute(frameArguments, argArray);
-            final boolean wasActive = image.interrupt.isActive();
-            image.interrupt.deactivate();
-            try {
-                return indirectCallNode.call(closure.getCompiledBlock().getCallTarget(), frameArguments);
-            } finally {
-                if (wasActive) {
-                    image.interrupt.activate();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public List<NodeFactory<? extends AbstractPrimitiveNode>> getFactories() {
         return BlockClosurePrimitivesFactory.getFactories();