diff --git a/libsolidity/codegen/YulUtilFunctions.cpp b/libsolidity/codegen/YulUtilFunctions.cpp
index 4fd681e1f..34b2e1279 100644
--- a/libsolidity/codegen/YulUtilFunctions.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/codegen/YulUtilFunctions.cpp
@@ -1499,8 +1499,6 @@ string YulUtilFunctions::zeroComplexMemoryArrayFunction(ArrayType const& _type)
 
 string YulUtilFunctions::allocateAndInitializeMemoryArrayFunction(ArrayType const& _type)
 {
-	solUnimplementedAssert(!_type.isByteArray(), "");
-
 	string functionName = "allocate_and_zero_memory_array_" + _type.identifier();
 	return m_functionCollector.createFunction(functionName, [&]() {
 		return Whiskers(R"(
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/abiEncoderV1/abi_encode_calldata_slice.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/abiEncoderV1/abi_encode_calldata_slice.sol
index 917704e53..aaffb5b4b 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/abiEncoderV1/abi_encode_calldata_slice.sol
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/abiEncoderV1/abi_encode_calldata_slice.sol
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ contract C {
 	}
 }
 // ====
+// compileViaYul: also
 // EVMVersion: >homestead
 // ----
 // test_bytes() ->
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/abiEncoderV2/abi_encode_calldata_slice.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/abiEncoderV2/abi_encode_calldata_slice.sol
index 1f1444672..6253039f1 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/abiEncoderV2/abi_encode_calldata_slice.sol
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/abiEncoderV2/abi_encode_calldata_slice.sol
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ contract C {
 	}
 }
 // ====
+// compileViaYul: also
 // EVMVersion: >homestead
 // ----
 // test_bytes() ->
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/create_memory_byte_array.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/create_memory_byte_array.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67dcbffc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/create_memory_byte_array.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+contract C {
+    function f() public returns (bytes1) {
+        bytes memory x = new bytes(35);
+        assert(x.length == 35);
+        x[34] = "A";
+        return (x[34]);
+    }
+}
+// ====
+// compileViaYul: also
+// ----
+// f() -> "A"
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/inlineAssembly/inline_assembly_memory_access.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/inlineAssembly/inline_assembly_memory_access.sol
index b43b5f611..857af4243 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/inlineAssembly/inline_assembly_memory_access.sol
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/inlineAssembly/inline_assembly_memory_access.sol
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ contract C {
     }
 }
 
+// ====
+// compileViaYul: also
 // ----
 // test() -> 0x20, 0x5, "12345"