diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/locale/collate/collate.go b/src/pkg/exp/locale/collate/collate.go
index d59b858766b..081c3b4ce73 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/locale/collate/collate.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/locale/collate/collate.go
@@ -35,18 +35,18 @@ const (
 type AlternateHandling int
 
 const (
-	// AltShifted sets variables to be ignorable for levels one through three and
-	// adds a fourth level based on the values of the ignored levels.
-	AltShifted AlternateHandling = iota
-
 	// AltNonIgnorable turns off special handling of variables.
-	AltNonIgnorable
+	AltNonIgnorable AlternateHandling = iota
 
 	// AltBlanked sets variables and all subsequent primary ignorables to be
 	// ignorable at all levels. This is identical to removing all variables
 	// and subsequent primary ignorables from the input.
 	AltBlanked
 
+	// AltShifted sets variables to be ignorable for levels one through three and
+	// adds a fourth level based on the values of the ignored levels.
+	AltShifted
+
 	// AltShiftTrimmed is a slight variant of AltShifted that is used to
 	// emulate POSIX.
 	AltShiftTrimmed
diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/locale/collate/collate_test.go b/src/pkg/exp/locale/collate/collate_test.go
index 75407006e91..fa7c30262ac 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/locale/collate/collate_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/locale/collate/collate_test.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ const sep = 0 // separator byte
 
 var keyFromElemTests = []keyFromElemTest{
 	{ // simple primary and secondary weights.
-		opts{},
+		opts{alt: collate.AltShifted},
 		ColElems{w(0x200), w(0x7FFF), w(0, 0x30), w(0x100)},
 		[]byte{0x2, 0, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0x1, 0x00, // primary
 			sep, sep, 0, defS, 0, defS, 0, 0x30, 0, defS, // secondary
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ var keyFromElemTests = []keyFromElemTest{
 		},
 	},
 	{ // same as first, but with zero element that need to be removed
-		opts{},
+		opts{alt: collate.AltShifted},
 		ColElems{w(0x200), zero, w(0x7FFF), w(0, 0x30), zero, w(0x100)},
 		[]byte{0x2, 0, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0x1, 0x00, // primary
 			sep, sep, 0, defS, 0, defS, 0, 0x30, 0, defS, // secondary
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ var keyFromElemTests = []keyFromElemTest{
 		},
 	},
 	{ // same as first, with large primary values
-		opts{},
+		opts{alt: collate.AltShifted},
 		ColElems{w(0x200), w(0x8000), w(0, 0x30), w(0x12345)},
 		[]byte{0x2, 0, 0x80, 0x80, 0x00, 0x81, 0x23, 0x45, // primary
 			sep, sep, 0, defS, 0, defS, 0, 0x30, 0, defS, // secondary
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ var keyFromElemTests = []keyFromElemTest{
 		},
 	},
 	{ // same as first, but with the secondary level backwards
-		opts{backwards: true},
+		opts{alt: collate.AltShifted, backwards: true},
 		ColElems{w(0x200), w(0x7FFF), w(0, 0x30), w(0x100)},
 		[]byte{0x2, 0, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0x1, 0x00, // primary
 			sep, sep, 0, defS, 0, 0x30, 0, defS, 0, defS, // secondary
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ var keyFromElemTests = []keyFromElemTest{
 		},
 	},
 	{ // same as first, ignoring quaternary level
-		opts{lev: 3},
+		opts{alt: collate.AltShifted, lev: 3},
 		ColElems{w(0x200), zero, w(0x7FFF), w(0, 0x30), zero, w(0x100)},
 		[]byte{0x2, 0, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0x1, 0x00, // primary
 			sep, sep, 0, defS, 0, defS, 0, 0x30, 0, defS, // secondary
@@ -267,14 +267,14 @@ var keyFromElemTests = []keyFromElemTest{
 		},
 	},
 	{ // same as first, ignoring tertiary level
-		opts{lev: 2},
+		opts{alt: collate.AltShifted, lev: 2},
 		ColElems{w(0x200), zero, w(0x7FFF), w(0, 0x30), zero, w(0x100)},
 		[]byte{0x2, 0, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0x1, 0x00, // primary
 			sep, sep, 0, defS, 0, defS, 0, 0x30, 0, defS, // secondary
 		},
 	},
 	{ // same as first, ignoring secondary level
-		opts{lev: 1},
+		opts{alt: collate.AltShifted, lev: 1},
 		ColElems{w(0x200), zero, w(0x7FFF), w(0, 0x30), zero, w(0x100)},
 		[]byte{0x2, 0, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0x1, 0x00},
 	},
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ var keyFromElemTests = []keyFromElemTest{
 		},
 	},
 	{ // as first, primary with case level enabled
-		opts{lev: 1, caseLevel: true},
+		opts{alt: collate.AltShifted, lev: 1, caseLevel: true},
 		ColElems{w(0x200), w(0x7FFF), w(0, 0x30), w(0x100)},
 		[]byte{0x2, 0, 0x7F, 0xFF, 0x1, 0x00, // primary
 			sep, sep, // secondary
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ var keyTests = []keyTest{
 
 func TestKey(t *testing.T) {
 	c, _ := makeTable(appendNextTests[4].in)
+	c.Alternate = collate.AltShifted
 	buf := collate.Buffer{}
 	keys1 := [][]byte{}
 	keys2 := [][]byte{}