diff --git a/internal/generator/e2e_combinations_test.go b/internal/generator/e2e_combinations_test.go
index ab42930..edbcd9a 100644
--- a/internal/generator/e2e_combinations_test.go
+++ b/internal/generator/e2e_combinations_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package generator
 
 import (
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ func TestE2E_Combinations(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("operations.go: the operation declaring security: [] should not authenticate")
 	}
 
-	buildAndVet(t, files, "combinations")
+	buildGenerated(t, files, "combinations")
 }
 
 // containsCollapsed reports whether haystack holds needle once the runs of
@@ -101,25 +99,3 @@ func TestE2E_Combinations(t *testing.T) {
 func containsCollapsed(haystack, needle string) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(strings.Join(strings.Fields(haystack), " "), strings.Join(strings.Fields(needle), " "))
 }
-
-// buildAndVet writes the generated files to a module and runs build and vet over
-// them. vet catches what compiles and is still wrong: a shadowed error, a
-// printf verb that does not match, a lost struct tag.
-func buildAndVet(t *testing.T, files []GeneratedFile, module string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	goMod := []byte("module " + module + "\n\ngo 1.25.5\n")
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "go.mod"), goMod, 0o644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("writing go.mod: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := WriteFiles(dir, files); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("WriteFiles: %v", err)
-	}
-	for _, args := range [][]string{{"build", "./..."}, {"vet", "./..."}} {
-		cmd := exec.Command("go", args...)
-		cmd.Dir = dir
-		if out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("go %s on the generated package: %v\n%s", strings.Join(args, " "), err, out)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/generator/e2e_test.go b/internal/generator/e2e_test.go
index 9ed2364..8377377 100644
--- a/internal/generator/e2e_test.go
+++ b/internal/generator/e2e_test.go
@@ -2021,13 +2021,17 @@ func runGeneratedWireTest(t *testing.T, files []GeneratedFile, module, testFile
 	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "wire_test.go"), []byte(testFile), 0o644); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("writing wire_test.go: %v", err)
 	}
-	cmd := exec.Command("go", "test", "./...")
-	cmd.Dir = tmpDir
-	if output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-		for _, f := range files {
-			t.Logf("=== %s ===\n%s", f.Name, string(f.Content))
+	// go test builds and runs; vet on top of it reports what compiles and is
+	// still wrong.
+	for _, args := range [][]string{{"vet", "./..."}, {"test", "./..."}} {
+		cmd := exec.Command("go", args...)
+		cmd.Dir = tmpDir
+		if output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+			for _, f := range files {
+				t.Logf("=== %s ===\n%s", f.Name, string(f.Content))
+			}
+			t.Fatalf("go %s on the generated package: %v\n%s", strings.Join(args, " "), err, string(output))
 		}
-		t.Fatalf("generated wire test failed: %v\n%s", err, string(output))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2075,12 +2079,17 @@ func buildGenerated(t *testing.T, files []GeneratedFile, module string) {
 	if err := WriteFiles(tmpDir, files); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("WriteFiles: %v", err)
 	}
-	cmd := exec.Command("go", "build", "./...")
-	cmd.Dir = tmpDir
-	if output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
-		for _, f := range files {
-			t.Logf("=== %s ===\n%s", f.Name, string(f.Content))
+	// vet as well as build: a generated package can compile and still be wrong in
+	// ways vet names, and one of them, two fields sharing a JSON tag, silently
+	// stops a property from decoding.
+	for _, args := range [][]string{{"build", "./..."}, {"vet", "./..."}} {
+		cmd := exec.Command("go", args...)
+		cmd.Dir = tmpDir
+		if output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+			for _, f := range files {
+				t.Logf("=== %s ===\n%s", f.Name, string(f.Content))
+			}
+			t.Fatalf("go %s on the generated package: %v\n%s", strings.Join(args, " "), err, string(output))
 		}
-		t.Fatalf("generated code failed to compile: %v\n%s", err, string(output))
 	}
 }