diff --git a/crates/oxide_compiler/src/emitter.rs b/crates/oxide_compiler/src/emitter.rs
index df187d8..e36e800 100644
--- a/crates/oxide_compiler/src/emitter.rs
+++ b/crates/oxide_compiler/src/emitter.rs
@@ -1792,17 +1792,6 @@ impl Compiler {
                 let first_arg_reg = if arg_regs.is_empty() { 0u8 } else { arg_regs[0] };
                 let op = match &call.callee {
                     Expression::Identifier(ident) if ctx.is_builtin(ident.name.as_str()) => OpCode::CALL_NATIVE,
-                    Expression::StaticMemberExpression(m) => {
-                        if let Expression::Identifier(ident) = &m.object {
-                            if ctx.is_builtin(ident.name.as_str()) {
-                                OpCode::CALL_NATIVE
-                            } else {
-                                OpCode::CALL
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            OpCode::CALL
-                        }
-                    }
                     _ => OpCode::CALL,
                 };
                 ctx.emit(opcode::encode(op, callee_reg, this_reg, first_arg_reg));
diff --git a/crates/oxide_vm/tests/builtins_object_tests.rs b/crates/oxide_vm/tests/builtins_object_tests.rs
index ee9b7ad..a38c104 100644
--- a/crates/oxide_vm/tests/builtins_object_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/oxide_vm/tests/builtins_object_tests.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,28 @@ fn object_keys_has_own_property() {
     assert_eq!(obj.prop_count(), 2);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn object_member_native_call_uses_regular_call_path() {
+    let (_vm, result) = eval("Object.keys({a:1}).length").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result.as_int(), 1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn object_member_call_allows_user_overwrite() {
+    let (_vm, result) = eval("Object.keys = function() { return 9; }; Object.keys()").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result.as_int(), 9);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn missing_object_member_call_is_not_call_native_target_error() {
+    let err = match eval("Object.noSuchMethod()") {
+        Ok(_) => panic!("missing member call should fail"),
+        Err(err) => err,
+    };
+    assert!(err.contains("CALL target is not callable"), "unexpected error: {err}");
+    assert!(!err.contains("CALL_NATIVE target"), "unexpected CALL_NATIVE path: {err}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn object_create_null_proto() {
     let (_vm, _result) = eval("Object.create(null)").unwrap();