diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
index ac4fc4f39dbf..ed244fdc476d 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
@@ -5213,16 +5213,15 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
     {
         if (!e.type)
             e.type = Type.tfloat64;
-        else if (!e.type.isImaginary || !sc.inCfile)
-        {
-            e.type = e.type.typeSemantic(e.loc, sc);
-            result = e;
-            return;
-        }
+
+        e.type = e.type.typeSemantic(e.loc, sc);
+        result = e;
+        return;
 
         /* Convert to core.stdc.config.complex
+         * exempt C from this
          */
-        Type t = getComplexLibraryType(e.loc, sc, e.type.ty);
+        /*Type t = getComplexLibraryType(e.loc, sc, e.type.ty);
         if (t.ty == Terror)
             return setError();
 
@@ -5238,12 +5237,12 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
 
         /* Construct ts{re : 0.0, im : e}
          */
-        TypeStruct ts = t.isTypeStruct;
+        /*TypeStruct ts = t.isTypeStruct;
         Expressions* elements = new Expressions(2);
         (*elements)[0] = new RealExp(e.loc,    CTFloat.zero, tf);
         (*elements)[1] = new RealExp(e.loc, e.toImaginary(), tf);
         Expression sle = new StructLiteralExp(e.loc, ts.sym, elements);
-        result = sle.expressionSemantic(sc);
+        result = sle.expressionSemantic(sc);*/
     }
 
     override void visit(ComplexExp e)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d
index 0c592077d0dc..72be65c10a57 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d
@@ -2671,13 +2671,21 @@ Type typeSemantic(Type type, Loc loc, Scope* sc)
 
     Type visitComplex(TypeBasic t)
     {
-        if (!sc.inCfile)
-            return visitType(t);
+        return visitType(t);
 
-        auto tc = getComplexLibraryType(loc, sc, t.ty);
-        if (tc.ty == Terror)
-            return tc;
-        return tc.addMod(t.mod).merge();
+
+        //import std.stdio;
+        //writeln(t);
+        /* begins from here */
+        //if (!sc.inCfile) //
+        //return visitType(t); // both C and D gets here
+
+        //auto tc = getComplexLibraryType(loc, sc, t.ty);
+        //if (tc.ty == Terror)
+        //    return tc;
+
+        //writeln("here", tc);
+        //return tc.addMod(t.mod).merge();
     }
 
     Type visitVector(TypeVector mtype)
diff --git a/compiler/test/compilable/testcomplex.c b/compiler/test/compilable/testcomplex.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2be4cfd3e47d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/compilable/testcomplex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include <complex.h>
+
+void foo(_Complex double z)
+{
+    return;
+}
+
+
+int main()
+{
+    double z;
+    foo(z);
+}
diff --git a/compiler/test/runnable/testc22259.c b/compiler/test/runnable/testc22259.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8201f0963c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/runnable/testc22259.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// DISABLED: win32 win64
+
+// https://github.com/dlang/dmd/issues/22259
+
+#include <complex.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+void foo()
+{
+    _Complex double x = 1 + 1.0if;
+    assert(creal(x) == 1.000000);
+    assert(cimag(x) == 1.000000);
+    return;
+}
+
+
+int main()
+{
+    foo();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/druntime/test/importc_compare/src/importc_compare.d b/druntime/test/importc_compare/src/importc_compare.d
index 54081a23f15a..bf3fd14172d8 100644
--- a/druntime/test/importc_compare/src/importc_compare.d
+++ b/druntime/test/importc_compare/src/importc_compare.d
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ immutable string[] growingTypes = [
 // warnings for now.
 immutable ErrorFilter[] knownProblems = [
     ErrorFilter("core.stdc.config.c_long_double", "", "Windows", 32, ""),
+    ErrorFilter("core.stdc.config.c_complex_real", "", "Windows", 32, ""), // complex real is two long doubles so same for x86 Windows
+    ErrorFilter("core.stdc.config.__c_complex_real", "", "Windows", 32, ""),
     ErrorFilter("core.stdc.fenv.fenv_t", "", "FreeBSD", 0, ""),
     ErrorFilter("core.stdc.locale.lconv", "", "Apple", 0, "https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24652"),
     ErrorFilter("core.stdc.locale.lconv", "", "FreeBSD", 0, "https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24652"),