diff --git a/plugins/axiomcode/skills/axiomcode/scripts/axiomcode-changed b/plugins/axiomcode/skills/axiomcode/scripts/axiomcode-changed
index 0055d86c0..7648ee21e 100755
--- a/plugins/axiomcode/skills/axiomcode/scripts/axiomcode-changed
+++ b/plugins/axiomcode/skills/axiomcode/scripts/axiomcode-changed
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ class Changed:
             m = narrowest(ln, {'method', 'function', 'constructor', 'module'})
             t = narrowest(ln, {'class', 'interface', 'enum', 'type', 'namespace'})
             key = None
+            # a callable that starts on the type's own header line and ends within the type is one the front end
+            # synthesised for it (an implicit constructor, a Python class body): the header is the TYPE's, or a new class
+            # is named by it (#1377). A file's module declaration also starts on line 1 but spans past the type
+            if m and t and m[0] == t[0] and m[1] <= t[1] and t[0] <= ln <= self.header_end(OL, t[0]): m = None
             if f: key = ('field', f)
             elif m and m[0] <= ln <= self.header_end(OL, m[0]): key = ('signature', m)
             elif m: key = ('body', m)
@@ -271,7 +275,10 @@ class Changed:
             span_lines = [x for x in range(a, min(b, len(OL)) + 1) if not noise(OL[x - 1])]
             gone = a in removed_lines and span_lines and sum(1 for x in span_lines if x in removed_lines) >= 0.6 * len(span_lines) and \
                    not any(re.search(rf'\b{re.escape(n)}\s*\(', NL[j - 1]) and ndepth_ok(j) for j in range(max(1, (new_of.get(a) or a) - 3), min(len(NL), (new_of.get(a) or a) + 3) + 1))
-            if gone: entry['kind'] = 'removed'; entry['target'] = self.target(kind, d, k, n); out.append(entry); continue
+            if gone:
+                # a header line and a body line of one declaration are two keys; it is removed once
+                if not any(e['kind'] == 'removed' and e['id'] == i for e in out): entry['kind'] = 'removed'; entry['target'] = self.target(kind, d, k, n); out.append(entry)
+                continue
             if kind == 'signature':
                 # compared with comments removed: `f( /* note */ a)` is `f(a)`. Strings stay, so an edited route in a
                 # decoration is still a header change
diff --git a/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/case.json b/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/case.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa96f6822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/case.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{"lang": "java", "src": "src",
+ "checks": [
+  {"why": "a removed class and its one method are two declarations, each listed once: the method's header line and its body lines used to give it two rows, and the class was named by its implicit constructor instead of by its own name",
+   "run": ["changed", "{repo}", "--old", "{repo}/old.java", "--new", "{repo}/new.java", "--file", "src/Meter.java"],
+   "want": ["changed declarations (2)", "removed    Meter ", "Meter.read"],
+   "avoid": ["Meter.Meter"]}]}
diff --git a/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/new.java b/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/new.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/old.java b/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/old.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fcc4f668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/old.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class Meter {
+    int read(int raw) {
+        int value = raw * 2;
+        return value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/src/Meter.java b/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/src/Meter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fcc4f668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/java/removed-class-listed-once/src/Meter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class Meter {
+    int read(int raw) {
+        int value = raw * 2;
+        return value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/case.json b/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/case.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7841ce48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/case.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{"lang": "python", "src": ".",
+ "checks": [
+  {"why": "a removed class and its one method are two declarations, each listed once: the method's header line and its body lines used to give it two rows, and the class was named by its class-body initializer instead of by its own name",
+   "run": ["changed", "{repo}", "--old", "{repo}/old.txt", "--new", "{repo}/new.txt", "--file", "lib.py"],
+   "want": ["changed declarations (2)", "removed    Meter ", "Meter.read"],
+   "avoid": ["<classbody>"]}]}
diff --git a/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/lib.py b/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/lib.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e77e26305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/lib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Meter:
+    def read(self, raw):
+        value = raw * 2
+        return value
diff --git a/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/new.txt b/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/new.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/old.txt b/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/old.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e77e26305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/python/removed-class-listed-once/old.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Meter:
+    def read(self, raw):
+        value = raw * 2
+        return value