diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatToken.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatToken.scala
index b8cf3bc541..102dfc5253 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatToken.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatToken.scala
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ case class FormatToken(left: Token, right: Token, meta: FormatToken.Meta) {
   /** A format token is uniquely identified by its left token.
     */
   override def hashCode(): Int = hash(left).##
+
+  private[scalafmt] def withIdx(idx: Int): FormatToken =
+    copy(meta = meta.copy(idx = idx))
+
 }
 
 object FormatToken {
diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatTokens.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatTokens.scala
index 22c9bad16a..4be3a59a9a 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatTokens.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/internal/FormatTokens.scala
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ class FormatTokens(leftTok2tok: Map[TokenHash, Int])(
     if (idx >= arr.length) arr.last
     else {
       val ft = arr(idx)
-      if (isBefore) {
-        if (ft.left.start <= tok.start) ft else at(idx - 1)
+      if (ft.left eq tok) ft
+      else if (isBefore) {
+        if (ft.left.start < tok.start) ft else at(idx - 1)
       } else {
-        if (ft.left.start >= tok.start) ft else at(idx + 1)
+        if (ft.left.start > tok.start) ft else at(idx + 1)
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/FormatTokensRewrite.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/FormatTokensRewrite.scala
index a54f443ef1..c6ae97a789 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/FormatTokensRewrite.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/FormatTokensRewrite.scala
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class FormatTokensRewrite(
     val tokenMap = Map.newBuilder[TokenOps.TokenHash, Int]
     tokenMap.sizeHint(arr.length)
 
+    val shiftedIndexMap = mutable.Map.empty[Int, Int]
+
     var appended = 0
     var removed = 0
     def copySlice(end: Int): Unit = {
@@ -52,15 +54,16 @@ class FormatTokensRewrite(
       val idx = ft.meta.idx
       val ftOld = arr(idx)
       val rtOld = ftOld.right
-      @inline def mapOld() = tokenMap += FormatTokens.thash(rtOld) -> appended
+      @inline def mapOld(dstidx: Int) =
+        tokenMap += FormatTokens.thash(rtOld) -> dstidx
       copySlice(idx)
       def append(): Unit = {
-        if (rtOld ne ft.right) mapOld()
+        if (rtOld ne ft.right) mapOld(appended)
         appended += 1
         result += ft
       }
-      def remove(): Unit = {
-        mapOld()
+      def remove(dstidx: Int): Unit = {
+        mapOld(dstidx)
         val nextIdx = idx + 1
         val nextFt = ftoks.at(nextIdx)
         val rtMeta = nextFt.meta
@@ -69,7 +72,17 @@ class FormatTokensRewrite(
         }
         removed += 1
       }
-      if (repl.how eq ReplacementType.Remove) remove() else append()
+      repl.how match {
+        case ReplacementType.Remove => remove(appended)
+        case ReplacementType.Replace => append()
+        case r: ReplacementType.RemoveAndResurrect =>
+          if (r.idx == idx) { // we moved here
+            append()
+            shiftedIndexMap.put(idx, appended)
+          } else { // we moved from here
+            remove(shiftedIndexMap.remove(r.idx).getOrElse(appended))
+          }
+      }
     }
 
     if (appended + removed == 0) ftoks
@@ -232,20 +245,22 @@ object FormatTokensRewrite {
     protected final def replaceToken(
         text: String,
         owner: Option[Tree] = None,
-        claim: Iterable[Int] = Nil
+        claim: Iterable[Int] = Nil,
+        rtype: ReplacementType = ReplacementType.Replace
     )(tok: T)(implicit ft: FormatToken, style: ScalafmtConfig): Replacement = {
       val mOld = ft.meta.right
       val mNew = mOld.copy(text = text, owner = owner.getOrElse(mOld.owner))
       val ftNew = ft.copy(right = tok, meta = ft.meta.copy(right = mNew))
-      Replacement(this, ftNew, ReplacementType.Replace, style, claim)
+      Replacement(this, ftNew, rtype, style, claim)
     }
 
     protected final def replaceTokenBy(
         text: String,
         owner: Option[Tree] = None,
-        claim: Iterable[Int] = Nil
+        claim: Iterable[Int] = Nil,
+        rtype: ReplacementType = ReplacementType.Replace
     )(f: T => T)(implicit ft: FormatToken, style: ScalafmtConfig): Replacement =
-      replaceToken(text, owner, claim)(f(ft.right))
+      replaceToken(text, owner, claim, rtype)(f(ft.right))
 
     protected final def replaceTokenIdent(text: String, t: T)(implicit
         ft: FormatToken,
@@ -297,7 +312,24 @@ object FormatTokensRewrite {
     private[rewrite] def claim(ftIdx: Int, repl: Replacement): Int = {
       val idx = tokens.length
       claimed.update(ftIdx, idx)
-      tokens.append(repl)
+      tokens.append(
+        if (repl eq null) null
+        else
+          (repl.how match {
+            case rt: ReplacementType.RemoveAndResurrect =>
+              claimed.get(rt.idx).flatMap { oldidx =>
+                val orepl = tokens(oldidx)
+                val ok = orepl != null && (orepl.rule eq repl.rule) &&
+                  (orepl.how eq ReplacementType.Remove)
+                if (ok) {
+                  tokens(oldidx) =
+                    repl.copy(ft = repl.ft.withIdx(orepl.ft.meta.idx))
+                  Some(repl.copy(ft = orepl.ft.withIdx(repl.ft.meta.idx)))
+                } else None
+              }
+            case _ => None
+          }).getOrElse(repl)
+      )
       idx
     }
 
@@ -343,6 +375,7 @@ object FormatTokensRewrite {
   private[rewrite] object ReplacementType {
     object Remove extends ReplacementType
     object Replace extends ReplacementType
+    class RemoveAndResurrect(val idx: Int) extends ReplacementType
   }
 
   private def mergeWhitespaceLeftToRight(
diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala
index 1894009cd7..bbbcc72f77 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantBraces.scala
@@ -93,15 +93,6 @@ class RedundantBraces(implicit val ftoks: FormatTokens)
     }
   }
 
-  // we might not keep it but will hint to onRight
-  private def replaceWithLeftParen(implicit
-      ft: FormatToken,
-      style: ScalafmtConfig
-  ): Replacement =
-    replaceTokenBy("(") { x =>
-      new Token.LeftParen(x.input, x.dialect, x.start)
-    }
-
   private def replaceWithEquals(implicit
       ft: FormatToken,
       style: ScalafmtConfig
@@ -122,7 +113,7 @@ class RedundantBraces(implicit val ftoks: FormatTokens)
           case b: Term.Block =>
             ftoks.getHead(b) match {
               case FormatToken(_: Token.LeftBrace, _, lbm) =>
-                replaceToken(lbm.left.text, Some(rtOwner), lbm.idx - 1 :: Nil) {
+                replaceToken("{", claim = lbm.idx - 1 :: Nil) {
                   new Token.LeftBrace(rt.input, rt.dialect, rt.start)
                 }
               case _ => null
@@ -149,8 +140,27 @@ class RedundantBraces(implicit val ftoks: FormatTokens)
   private def onRightParen(left: Replacement)(implicit
       ft: FormatToken,
       style: ScalafmtConfig
-  ): (Replacement, Replacement) =
-    (left, removeToken)
+  ): (Replacement, Replacement) = left.how match {
+    case ReplacementType.Remove => (left, removeToken)
+    case ReplacementType.Replace if {
+          val lft = left.ft
+          val ro = ft.meta.rightOwner
+          (lft.meta.rightOwner eq ro) &&
+          lft.right.is[Token.LeftBrace] &&
+          okToReplaceFunctionInSingleArgApply(ro).isDefined
+        } =>
+      val pft = ftoks.prevNonComment(ft)
+      val rb = pft.left
+      if (rb.is[Token.RightBrace]) {
+        // move right to the end of the function
+        val rType = new ReplacementType.RemoveAndResurrect(pft.meta.idx - 1)
+        left -> replaceToken("}", rtype = rType) {
+          // create a different token so that any child tree wouldn't own it
+          new Token.RightBrace(rb.input, rb.dialect, rb.start)
+        }
+      } else null // don't know how to Replace
+    case _ => null
+  }
 
   private def onLeftBrace(implicit
       ft: FormatToken,
@@ -175,7 +185,6 @@ class RedundantBraces(implicit val ftoks: FormatTokens)
     owner match {
       case t: Term.FunctionTerm if t.tokens.last.is[Token.RightBrace] =>
         if (!okToRemoveFunctionInApplyOrInit(t)) null
-        else if (okToReplaceFunctionInSingleArgApply(t)) replaceWithLeftParen
         else removeToken
       case t: Term.PartialFunction if t.parent.exists { p =>
             SingleArgInBraces.orBlock(p).exists(_._2 eq t) &&
@@ -186,7 +195,7 @@ class RedundantBraces(implicit val ftoks: FormatTokens)
         t.parent match {
           case Some(f: Term.FunctionTerm)
               if okToReplaceFunctionInSingleArgApply(f) =>
-            replaceWithLeftParen
+            removeToken
           case Some(_: Term.Interpolate) => handleInterpolation
           case _ =>
             if (processBlock(t)) removeToken else null
@@ -210,16 +219,7 @@ class RedundantBraces(implicit val ftoks: FormatTokens)
       ft: FormatToken,
       style: ScalafmtConfig
   ): (Replacement, Replacement) =
-    left.ft match {
-      case lft @ FormatToken(_, _: Token.LeftParen, _)
-          if left.how eq ReplacementType.Replace =>
-        val right = replaceTokenBy("}", ft.meta.rightOwner.parent) { rt =>
-          // shifted right
-          new Token.RightBrace(rt.input, rt.dialect, rt.start + 1)
-        }
-        (removeToken(lft, style), right)
-      case _ => (left, removeToken)
-    }
+    (left, removeToken)
 
   private def settings(implicit
       style: ScalafmtConfig