diff --git a/Sources/SwiftJava/String+Extensions.swift b/Sources/SwiftJava/String+Extensions.swift
index b45f60bfb..0af0de107 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftJava/String+Extensions.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftJava/String+Extensions.swift
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 import Foundation
 
 extension String {
-  /// For a String that's of the form java.util.Vector, return the "Vector"
-  /// part.
+  /// For a String that's of the form java.util.Vector, return the "Vector" part.
   package var defaultSwiftNameForJavaClass: String {
     if let dotLoc = lastIndex(of: ".") {
       let afterDot = index(after: dotLoc)
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftJavaTool/Commands/WrapJavaCommand.swift b/Sources/SwiftJavaTool/Commands/WrapJavaCommand.swift
index ae985e772..0af1e75bb 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftJavaTool/Commands/WrapJavaCommand.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftJavaTool/Commands/WrapJavaCommand.swift
@@ -180,21 +180,24 @@ extension SwiftJava.WrapJavaCommand {
     // of classes to be translated if they were already specified.
     var allClassesToVisit = javaClasses
     var currentClassIndex: Int = 0
-    while currentClassIndex < allClassesToVisit.count {
+    outerClassLoop: while currentClassIndex < allClassesToVisit.count {
       defer {
         currentClassIndex += 1
       }
 
-      // The current class we're in.
+      // The current top-level class we're in.
       let currentClass = allClassesToVisit[currentClassIndex]
+      let currentClassName = currentClass.getName()
       guard let currentSwiftName = translator.translatedClasses[currentClass.getName()]?.swiftType else {
         continue
       }
 
-      // Find all of the nested classes that weren't explicitly translated
-      // already.
-      let nestedClasses: [JavaClass<JavaObject>] = currentClass.getClasses().compactMap { nestedClass in
-        guard let nestedClass else { return nil }
+      // Find all of the nested classes that weren't explicitly translated already.
+      let nestedAndSuperclassNestedClasses = currentClass.getClasses() // watch out, this includes nested types from superclasses
+      let nestedClasses: [JavaClass<JavaObject>] = nestedAndSuperclassNestedClasses.compactMap { nestedClass in
+        guard let nestedClass else { 
+          return nil 
+        }
 
         // If this is a local class, we're done.
         let javaClassName = nestedClass.getName()
@@ -202,6 +205,14 @@ extension SwiftJava.WrapJavaCommand {
           return nil
         }
 
+        // We only want to visit and import types which are explicitly inside this decl,
+        // and NOT any of the types contained in the super classes. That would violate our "current class"
+        // nesting, because those are *actually* nested in the other class, not "the current one" (i.e. in a super class).
+        guard javaClassName.hasPrefix(currentClassName) else {
+          log.trace("Skip super-class nested class '\(javaClassName)', is not member of \(currentClassName). Will be visited independently.")
+          return nil
+        }
+
         // If we have an inclusive filter, import only types from it
         for include in config.filterInclude ?? [] {
           guard javaClassName.starts(with: include) else {
@@ -227,7 +238,9 @@ extension SwiftJava.WrapJavaCommand {
           .defaultSwiftNameForJavaClass
 
         let swiftName = "\(currentSwiftName).\(swiftUnqualifiedName)"
-        translator.translatedClasses[javaClassName] = SwiftTypeName(module: nil, name: swiftName)
+        let translatedSwiftName = SwiftTypeName(module: nil, name: swiftName)
+        translator.translatedClasses[javaClassName] = translatedSwiftName
+        log.debug("Record translated Java class '\(javaClassName)' -> \(translatedSwiftName)")
         return nestedClass
       }
 
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftJavaToolLib/JavaTranslator+Validation.swift b/Sources/SwiftJavaToolLib/JavaTranslator+Validation.swift
index f56d26c5c..8071c36ad 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftJavaToolLib/JavaTranslator+Validation.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftJavaToolLib/JavaTranslator+Validation.swift
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ package extension JavaTranslator {
     package var description: String {
       switch self {
       case .multipleClassesMappedToSameName(let swiftToJavaMapping):
-              """
-              The following Java classes were mapped to the same Swift type name:
-                \(swiftToJavaMapping.map(mappingDescription(mapping:)).joined(separator: "\n"))
-              """
+        """
+        The following Java classes were mapped to the same Swift type name:
+          \(swiftToJavaMapping.map(mappingDescription(mapping:)).joined(separator: "\n"))
+        """
       }
     }
 
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ package extension JavaTranslator {
     }
   }
   func validateClassConfiguration() throws(ValidationError) {
-    // for a in translatedClasses {
-    //   print("MAPPING = \(a.key) -> \(a.value.swiftModule?.escapedSwiftName ?? "").\(a.value.swiftType.escapedSwiftName)")
-    // }
-
     // Group all classes by swift name
     let groupedDictionary: [SwiftTypeName: [(JavaFullyQualifiedTypeName, SwiftTypeName)]] = Dictionary(grouping: translatedClasses, by: { 
       // SwiftTypeName(swiftType: $0.value.swiftType, swiftModule: $0.value.swiftModule) 
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftJavaToolLibTests/WrapJavaTests/BasicWrapJavaTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftJavaToolLibTests/WrapJavaTests/BasicWrapJavaTests.swift
index d4596c901..74ed3ce28 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftJavaToolLibTests/WrapJavaTests/BasicWrapJavaTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftJavaToolLibTests/WrapJavaTests/BasicWrapJavaTests.swift
@@ -49,4 +49,43 @@ final class BasicWrapJavaTests: XCTestCase {
     )
   }
 
+  func test_wrapJava_doNotDupeImportNestedClassesFromSuperclassAutomatically() async throws {
+    let classpathURL = try await compileJava(
+      """
+      package com.example;
+
+      class SuperClass {
+        class SuperNested {} 
+      }
+
+      class ExampleSimpleClass {
+        class SimpleNested {} 
+      }
+      """)
+
+    try assertWrapJavaOutput(
+      javaClassNames: [
+        "com.example.SuperClass",
+        "com.example.SuperClass$SuperNested",
+        "com.example.ExampleSimpleClass",
+      ],
+      classpath: [classpathURL],
+      expectedChunks: [
+        """
+        @JavaClass("com.example.SuperClass")
+        open class SuperClass: JavaObject {
+        """,
+        // FIXME: the mapping configuration could be used to nest this properly but today we don't automatically?
+        """
+        @JavaClass("com.example.SuperClass$SuperNested")
+        open class SuperNested: JavaObject {
+        """,
+        """
+        @JavaClass("com.example.SuperClass")
+        open class SuperClass: JavaObject {
+        """,
+      ]
+    )
+  }
+
 }
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