diff --git a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgumentTest.java b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgumentTest.java
index 8003e0ee0ce..6949a868520 100644
--- a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgumentTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgumentTest.java
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ public B(int n) {}
     @Test
     void deleteMiddleArgumentDeclarative() {
         rewriteRun(
-          spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 1))
-            .cycles(1).expectedCyclesThatMakeChanges(1),
+          spec -> spec.recipes(new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 1)),
           java(b),
           java(
             "public class A {{ B.foo(0, 1, 2); }}",
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ void deleteMiddleArgumentDeclarative() {
     @Test
     void deleteMiddleArgument() {
         rewriteRun(
-          spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 1))
-            .cycles(1).expectedCyclesThatMakeChanges(1),
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 1)),
           java(b),
           java(
             "public class A {{ B.foo(0, 1, 2); }}",
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ void deleteArgumentsConsecutively() {
         rewriteRun(
           spec -> spec.recipes(
             new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 1),
-            new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 1)
+            new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int)", 1)
           ),
           java(b),
           java("public class A {{ B.foo(0, 1, 2); }}",
@@ -98,8 +96,7 @@ void insertEmptyWhenLastArgumentIsDeleted() {
     @Test
     void deleteConstructorArgument() {
         rewriteRun(
-          spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B <constructor>(int)", 0))
-            .cycles(1).expectedCyclesThatMakeChanges(1),
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B <constructor>(int)", 0)),
           java(b),
           java(
             "public class A { B b = new B(0); }",
diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgument.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgument.java
index 1d69fce01f9..fbcd44a2c44 100644
--- a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgument.java
+++ b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgument.java
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
 import lombok.Value;
 import org.openrewrite.*;
 import org.openrewrite.java.search.UsesMethod;
-import org.openrewrite.java.tree.Expression;
-import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
-import org.openrewrite.java.tree.MethodCall;
-import org.openrewrite.java.tree.Space;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.*;
 import org.openrewrite.marker.Markers;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -104,6 +101,18 @@ private MethodCall visitMethodCall(MethodCall methodCall) {
                 }
 
                 m = m.withArguments(args);
+
+                JavaType.Method methodType = m.getMethodType();
+                if (methodType != null) {
+                    List<String> parameterNames = new ArrayList<>(methodType.getParameterNames());
+                    parameterNames.remove(argumentIndex);
+                    List<JavaType> parameterTypes = new ArrayList<>(methodType.getParameterTypes());
+                    parameterTypes.remove(argumentIndex);
+
+                    m = m.withMethodType(methodType
+                            .withParameterNames(parameterNames)
+                            .withParameterTypes(parameterTypes));
+                }
             }
             return m;
         }