diff --git a/src/main/java/groovy/lang/MetaClassImpl.java b/src/main/java/groovy/lang/MetaClassImpl.java
index 4308fa98838..91273c5e086 100644
--- a/src/main/java/groovy/lang/MetaClassImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/groovy/lang/MetaClassImpl.java
@@ -3264,26 +3264,40 @@ private Object chooseMethodInternal(String methodName, Object methodOrList, Clas
         return doChooseMostSpecificParams(theClass.getName(), methodName, matchingMethods, arguments, false);
     }
 
-    protected static Object doChooseMostSpecificParams(String theClassName, String name, List matchingMethods, Class[] arguments, boolean checkParametersCompatible) {
-        long matchesDistance = -1;
-        LinkedList matches = new LinkedList();
+    protected static Object doChooseMostSpecificParams(final String theClassName, final String name, final List matchingMethods, final Class[] arguments, final boolean checkParameterCompatibility) {
+        var matchesDistance = -1L;
+        var matches = new LinkedList<>();
         for (Object method : matchingMethods) {
-            final ParameterTypes parameterTypes = (ParameterTypes) method;
-            if (checkParametersCompatible && !MetaClassHelper.parametersAreCompatible(arguments, parameterTypes.getNativeParameterTypes()))
-                continue;
-            long dist = MetaClassHelper.calculateParameterDistance(arguments, parameterTypes);
-            if (dist == 0) return method;
-            matchesDistance = handleMatches(matchesDistance, matches, method, dist);
+            var parameterTypes = (ParameterTypes) method;
+            if (!checkParameterCompatibility || MetaClassHelper.parametersAreCompatible(arguments, parameterTypes.getNativeParameterTypes())) {
+                long dist = MetaClassHelper.calculateParameterDistance(arguments, parameterTypes);
+                matchesDistance = handleMatches(matchesDistance, matches, method, dist);
+            }
         }
 
         int size = matches.size();
-        if (size == 1) {
-            return matches.getFirst();
+        if (size > 1) { // GROOVY-11258
+            for (var iter = matches.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
+                Object outer = iter.next(); // if redundant, remove
+                for (Object inner : matches) {
+                    if (inner == outer) continue;
+                    Class<?>[] innerTypes = ((ParameterTypes) inner).getNativeParameterTypes();
+                    Class<?>[] outerTypes = ((ParameterTypes) outer).getNativeParameterTypes();
+                    if (!Arrays.equals(innerTypes, outerTypes) && MetaClassHelper.parametersAreCompatible(innerTypes, outerTypes)) {
+                        iter.remove(); // for the given argument type(s), inner can accept everything that outer can
+                        size -= 1;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
+
         if (size == 0) {
             return null;
         }
-        // more than one matching method found --> ambiguous!
+        if (size == 1) {
+            return matches.getFirst();
+        }
         throw new GroovyRuntimeException(createErrorMessageForAmbiguity(theClassName, name, arguments, matches));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/transform/stc/StaticTypeCheckingSupport.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/transform/stc/StaticTypeCheckingSupport.java
index 286283a4eca..bcf521910c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/transform/stc/StaticTypeCheckingSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/transform/stc/StaticTypeCheckingSupport.java
@@ -1068,6 +1068,19 @@ private static List<MethodNode> chooseBestMethods(final ClassNode receiver, Coll
                 bestMethods.add(method);
             }
         }
+        if (bestMethods.size() > 1) { // GROOVY-11258
+            for (var iter = bestMethods.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
+                MethodNode outer = iter.next(); // if redundant, remove
+                for (MethodNode inner : bestMethods) {
+                    if (inner != outer
+                            && !ParameterUtils.parametersEqual(inner.getParameters(), outer.getParameters())
+                            &&  ParameterUtils.parametersCompatible(inner.getParameters(), outer.getParameters())) {
+                        iter.remove(); // for the given argument type(s), inner can accept everything that outer can
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         // phase 2: receiver-provider distance classifier
         if (bestMethods.size() > 1 && receiver != null) {
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/ListTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/ListTest.groovy
index d20ef0773fd..b42300838b6 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/ListTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/ListTest.groovy
@@ -336,13 +336,13 @@ class ListTest extends GroovyTestCase {
         assert list[-1..-2] == [3, 2]     , 'negative index range reversed'
         assert list[-1..<-2] == [3]       , 'negative index range reversed right exclusive'
         assert list[-1<..-2] == [2]       , 'negative index range reversed left exclusive'
-        assert list[-1<..<-2] == []       , 'negative index range reversed full exclusive'  // aaaaaaahhhhh !
+        assert list[-1<..<-2] == []       , 'negative index range reversed full exclusive'
         assert list[0..-1] == list        , 'pos - neg value'
         assert list[0..<-1] == [0, 1, 2]  , 'pos - neg value right exclusive'
         assert list[0<..-1] == [1, 2, 3]  , 'pos - neg value left exclusive'
         assert list[0<..<-1] == [1, 2]    , 'pos - neg value full exclusive'
         assert list[0..<-2] == [0, 1]     , 'pos - neg value exclusive'
-        shouldFail(GroovyRuntimeException) { list[null] }
+        shouldFail(NullPointerException) { list[null] }
         shouldFail(IndexOutOfBoundsException) { list[5..6] }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/transform/stc/ClosuresSTCTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/transform/stc/ClosuresSTCTest.groovy
index 3d394de6b79..9abbbd5fd5c 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/transform/stc/ClosuresSTCTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/transform/stc/ClosuresSTCTest.groovy
@@ -867,8 +867,25 @@ class ClosuresSTCTest extends StaticTypeCheckingTestCase {
         }
     }
 
-    // GROOVY-11397
+    // GROOVY-11258
     void testSAMsInMethodSelection7() {
+        assertScript '''import java.util.function.Function
+        // org.assertj.core.api.iterable.ThrowingExtractor
+            interface F<In,Out> extends Function<In,Out> {
+                default Out apply(In it) { redir(it) }
+                Out redir(In it) throws Exception
+            }
+            class C {
+                Number m(Function<Number, Number> f) { f.apply(1) }
+                Number m(F       <Number, Number> f) { f.redir(2) }
+            }
+            Number which = new C().m { it }
+            assert which == 2
+        '''
+    }
+
+    // GROOVY-11397
+    void testSAMsInMethodSelection8() {
         assertScript '''
             interface Action<T> { void run(T t) }
             interface Proc { void doSomething() }