diff --git a/tasty-query/shared/src/main/scala/tastyquery/Flags.scala b/tasty-query/shared/src/main/scala/tastyquery/Flags.scala
index 709f27ca..7f619fe1 100644
--- a/tasty-query/shared/src/main/scala/tastyquery/Flags.scala
+++ b/tasty-query/shared/src/main/scala/tastyquery/Flags.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ private[tastyquery] object Flags:
 
     def |(otherFlags: FlagSet): FlagSet = bits | otherFlags.bits
     def &(otherFlags: FlagSet): FlagSet = bits & otherFlags.bits
+    def &~(otherFlags: FlagSet): FlagSet = bits & ~otherFlags.bits
 
     def show: String =
       val result = new java.lang.StringBuilder
diff --git a/tasty-query/shared/src/main/scala/tastyquery/reader/pickles/PickleReader.scala b/tasty-query/shared/src/main/scala/tastyquery/reader/pickles/PickleReader.scala
index 6b74e714..d0bf0309 100644
--- a/tasty-query/shared/src/main/scala/tastyquery/reader/pickles/PickleReader.scala
+++ b/tasty-query/shared/src/main/scala/tastyquery/reader/pickles/PickleReader.scala
@@ -214,12 +214,21 @@ private[pickles] class PickleReader {
     if storedWhileReadingOwner != null then return storedWhileReadingOwner.asInstanceOf[MaybeExternalSymbol]
 
     val pickleFlags = readPickleFlags(name1.isTypeName)
-    val flags = pickleFlagsToFlags(pickleFlags)
+    val flags0 = pickleFlagsToFlags(pickleFlags)
     val name =
-      if pickleFlags.isType && flags.is(Module) then name1.toTermName.withObjectSuffix.toTypeName
-      else if flags.is(Method) && (name1 == Scala2Constructor || name1 == Scala2TraitConstructor) then nme.Constructor
+      if pickleFlags.isType && flags0.is(Module) then name1.toTermName.withObjectSuffix.toTypeName
+      else if flags0.is(Method) && (name1 == Scala2Constructor || name1 == Scala2TraitConstructor) then nme.Constructor
       else name1
 
+    // Adapt the flags of getters so they become like vals/vars instead
+    val flags =
+      if flags0.isAllOf(Method | Accessor) && !name.toString().endsWith("_=") then
+        val flags1 = flags0 &~ (Method | Accessor)
+        if flags1.is(StableRealizable) then flags1
+        else flags1 | Mutable
+      else flags0
+    end flags
+
     val (privateWithin, infoRef) = {
       val ref = pkl.readNat()
       if (!isSymbolRef(ref)) (None, ref)
@@ -291,10 +300,16 @@ private[pickles] class PickleReader {
         cls.withGivenSelfType(givenSelfType)
         cls
       case VALsym =>
-        // Discard `$extension` methods, as they should not be seen from a Scala 3 point of view
+        /* Discard symbols that should not be seen from a Scala 3 point of view:
+         * - private fields generated for vals/vars (with a trailing ' ' in their name)
+         * - `$extension` methods
+         */
         val forceNotDeclaration = name1 match
-          case SimpleName(str) => flags.is(Method) && str.endsWith("$extension")
-          case _               => false
+          case SimpleName(str) =>
+            if flags.is(Method) then str.endsWith("$extension")
+            else if flags.isAllOf(Private | Local, butNotAnyOf = Method) then str.endsWith(" ")
+            else false
+          case _ => false
         val sym =
           if pickleFlags.isExistential || forceNotDeclaration then
             TermSymbol.createNotDeclaration(name.toTermName, owner)
diff --git a/tasty-query/shared/src/test/scala/tastyquery/SymbolSuite.scala b/tasty-query/shared/src/test/scala/tastyquery/SymbolSuite.scala
index 34c3fe84..a0d2c75b 100644
--- a/tasty-query/shared/src/test/scala/tastyquery/SymbolSuite.scala
+++ b/tasty-query/shared/src/test/scala/tastyquery/SymbolSuite.scala
@@ -277,4 +277,24 @@ class SymbolSuite extends RestrictedUnpicklingSuite {
     testVisibility("scopedProtectedField", Visibility.ScopedProtected(simpleTreesPkg))
     testVisibility("publicField", Visibility.Public)
   }
+
+  testWithContext("scala-2-getters", "scala.StringContext", "scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer") {
+    val StringContextClass = ctx.findTopLevelClass("scala.StringContext")
+
+    val partsSym = StringContextClass.findDecl(termName("parts"))
+    assert(clue(partsSym.kind) == TermSymbolKind.Val)
+    assert(clue(partsSym.visibility) == Visibility.Public)
+
+    assert(clue(StringContextClass.getDecl(termName("parts "))).isEmpty)
+    assert(!clue(StringContextClass.declarations).exists(_.name == termName("parts ")))
+
+    val ArrayBufferClass = ctx.findTopLevelClass("scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer")
+
+    val size0Sym = ArrayBufferClass.findDecl(termName("size0"))
+    assert(clue(size0Sym.kind) == TermSymbolKind.Var)
+    assert(clue(size0Sym.visibility) == Visibility.Protected)
+
+    assert(clue(ArrayBufferClass.getDecl(termName("size0 "))).isEmpty)
+    assert(!clue(ArrayBufferClass.declarations).exists(_.name == termName("size0 ")))
+  }
 }