diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/EtaExpansion.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/EtaExpansion.scala
index c4936b5a3a9e..2fe62cbf0ffa 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/EtaExpansion.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/EtaExpansion.scala
@@ -241,9 +241,8 @@ object EtaExpansion extends LiftImpure {
     var ids: List[Tree] = mt.paramNames map (name => Ident(name).withSpan(tree.span.startPos))
     if (mt.paramInfos.nonEmpty && mt.paramInfos.last.isRepeatedParam)
       ids = ids.init :+ repeated(ids.last)
-    val app = Apply(lifted, ids)
-    if (mt.isContextualMethod) app.setApplyKind(ApplyKind.Using)
-    val body = if (isLastApplication) app else PostfixOp(app, Ident(nme.WILDCARD))
+    val body = Apply(lifted, ids)
+    if (mt.isContextualMethod) body.setApplyKind(ApplyKind.Using)
     val fn =
       if (mt.isContextualMethod) new untpd.FunctionWithMods(params, body, Modifiers(Given))
       else if (mt.isImplicitMethod) new untpd.FunctionWithMods(params, body, Modifiers(Implicit))
diff --git a/tests/pos/i11311.scala b/tests/pos/i11311.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ab995ad6411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i11311.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import language.`3.1`
+object Test:
+
+  def cat1(s1: String)(s2: String) = s1 + s2
+  val fcat1 = cat1