diff --git a/parsley-debug/shared/src/main/scala-2/parsley/debuggable.scala b/parsley-debug/shared/src/main/scala-2/parsley/debuggable.scala
index 6b0708bba..cea7ef0e6 100644
--- a/parsley-debug/shared/src/main/scala-2/parsley/debuggable.scala
+++ b/parsley-debug/shared/src/main/scala-2/parsley/debuggable.scala
@@ -48,16 +48,18 @@ private object debuggable {
     private def collect(c: blackbox.Context)(treeName: String, defs: List[c.Tree], recon: List[c.Tree] => c.Tree): c.Tree = {
         import c.universe._
         val parsleyTy = c.typeOf[Parsley[_]].typeSymbol
+        val noBody = atPos(c.enclosingPosition)(q"??? : @scala.annotation.nowarn")
         // can't typecheck constructors in a stand-alone block
         val noConDefs = defs.flatMap {
             case DefDef(_, name, _, _, _, _) if name == TermName("<init>") => None
             // in addition, on 2.12, we need to remove `paramaccessor` modifiers on constructor arguments
             case ValDef(Modifiers(_, _, annotations), name, tpt, x) =>
                 // if the type tree is not empty, then we might as well scratch out the body -- helps remove problem values!
-                // just to be safe, we'll also mark them as LAZY to avoid "dead code following construct"
-                Some(ValDef(Modifiers(Flag.LAZY, typeNames.EMPTY, annotations), name, tpt, if (tpt.nonEmpty) q"???" else x))
+                // must use lazy here to fix problems with nested objects, for some reason...
+                Some(ValDef(Modifiers(Flag.LAZY, typeNames.EMPTY, annotations), name, tpt, if (tpt.nonEmpty) noBody else x))
+            // FIXME: probably strip mods from all defdefs as above?
             // if the type tree is not empty, then we might as well scratch out the body -- helps remove problem values!
-            case DefDef(mods, name, tyArgs, args, tpt, _) if tpt.nonEmpty => Some(DefDef(mods, name, tyArgs, args, tpt, q"???"))
+            case DefDef(mods, name, tyArgs, args, tpt, _) if tpt.nonEmpty => Some(DefDef(mods, name, tyArgs, args, tpt, noBody))
             case dfn => Some(dfn)
         }
         val typeMap = c.typecheck(q"..${noConDefs}", c.TERMmode, silent = true) match {
diff --git a/parsley-debug/shared/src/test/scala/annotation/AnnotationTestObjects.scala b/parsley-debug/shared/src/test/scala/annotation/AnnotationTestObjects.scala
index 0d8e1f506..d1f25570a 100644
--- a/parsley-debug/shared/src/test/scala/annotation/AnnotationTestObjects.scala
+++ b/parsley-debug/shared/src/test/scala/annotation/AnnotationTestObjects.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class parsers(val x: Int) {
     val q = p ~> p
     lazy val r: Parsley[Char] = ~r ~> q
     def s = otherParsers.a
-    val y = 7
+    val y = 8
 
     def this(f: Float) = this(f.toInt)
     def many[A](p: Parsley[A]): Parsley[List[A]] = Parsley.many(p)
@@ -38,4 +38,3 @@ object Extender extends AbsCls {
     override val xs = List(7)
     override def foo = 5
 }
-
diff --git a/parsley-debug/shared/src/test/scala/parsley/debugger/DebuggerUsageSpec.scala b/parsley-debug/shared/src/test/scala/parsley/debugger/DebuggerUsageSpec.scala
index e092c5e2c..08ff98ff2 100644
--- a/parsley-debug/shared/src/test/scala/parsley/debugger/DebuggerUsageSpec.scala
+++ b/parsley-debug/shared/src/test/scala/parsley/debugger/DebuggerUsageSpec.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ class DebuggerUsageSpec extends ParsleyTest {
     }
 }
 
-// Look, for some reason the annotation dies if it's nested, I don't know why, it's impossible to diagnose
 object DebuggerUsageSpec {
     @experimental @parsley.debuggable
     private [parsley] object Arithmetic {