diff --git a/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/StringTemplateRule.kt b/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/StringTemplateRule.kt
index faf9b35e60..9f66ecf17c 100644
--- a/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/StringTemplateRule.kt
+++ b/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/main/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/StringTemplateRule.kt
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 package com.pinterest.ktlint.ruleset.standard.rules
 
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.ElementType.CLOSING_QUOTE
-import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.ElementType.DOT_QUALIFIED_EXPRESSION
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.ElementType.LITERAL_STRING_TEMPLATE_ENTRY
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.ElementType.LONG_STRING_TEMPLATE_ENTRY
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.ElementType.LONG_TEMPLATE_ENTRY_END
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.ElementType.LONG_TEMPLATE_ENTRY_START
-import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.ElementType.REGULAR_STRING_PART
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.RuleId
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.SinceKtlint
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.rule.engine.core.api.SinceKtlint.Status.STABLE
 import com.pinterest.ktlint.ruleset.standard.StandardRule
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.com.intellij.lang.ASTNode
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.com.intellij.psi.impl.source.tree.LeafPsiElement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.com.intellij.psi.PsiFileFactory
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.KotlinLanguage
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtBlockExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtBlockStringTemplateEntry
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtDotQualifiedExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtNameReferenceExpression
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtProperty
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtScript
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtSimpleNameStringTemplateEntry
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtStringTemplateExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtSuperExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtThisExpression
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.getChildOfType
 
 @SinceKtlint("0.9", STABLE)
 public class StringTemplateRule : StandardRule("string-template") {
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ public class StringTemplateRule : StandardRule("string-template") {
         //        node.treeParent.treeParent.replaceChild(node.treeParent, entryStart.nextSibling.node)
         //    }
         if (elementType == LONG_STRING_TEMPLATE_ENTRY) {
-            var entryExpression = (node.psi as? KtBlockStringTemplateEntry)?.expression
+            val entryExpression = (node.psi as? KtBlockStringTemplateEntry)?.expression
             if (entryExpression is KtDotQualifiedExpression) {
                 val receiver = entryExpression.receiverExpression
                 if (entryExpression.selectorExpression?.text == "toString()" && receiver !is KtSuperExpression) {
@@ -84,14 +89,9 @@ public class StringTemplateRule : StandardRule("string-template") {
             if (leftCurlyBraceNode != null && rightCurlyBraceNode != null) {
                 removeChild(leftCurlyBraceNode)
                 removeChild(rightCurlyBraceNode)
-                val remainingNode = firstChildNode
-                val newNode =
-                    if (remainingNode.elementType == DOT_QUALIFIED_EXPRESSION) {
-                        LeafPsiElement(REGULAR_STRING_PART, "\$${remainingNode.text}")
-                    } else {
-                        LeafPsiElement(remainingNode.elementType, "\$${remainingNode.text}")
-                    }
-                replaceChild(firstChildNode, newNode)
+                firstChildNode
+                    .toShortStringTemplateNode()
+                    .let { replaceChild(firstChildNode, it) }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -101,6 +101,22 @@ public class StringTemplateRule : StandardRule("string-template") {
             text.substring(2, text.length - 1).isPartOfIdentifier()
 
     private fun String.isPartOfIdentifier() = this == "_" || this.all { it.isLetterOrDigit() }
+
+    private fun ASTNode.toShortStringTemplateNode() =
+        PsiFileFactory
+            .getInstance(psi.project)
+            .createFileFromText(
+                KotlinLanguage.INSTANCE,
+                """
+                val foo = "${'$'}$text"
+                """.trimIndent(),
+            ).getChildOfType<KtScript>()
+            ?.getChildOfType<KtBlockExpression>()
+            ?.getChildOfType<KtProperty>()
+            ?.getChildOfType<KtStringTemplateExpression>()
+            ?.getChildOfType<KtSimpleNameStringTemplateEntry>()
+            ?.node
+            ?: throw IllegalStateException("Cannot create short string template for string '$text")
 }
 
 public val STRING_TEMPLATE_RULE_ID: RuleId = StringTemplateRule().ruleId
diff --git a/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/StringTemplateRuleTest.kt b/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/StringTemplateRuleTest.kt
index 78d3d0a3b3..58521bf328 100644
--- a/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/StringTemplateRuleTest.kt
+++ b/ktlint-ruleset-standard/src/test/kotlin/com/pinterest/ktlint/ruleset/standard/rules/StringTemplateRuleTest.kt
@@ -345,4 +345,27 @@ class StringTemplateRuleTest {
             """.trimIndent()
         stringTemplateRuleAssertThat(code).hasNoLintViolations()
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Issue 2615 - Given a string template with redundant curly braces then do not remove the corresponding import`() {
+        // Interpret "$." in code samples below as "$". It is used whenever the code which has to be inspected should
+        // actually contain a string template. Using "$" instead of "$." would result in a String in which the string
+        // templates would have been evaluated before the code would actually be processed by the rule.
+        val code =
+            """
+            import java.io.File.separator
+
+            val s = "$.{separator} is a file separator"
+            """.trimIndent().replaceStringTemplatePlaceholder()
+        val formattedCode =
+            """
+            import java.io.File.separator
+
+            val s = "$.separator is a file separator"
+            """.trimIndent().replaceStringTemplatePlaceholder()
+        stringTemplateRuleAssertThat(code)
+            .addAdditionalRuleProvider { NoUnusedImportsRule() }
+            .hasNoLintViolationsForRuleId(NO_UNUSED_IMPORTS_RULE_ID)
+            .isFormattedAs(formattedCode)
+    }
 }