diff --git a/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/search/FindPluginsTest.java b/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/search/FindPluginsTest.java
index ede21f7973d..78cd8c053fc 100644
--- a/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/search/FindPluginsTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/search/FindPluginsTest.java
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ void findPlugin() {
     void settingsResolutionStrategy() {
         rewriteRun(
           spec -> spec.beforeRecipe(withToolingApi()),
-          settingsGradle("""
+          settingsGradle(
+              """
             pluginManagement {
                 repositories {
                     mavenLocal()
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ void settingsResolutionStrategy() {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            """),
+            """
+          ),
           buildGradle(
             """
               plugins {
diff --git a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgumentTest.java b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgumentTest.java
index 6949a868520..5ad21d41e15 100644
--- a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgumentTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgumentTest.java
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@
 
 import org.intellij.lang.annotations.Language;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openrewrite.Issue;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
 import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
 
 import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.java;
 
 class DeleteMethodArgumentTest implements RewriteTest {
+
     @Language("java")
     String b = """
       class B {
@@ -34,11 +37,15 @@ public B(int n) {}
       }
       """;
 
+    @Override
+    public void defaults(RecipeSpec spec) {
+        spec.parser(JavaParser.fromJavaVersion().dependsOn(b));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void deleteMiddleArgumentDeclarative() {
         rewriteRun(
           spec -> spec.recipes(new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 1)),
-          java(b),
           java(
             "public class A {{ B.foo(0, 1, 2); }}",
             "public class A {{ B.foo(0, 2); }}"
@@ -50,7 +57,6 @@ void deleteMiddleArgumentDeclarative() {
     void deleteMiddleArgument() {
         rewriteRun(
           spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 1)),
-          java(b),
           java(
             "public class A {{ B.foo(0, 1, 2); }}",
             "public class A {{ B.foo(0, 2); }}"
@@ -65,8 +71,8 @@ void deleteArgumentsConsecutively() {
             new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 1),
             new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int)", 1)
           ),
-          java(b),
-          java("public class A {{ B.foo(0, 1, 2); }}",
+          java(
+            "public class A {{ B.foo(0, 1, 2); }}",
             "public class A {{ B.foo(0); }}"
           )
         );
@@ -76,7 +82,6 @@ void deleteArgumentsConsecutively() {
     void doNotDeleteEmptyContainingFormatting() {
         rewriteRun(
           spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(..)", 0)),
-          java(b),
           java("public class A {{ B.foo( ); }}")
         );
     }
@@ -85,7 +90,6 @@ void doNotDeleteEmptyContainingFormatting() {
     void insertEmptyWhenLastArgumentIsDeleted() {
         rewriteRun(
           spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(..)", 0)),
-          java(b),
           java(
             "public class A {{ B.foo(1); }}",
             "public class A {{ B.foo(); }}"
@@ -97,11 +101,26 @@ void insertEmptyWhenLastArgumentIsDeleted() {
     void deleteConstructorArgument() {
         rewriteRun(
           spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B <constructor>(int)", 0)),
-          java(b),
           java(
             "public class A { B b = new B(0); }",
             "public class A { B b = new B(); }"
           )
         );
     }
+
+    @Issue("https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite/issues/4676")
+    @Test
+    void deleteFirstArgument() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new DeleteMethodArgument("B foo(int, int, int)", 0)),
+          java(
+            "public class A {{ B.foo(0, 1, 2); }}",
+            "public class A {{ B.foo(1, 2); }}"
+          ),
+          java(
+            "public class C {{ B.foo(\n\t\t0, 1, 2); }}",
+            "public class C {{ B.foo(\n\t\t1, 2); }}"
+          )
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgument.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgument.java
index 2fd26e66556..c6c4676656d 100644
--- a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgument.java
+++ b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/DeleteMethodArgument.java
@@ -100,9 +100,11 @@ private MethodCall visitMethodCall(MethodCall methodCall) {
                                                     .count() >= argumentIndex + 1) {
                 List<Expression> args = new ArrayList<>(originalArgs);
 
-                args.remove(argumentIndex);
+                Expression removed = args.remove(argumentIndex);
                 if (args.isEmpty()) {
                     args = singletonList(new J.Empty(randomId(), Space.EMPTY, Markers.EMPTY));
+                } else if (argumentIndex == 0) {
+                    args.set(0, args.get(0).withPrefix(removed.getPrefix()));
                 }
 
                 m = m.withArguments(args);