diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Bridges.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Bridges.scala
index 4cdb96e83c0c..1e7f79a7c9df 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Bridges.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Bridges.scala
@@ -51,16 +51,11 @@ class Bridges(root: ClassSymbol, thisPhase: DenotTransformer)(using Context) {
    */
   private class TraitBridgesCursor(using Context) extends BridgesCursor{
     override protected def prioritizeDeferred: Boolean = false
+
     // Get full list of parents to deduplicate already defined bridges in the parents
     override lazy val parents: Array[Symbol] =
       root.info.parents.map(_.classSymbol).toArray
 
-    override protected def matches(sym: Symbol, overriden: Symbol): Boolean =
-      def resultType(sym: Symbol) = sym.info.finalResultType.typeSymbol
-      def consistentParams = sym.signature.consistentParams(overriden.signature)
-      def overridesAbstractResultType = resultType(overriden).isAbstractOrParamType
-      consistentParams && !overridesAbstractResultType && super.matches(sym, overriden)
-
     override def exclude(sym: Symbol) =
       !sym.isPublic || super.exclude(sym)
   }
@@ -194,12 +189,13 @@ class Bridges(root: ClassSymbol, thisPhase: DenotTransformer)(using Context) {
    *  time deferred methods in `stats` that are replaced by a bridge with the same signature.
    */
   def add(stats: List[untpd.Tree]): List[untpd.Tree] =
+    val forTrait = root.is(Trait)
     val opc = inContext(preErasureCtx) {
-       if (root.is(Trait)) new TraitBridgesCursor
-       else new BridgesCursor
+       if forTrait then TraitBridgesCursor()
+       else BridgesCursor()
     }
     while opc.hasNext do
-      if !opc.overriding.is(Deferred) then
+      if forTrait || !opc.overriding.is(Deferred) then
         addBridgeIfNeeded(opc.overriding, opc.overridden)
       opc.next()
     if bridges.isEmpty then stats
diff --git a/tests/run/mixin-signatures.check b/tests/run/mixin-signatures.check
index 98979ab8d99b..30593d791c0a 100644
--- a/tests/run/mixin-signatures.check
+++ b/tests/run/mixin-signatures.check
@@ -49,27 +49,23 @@ class Test$bar5$ {
 }
 
 interface Foo1 {
-  public abstract java.lang.Object Base.f(java.lang.Object)
-    generic: public abstract R Base.f(T)
   public default java.lang.String Foo1.f(java.lang.Object)
     generic: public default java.lang.String Foo1.f(T)
-  public abstract java.lang.Object Base.g(java.lang.Object)
-    generic: public abstract R Base.g(T)
+  public default java.lang.Object Foo1.f(java.lang.Object) <bridge> <synthetic>
   public abstract java.lang.String Foo1.g(java.lang.Object)
     generic: public abstract java.lang.String Foo1.g(T)
+  public default java.lang.Object Foo1.g(java.lang.Object) <bridge> <synthetic>
   public default java.lang.Object Base.h(java.lang.Object)
     generic: public default R Base.h(T)
 }
 
 interface Foo2 {
-  public abstract java.lang.Object Base.f(java.lang.Object)
-    generic: public abstract R Base.f(T)
   public default java.lang.Object Foo2.f(java.lang.String)
     generic: public default R Foo2.f(java.lang.String)
-  public abstract java.lang.Object Base.g(java.lang.Object)
-    generic: public abstract R Base.g(T)
+  public default java.lang.Object Foo2.f(java.lang.Object) <bridge> <synthetic>
   public abstract java.lang.Object Foo2.g(java.lang.String)
     generic: public abstract R Foo2.g(java.lang.String)
+  public default java.lang.Object Foo2.g(java.lang.Object) <bridge> <synthetic>
   public default java.lang.Object Base.h(java.lang.Object)
     generic: public default R Base.h(T)
 }
diff --git a/tests/run/trait-bridge-signatures.check b/tests/run/trait-bridge-signatures.check
index 26de5b586b90..345645e1ec84 100644
--- a/tests/run/trait-bridge-signatures.check
+++ b/tests/run/trait-bridge-signatures.check
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ interface collections$LinearSeqOps {
   - generic: public abstract A collections$LinearSeqOps.head()
   public abstract collections$LinearSeq collections$LinearSeqOps.tail()
   - generic: public abstract C collections$LinearSeqOps.tail()
-  public default java.lang.Object collections$IterableOps.tail()
-  - generic: public default C collections$IterableOps.tail()
+  public default java.lang.Object collections$LinearSeqOps.tail() <bridge> <synthetic>
 }
 
 interface collections$LinearSeq {
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ interface collections$LinearSeq {
   - generic: public abstract A collections$LinearSeqOps.head()
   public abstract collections$LinearSeq collections$LinearSeqOps.tail()
   - generic: public abstract C collections$LinearSeqOps.tail()
-  public default java.lang.Object collections$IterableOps.tail()
-  - generic: public default C collections$IterableOps.tail()
+  public default java.lang.Object collections$LinearSeqOps.tail() <bridge> <synthetic>
 }
 
 interface collections$Iterable {
@@ -75,11 +73,11 @@ class EmptyCollection {
 interface play$WSRequest {
   public abstract play$WSRequest play$WSRequest.addCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq)
   - generic: public abstract play$WSRequest play$WSRequest.addCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq<play$WSCookie>)
-  public default play$StandaloneWSRequest play$StandaloneWSRequest.addCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq)
-  - generic: public default play$StandaloneWSRequest play$StandaloneWSRequest.addCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq<play$WSCookie>)
-  public abstract play$StandaloneWSRequest play$StandaloneWSRequest.withCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq)
-  - generic: public abstract play$StandaloneWSRequest play$StandaloneWSRequest.withCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq<play$WSCookie>)
+  public default play$StandaloneWSRequest play$WSRequest.addCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq) <bridge> <synthetic>
+  public static play$StandaloneWSRequest play$WSRequest.addCookies$(play$WSRequest,scala.collection.immutable.Seq)
   public abstract play$WSRequest play$WSRequest.withCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq)
   - generic: public abstract play$WSRequest play$WSRequest.withCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq<play$WSCookie>)
+  public default play$StandaloneWSRequest play$WSRequest.withCookies(scala.collection.immutable.Seq) <bridge> <synthetic>
+  public static play$StandaloneWSRequest play$WSRequest.withCookies$(play$WSRequest,scala.collection.immutable.Seq)
 }