diff --git a/scalafix-rules/src/main/scala/scalafix/internal/rule/RemoveUnused.scala b/scalafix-rules/src/main/scala/scalafix/internal/rule/RemoveUnused.scala
index 48ce8cad5..2583ddc6c 100644
--- a/scalafix-rules/src/main/scala/scalafix/internal/rule/RemoveUnused.scala
+++ b/scalafix-rules/src/main/scala/scalafix/internal/rule/RemoveUnused.scala
@@ -132,7 +132,13 @@ class RemoveUnused(config: RemoveUnusedConfig)
               // unused renamed may still impact compilation by shadowing an identifier.
               // See https://github.com/scalacenter/scalafix/issues/614
               Patch.replaceTree(to, "_").atomic
-            case i if isUnusedImport(importPosition(i)) =>
+            case i
+                if isUnusedImport
+                  .exists(unused =>
+                    unused.start <= importPosition(i).start && importPosition(
+                      i
+                    ).end <= unused.end
+                  ) =>
               Patch.removeImportee(i).atomic
           }.asPatch
         case i: Defn if isUnusedTerm(i.pos) =>
diff --git a/scalafix-tests/unit/src/test/scala/scalafix/tests/interfaces/ScalafixArgumentsSuite.scala b/scalafix-tests/unit/src/test/scala/scalafix/tests/interfaces/ScalafixArgumentsSuite.scala
index dc1cc63a4..063dccaef 100644
--- a/scalafix-tests/unit/src/test/scala/scalafix/tests/interfaces/ScalafixArgumentsSuite.scala
+++ b/scalafix-tests/unit/src/test/scala/scalafix/tests/interfaces/ScalafixArgumentsSuite.scala
@@ -433,6 +433,73 @@ class ScalafixArgumentsSuite extends AnyFunSuite with DiffAssertions {
 
     assert(obtainedError == ScalafixFileEvaluationError.ParseError)
   }
+
+  test("Scala 3 style wildcard import", SkipWindows) {
+    // https://github.com/scalacenter/scalafix/issues/1663
+
+    if (scala.util.Properties.versionNumberString.startsWith("2.11")) {
+      cancel()
+    }
+
+    val cwd = StringFS
+      .string2dir(
+        """|/src/Main.scala
+          |import scala.collection.mutable
+          |import scala.util._
+          |import scala.io.*
+          |
+          |object Main
+        """.stripMargin,
+        charset
+      )
+      .toNIO
+    val d = cwd.resolve("out")
+    val target = cwd.resolve("target")
+    val src = cwd.resolve("src")
+    Files.createDirectories(d)
+    val main = src.resolve("Main.scala")
+
+    val scalacOptions = Array[String](
+      "-Xsource:3",
+      "-Yrangepos",
+      removeUnused,
+      s"-Xplugin:${SemanticdbPlugin.semanticdbPluginPath()}",
+      "-Xplugin-require:semanticdb",
+      "-classpath",
+      s"${scalaLibrary.mkString(":")}",
+      s"-P:semanticdb:sourceroot:$src",
+      s"-P:semanticdb:targetroot:$target",
+      "-d",
+      d.toString,
+      main.toString
+    )
+
+    val _ = scala.tools.nsc.Main.process(scalacOptions)
+    val result = api
+      .withRules(
+        Collections.singletonList(removeUnsuedRule().name.toString())
+      )
+      .withClasspath((scalaLibrary.map(_.toNIO) :+ target).asJava)
+      .withScalacOptions(Collections.singletonList(removeUnused))
+      .withScalaVersion("2.13.8")
+      .withPaths(Seq(main).asJava)
+      .withSourceroot(src)
+      .evaluate()
+
+    val error = result.getError
+    assert(!error.isPresent)
+    assert(result.isSuccessful)
+    assert(result.getFileEvaluations.length == 1)
+    val fileEvaluation = result.getFileEvaluations.head
+    assert(fileEvaluation.isSuccessful)
+    val expected =
+      """|
+        |object Main
+        |""".stripMargin
+    val obtained = fileEvaluation.previewPatches.get()
+    assertNoDiff(obtained, expected)
+  }
+
   test("withScalaVersion: non-parsable scala version") {
     val run = Try(api.withScalaVersion("213"))
     assert(run.isFailure)