diff --git a/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/base-env/class-prims.rkt b/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/base-env/class-prims.rkt
index e63e45b6..fcae3455 100644
--- a/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/base-env/class-prims.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/base-env/class-prims.rkt
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@
  ;; this is mostly cribbed from class-internal.rkt
  (define (expand-expressions stxs ctx def-ctx)
    (define (class-expand stx)
-     ;; try using syntax-local-expand-expression?
      (local-expand stx ctx stop-forms def-ctx))
    (let loop ([stxs stxs])
      (cond [(null? stxs) null]
@@ -288,12 +287,9 @@
               ;; i.e., macro definitions in the class body
               ;; see class-internal.rkt as well
               [(define-syntaxes (name:id ...) rhs:expr)
-               (define/with-syntax expanded-rhs
-                 (local-transformer-expand #'rhs 'expression null))
                (syntax-local-bind-syntaxes
-                (syntax->list #'(name ...)) #'expanded-rhs def-ctx)
-               (cons #'(define-syntaxes (name ...) expanded-rhs)
-                     (loop (cdr stxs)))]
+                (syntax->list #'(name ...)) #'rhs def-ctx)
+               (cons stx (loop (cdr stxs)))]
               [(define-values (name:id ...) rhs:expr)
                (syntax-local-bind-syntaxes
                 (syntax->list #'(name ...)) #f def-ctx)
diff --git a/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-test/tests/typed-racket/unit-tests/class-tests.rkt b/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-test/tests/typed-racket/unit-tests/class-tests.rkt
index 2487d4f4..cf9c2c39 100644
--- a/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-test/tests/typed-racket/unit-tests/class-tests.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-test/tests/typed-racket/unit-tests/class-tests.rkt
@@ -1413,4 +1413,14 @@
              (init x)))
          #:ret (ret (-poly (A) (-class #:init ([x A #f]))))
          #:expected (ret (-poly (A) (-class #:init ([x A #f]))) -no-filter -no-obj)]
-   ))
+   ;; test uses of a macro in the body of the class
+   [tc-e
+    (let ()
+      (define c%
+        (class object%
+          (super-new)
+          (define-syntax-rule (my-meth (m arg ...) . body)
+            (define/public (m arg ...) . body))
+          (my-meth (hello) (displayln "hello world"))))
+      (send (new c%) hello))
+    -Void]))