From 121c0ac2851528185329a978f732dd9b015ebc94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juergen Hoeller <juergen.hoeller@broadcom.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 16:31:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove scanned class only when conflicting with imported
 class

Closes gh-36835
---
 .../annotation/ConfigurationClassParser.java        |  8 +++++---
 .../ComponentScanAnnotationIntegrationTests.java    | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassParser.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassParser.java
index 782bbe8ab99..d2af1f31a48 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassParser.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassParser.java
@@ -260,9 +260,11 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 				return;
 			}
 			else if (configClass.isScanned()) {
-				String beanName = configClass.getBeanName();
-				if (StringUtils.hasLength(beanName) && this.registry.containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
-					this.registry.removeBeanDefinition(beanName);
+				if (existingClass.isImported()) {
+					String beanName = configClass.getBeanName();
+					if (StringUtils.hasLength(beanName) && this.registry.containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
+						this.registry.removeBeanDefinition(beanName);
+					}
 				}
 				// An implicitly scanned bean definition should not override an explicit import.
 				return;
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScanAnnotationIntegrationTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScanAnnotationIntegrationTests.java
index 133b44d5716..e8f189fdcf4 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScanAnnotationIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ComponentScanAnnotationIntegrationTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import example.scannable.CustomComponent;
 import example.scannable.CustomStereotype;
 import example.scannable.DefaultNamedComponent;
 import example.scannable.FooService;
+import example.scannable.FooServiceImpl;
 import example.scannable.MessageBean;
 import example.scannable.ScopedProxyTestBean;
 import example.scannable_implicitbasepackage.ComponentScanAnnotatedConfigWithImplicitBasePackage;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.CustomAutowireConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.EnvironmentAware;
 import org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware;
@@ -84,6 +86,17 @@ class ComponentScanAnnotationIntegrationTests {
 		assertContextContainsBean(ctx, "fooServiceImpl");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void controlScanWithExplicitRegistration() {
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
+		ctx.registerBeanDefinition("myFooService", new RootBeanDefinition(FooServiceImpl.class));
+		ctx.scan(example.scannable.PackageMarker.class.getPackage().getName());
+		ctx.refresh();
+
+		assertContextContainsBean(ctx, "myFooService");
+		assertContextContainsBean(ctx, "fooServiceImpl");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void viaContextRegistration() {
 		ApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(ComponentScanAnnotatedConfig.class);