diff --git a/current/CHECKPOINT-FFI.md b/current/CHECKPOINT-FFI.md
index 2e9810f..13b140e 100644
--- a/current/CHECKPOINT-FFI.md
+++ b/current/CHECKPOINT-FFI.md
@@ -501,6 +501,16 @@ plan's notional `::` — avoids a new postfix operator. Test:
 and `+description` class methods (NSObject is always available at
 module-load, unlike test classes created in main's body).
 
+Class-method declarations no longer need an explicit `static` keyword.
+The parser derives `is_static` from the first param's TYPE: if it's
+`*Self` the method is an instance method; anything else (including no
+params at all) is a class method. Surface examples now write
+`new :: (ctx: *JContext) -> *Self;` instead of
+`static new :: (...)`. The receiver param NAME doesn't matter — the
+type is the contract. Updated: `library/modules/platform/android.sx`,
+`examples/ffi-jni-class-03-static.sx`, `examples/ffi-jni-main-03-ctor.sx`,
+`examples/ffi-objc-dsl-05-static.sx`.
+
 Open work, in roughly the order they make sense:
 - **Phase 3 step 3.2** — `#selector("explicit:")` override + golden
   test for the default-mangling table. Escape hatch for selectors
diff --git a/examples/ffi-jni-class-03-static.sx b/examples/ffi-jni-class-03-static.sx
index d8f62d2..5e67477 100644
--- a/examples/ffi-jni-class-03-static.sx
+++ b/examples/ffi-jni-class-03-static.sx
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-// Phase 2 step 2.3 (PLAN-FFI.md): xfail then green for the `static`
-// method body item inside a `#jni_class` declaration.
+// Phase 2 step 2.3 (PLAN-FFI.md): xfail then green for class/static
+// method declarations inside a `#jni_class` body.
 //
-// `static name :: (args...) -> Ret;` declares a class/static method —
-// no implicit `self`, dispatched via `GetStaticMethodID` / `CallStatic*`
-// at lowering time (Phase 2.12). Step 2.3 extends `parseJniClassDecl`
-// to recognise the `static` prefix and mark the resulting
-// `JniMethodDecl` with `is_static = true`.
+// Instance vs class method is determined by the first param's TYPE:
+// `(self: *Self, ...)` ⇒ instance, anything else (here, `(n: s32)`)
+// ⇒ class method, dispatched via `GetStaticMethodID` /
+// `CallStatic*` at lowering time (Phase 2.12). No explicit `static`
+// keyword; the param shape carries the signal.
 
 #import "modules/std.sx";
 
 Math :: #foreign #jni_class("java/lang/Math") {
-    static abs :: (n: s32) -> s32;
+    abs :: (n: s32) -> s32;  // no `self: *Self` → class method
 }
 
 main :: () -> s32 {
diff --git a/examples/ffi-jni-main-03-ctor.sx b/examples/ffi-jni-main-03-ctor.sx
index d922971..71aaad4 100644
--- a/examples/ffi-jni-main-03-ctor.sx
+++ b/examples/ffi-jni-main-03-ctor.sx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Bundle  :: #foreign #jni_class("android/os/Bundle") { }
 JContext :: #foreign #jni_class("android/content/Context") { }
 
 SurfaceView :: #foreign #jni_class("android/view/SurfaceView") {
-    static new :: (ctx: *JContext) -> *Self;
+    new :: (ctx: *JContext) -> *Self;  // no `self: *Self` → class method
 }
 
 g_held_view : *void = null;
diff --git a/examples/ffi-objc-dsl-05-static.sx b/examples/ffi-objc-dsl-05-static.sx
index be1f5bd..2a9d2a7 100644
--- a/examples/ffi-objc-dsl-05-static.sx
+++ b/examples/ffi-objc-dsl-05-static.sx
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
 
 NSObject :: #foreign #objc_class("NSObject") {
     // `+(Class)class` — niladic, name verbatim, selector = "class".
-    // Returns the class object itself.
-    static class :: () -> *void;
+    // Returns the class object itself. No `self: *Self` first param ⇒
+    // class method (sx parser keys on the param TYPE).
+    class :: () -> *void;
     // `+(NSString *)description` on the class returns a description
     // string. Niladic, selector = "description".
-    static description :: () -> *void;
+    description :: () -> *void;
 }
 
 main :: () -> s32 {
diff --git a/library/modules/platform/android.sx b/library/modules/platform/android.sx
index 8baf424..86481a3 100644
--- a/library/modules/platform/android.sx
+++ b/library/modules/platform/android.sx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SurfaceHolder :: #foreign #jni_class("android/view/SurfaceHolder") {
     addCallback :: (self: *Self, cb: *SurfaceHolderCallback);
 }
 SurfaceView :: #foreign #jni_class("android/view/SurfaceView") {
-    static new :: (ctx: *JContext) -> *Self;
+    new        :: (ctx: *JContext) -> *Self;  // no `self: *Self` → class method
     getHolder  :: (self: *Self) -> *SurfaceHolder;
 }
 SurfaceHolderCallback :: #foreign #jni_class("android/view/SurfaceHolder$Callback") { }
diff --git a/src/parser.zig b/src/parser.zig
index 737baa6..d94e626 100644
--- a/src/parser.zig
+++ b/src/parser.zig
@@ -1163,17 +1163,6 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // Optional `static` prefix → class method (no implicit `self`).
-            // Context-sensitive — `static` is a plain identifier elsewhere.
-            var is_static = false;
-            if (self.current.tag == .identifier and
-                std.mem.eql(u8, self.tokenSlice(self.current), "static") and
-                self.peekNext() == .identifier)
-            {
-                is_static = true;
-                self.advance(); // consume `static`
-            }
-
             // Field: name: Type;       (instance field — JNI Get/Set<Type>Field)
             // Method: name :: (args...) -> Ret;
             if (self.current.tag != .identifier) {
@@ -1183,9 +1172,6 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
             self.advance();
 
             if (self.current.tag == .colon) {
-                if (is_static) {
-                    return self.fail("static fields not yet supported in '#jni_class' body");
-                }
                 self.advance(); // consume `:`
                 const field_type = try self.parseTypeExpr();
                 try self.expect(.semicolon);
@@ -1218,6 +1204,21 @@ pub const Parser = struct {
             }
             try self.expect(.r_paren);
 
+            // Instance vs class method is determined by the first param's
+            // TYPE: `*Self` (pointer-to-Self) ⇒ instance method, anything
+            // else (including a method with no params at all) ⇒ class
+            // method. Keying on the type, not the param name, means the
+            // user can call the receiver whatever they like — `this`,
+            // `me`, etc. — without changing the dispatch shape.
+            const is_static = blk: {
+                if (param_types.items.len == 0) break :blk true;
+                const first = param_types.items[0];
+                if (first.data != .pointer_type_expr) break :blk true;
+                const pointee = first.data.pointer_type_expr.pointee_type;
+                if (pointee.data != .type_expr) break :blk true;
+                break :blk !std.mem.eql(u8, pointee.data.type_expr.name, "Self");
+            };
+
             var return_type: ?*Node = null;
             if (self.current.tag == .arrow) {
                 self.advance();