diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index b7088742c..6a1cf57e4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         "composer/xdebug-handler": "^3.0.3",
         "fidry/console": "^0.5.3 || ^0.6.0",
         "fidry/filesystem": "^1.1",
-        "humbug/php-scoper": "^0.18.3",
+        "humbug/php-scoper": "^0.18.6",
         "justinrainbow/json-schema": "^5.2.12",
         "laravel/serializable-closure": "^1.2.2",
         "nikic/iter": "^2.2",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 076bd9b63..3481c4ecd 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "9d93c5fcbe62d3a1cc7a1ca2dd1fdfcd",
+    "content-hash": "e176960d081e81e8d9426176dfe8ce49",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "amphp/amp",
@@ -977,16 +977,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "humbug/php-scoper",
-            "version": "0.18.4",
+            "version": "0.18.6",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper.git",
-                "reference": "d79c1486537280c21c907e9a8a610eceb391407f"
+                "reference": "e5a152c0f40c6cf7994fb27f14e50e47d7c4c4ff"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/humbug/php-scoper/zipball/d79c1486537280c21c907e9a8a610eceb391407f",
-                "reference": "d79c1486537280c21c907e9a8a610eceb391407f",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/humbug/php-scoper/zipball/e5a152c0f40c6cf7994fb27f14e50e47d7c4c4ff",
+                "reference": "e5a152c0f40c6cf7994fb27f14e50e47d7c4c4ff",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1054,9 +1054,9 @@
             "description": "Prefixes all PHP namespaces in a file or directory.",
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/tree/0.18.4"
+                "source": "https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/tree/0.18.6"
             },
-            "time": "2023-10-20T17:14:04+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-11-04T16:43:20+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "jetbrains/phpstorm-stubs",
@@ -5785,5 +5785,5 @@
     "platform-overrides": {
         "php": "8.1"
     },
-    "plugin-api-version": "2.3.0"
+    "plugin-api-version": "2.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/src/Box.php b/src/Box.php
index 5b0f4ba88..710466bf1 100644
--- a/src/Box.php
+++ b/src/Box.php
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public function endBuffering(?callable $dumpAutoload): void
                 $dumpAutoload(
                     $this->scoper->getSymbolsRegistry(),
                     $this->scoper->getPrefix(),
+                    $this->scoper->getExcludedFilePaths(),
                 );
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Composer/AutoloadDumper.php b/src/Composer/AutoloadDumper.php
index dc8468914..6a4133c88 100644
--- a/src/Composer/AutoloadDumper.php
+++ b/src/Composer/AutoloadDumper.php
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 use Humbug\PhpScoper\Autoload\ScoperAutoloadGenerator;
 use Humbug\PhpScoper\Symbol\SymbolsRegistry;
 use KevinGH\Box\NotInstantiable;
+use UnexpectedValueException;
+use function array_map;
+use function explode;
+use function implode;
+use function preg_match;
 use function preg_replace;
 use function str_replace;
 use const PHP_EOL;
@@ -27,38 +32,85 @@ final class AutoloadDumper
 
     public static function generateAutoloadStatements(
         SymbolsRegistry $symbolsRegistry,
+        array $excludedComposerAutoloadFileHashes,
         string $autoloadContents,
     ): string {
         if (0 === $symbolsRegistry->count()) {
             return $autoloadContents;
         }
 
+        $autoloadContents = self::extractInlinedAutoloadContents($autoloadContents);
+        $scoperStatements = self::getOriginalScoperAutoloaderContents(
+            $symbolsRegistry,
+            $excludedComposerAutoloadFileHashes,
+        );
+
+        $indentedAutoloadContents = self::fixInlinedAutoloadIndent(
+            $autoloadContents,
+            self::getLoaderStatementIndent($scoperStatements),
+        );
+
+        $mergedAutoloadContents = preg_replace(
+            '/(\s*\\$loader \= .*autoload\.php.*)/',
+            $indentedAutoloadContents,
+            $scoperStatements,
+        );
+
+        return self::cleanupDuplicateLineReturns($mergedAutoloadContents);
+    }
+
+    private static function extractInlinedAutoloadContents(string $autoloadContents): string
+    {
         $autoloadContents = str_replace('<?php', '', $autoloadContents);
 
-        $autoloadContents = preg_replace(
+        return preg_replace(
             '/return (ComposerAutoloaderInit.+::getLoader\(\));/',
             '\$loader = $1;',
             $autoloadContents,
         );
+    }
 
-        $scoperStatements = (new ScoperAutoloadGenerator($symbolsRegistry))->dump();
+    private static function getOriginalScoperAutoloaderContents(
+        SymbolsRegistry $symbolsRegistry,
+        array $excludedComposerAutoloadFileHashes,
+    ): string {
+        $generator = new ScoperAutoloadGenerator($symbolsRegistry, $excludedComposerAutoloadFileHashes);
+        $scoperStatements = $generator->dump();
 
-        $scoperStatements = preg_replace(
+        return preg_replace(
             '/scoper\-autoload\.php \@generated by PhpScoper/',
             '@generated by Humbug Box',
             $scoperStatements,
         );
+    }
 
-        $scoperStatements = preg_replace(
-            '/(\s*\\$loader \= .*)/',
-            $autoloadContents,
-            $scoperStatements,
+    private static function getLoaderStatementIndent(string $scoperStatements): string
+    {
+        if (1 !== preg_match('/(?<indent> *)\\$loader \= .*autoload\.php.*/', $scoperStatements, $matches)) {
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException('Could not process the scoper autoloader statements');
+        }
+
+        return $matches['indent'];
+    }
+
+    private static function fixInlinedAutoloadIndent(string $autoloadContents, string $indent): string
+    {
+        $lines = explode(PHP_EOL, $autoloadContents);
+
+        $indentedLines = array_map(
+            static fn (string $line) => '' === $line ? $line : $indent.$line,
+            $lines,
         );
 
+        return implode(PHP_EOL, $indentedLines);
+    }
+
+    private static function cleanupDuplicateLineReturns(string $value): string
+    {
         return preg_replace(
             '/\n{2,}/m',
             PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL,
-            $scoperStatements,
+            $value,
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Composer/ComposerOrchestrator.php b/src/Composer/ComposerOrchestrator.php
index d0eeee288..db259dd7c 100644
--- a/src/Composer/ComposerOrchestrator.php
+++ b/src/Composer/ComposerOrchestrator.php
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public function dumpAutoload(
         SymbolsRegistry $symbolsRegistry,
         string $prefix,
         bool $excludeDevFiles,
+        array $excludedComposerAutoloadFileHashes,
     ): void {
         $this->dumpAutoloader(true === $excludeDevFiles);
 
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ public function dumpAutoload(
 
         $autoloadContents = AutoloadDumper::generateAutoloadStatements(
             $symbolsRegistry,
+            $excludedComposerAutoloadFileHashes,
             $this->fileSystem->getFileContents($autoloadFile),
         );
 
diff --git a/src/Console/Command/Compile.php b/src/Console/Command/Compile.php
index 5958b249a..7a0f9e9e8 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/Compile.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/Compile.php
@@ -668,10 +668,11 @@ private static function commit(
 
         $box->endBuffering(
             $config->dumpAutoload()
-                ? static fn (SymbolsRegistry $symbolsRegistry, string $prefix) => $composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload(
+                ? static fn (SymbolsRegistry $symbolsRegistry, string $prefix, array $excludeScoperFiles) => $composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload(
                     $symbolsRegistry,
                     $prefix,
                     $excludeDevFiles,
+                    $excludeScoperFiles,
                 )
                 : null,
         );
diff --git a/src/PhpScoper/NullScoper.php b/src/PhpScoper/NullScoper.php
index 812246447..affe05f6f 100644
--- a/src/PhpScoper/NullScoper.php
+++ b/src/PhpScoper/NullScoper.php
@@ -45,4 +45,9 @@ public function getPrefix(): string
     {
         return '';
     }
+
+    public function getExcludedFilePaths(): array
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpScoper/SerializableScoper.php b/src/PhpScoper/SerializableScoper.php
index 88143b62d..152c00e87 100644
--- a/src/PhpScoper/SerializableScoper.php
+++ b/src/PhpScoper/SerializableScoper.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ final class SerializableScoper implements Scoper
     /**
      * @var list<string>
      */
-    private array $excludedFilePaths;
+    public array $excludedFilePaths;
 
     public function __construct(
         PhpScoperConfiguration $scoperConfig,
@@ -114,4 +114,9 @@ private function createScoper(): PhpScoperScoper
             ...$this->excludedFilePaths,
         );
     }
+
+    public function getExcludedFilePaths(): array
+    {
+        return $this->excludedFilePaths;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/AutoloadDumperTest.php b/tests/Composer/AutoloadDumperTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e074eac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Composer/AutoloadDumperTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,437 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the box project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kevin Herrera <kevin@herrera.io>
+ *     Théo Fidry <theo.fidry@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
+ * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
+ */
+
+namespace KevinGH\Box\Composer;
+
+use Humbug\PhpScoper\Symbol\SymbolsRegistry;
+use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @coversNothing
+ * @internal
+ */
+final class AutoloadDumperTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider autoloadProvider
+     */
+    public function test_it_can_generate_the_autoload(
+        SymbolsRegistry $symbolsRegistry,
+        array $excludedComposerAutoloadFileHashes,
+        string $autoloadContents,
+        string $expected,
+    ): void {
+        $actual = AutoloadDumper::generateAutoloadStatements(
+            $symbolsRegistry,
+            $excludedComposerAutoloadFileHashes,
+            $autoloadContents,
+        );
+
+        self::assertSame($expected, $actual);
+    }
+
+    public static function autoloadProvider(): iterable
+    {
+        yield 'no symbols' => [
+            new SymbolsRegistry(),
+            [],
+            <<<'PHP'
+                <?php
+
+                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+
+                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                    if (!headers_sent()) {
+                        header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                    }
+                    $err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                    if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                            fwrite(STDERR, $err);
+                        } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                            echo $err;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    trigger_error(
+                        $err,
+                        E_USER_ERROR
+                    );
+                }
+
+                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+
+                return ComposerAutoloaderInit2b848b33b146391fe6393b67efd7cd6f::getLoader();
+
+                PHP,
+            <<<'PHP'
+                <?php
+
+                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+
+                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                    if (!headers_sent()) {
+                        header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                    }
+                    $err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                    if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                            fwrite(STDERR, $err);
+                        } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                            echo $err;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    trigger_error(
+                        $err,
+                        E_USER_ERROR
+                    );
+                }
+
+                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+
+                return ComposerAutoloaderInit2b848b33b146391fe6393b67efd7cd6f::getLoader();
+
+                PHP,
+        ];
+
+        yield 'global symbols' => [
+            self::createRegistry(
+                [
+                    'bar' => 'Humbug\bar',
+                    'foo' => 'Humbug\foo',
+                ],
+                [],
+            ),
+            [],
+            <<<'PHP'
+                <?php
+
+                // @generated by Humbug Box
+
+                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+
+                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                    if (!headers_sent()) {
+                        header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                    }
+                    $err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                    if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                            fwrite(STDERR, $err);
+                        } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                            echo $err;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    trigger_error(
+                        $err,
+                        E_USER_ERROR
+                    );
+                }
+
+                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+
+                return ComposerAutoloaderInit2b848b33b146391fe6393b67efd7cd6f::getLoader();
+
+                PHP,
+            <<<'PHP'
+                <?php
+
+                // @generated by Humbug Box
+
+                $loader = (static function () {
+                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                    $existingComposerAutoloadFiles = $GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
+
+                    // @generated by Humbug Box
+
+                    // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+
+                    if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                        if (!headers_sent()) {
+                            header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                        }
+                        $err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                        if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                            if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                                fwrite(STDERR, $err);
+                            } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                                echo $err;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        trigger_error(
+                            $err,
+                            E_USER_ERROR
+                        );
+                    }
+
+                    require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+
+                    $loader = ComposerAutoloaderInit2b848b33b146391fe6393b67efd7cd6f::getLoader();
+
+                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                    $installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                    if (file_exists($installedVersionsPath)) require_once $installedVersionsPath;
+
+                    // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                    $GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \array_merge(
+                        $existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                        \array_fill_keys([], true)
+                    );
+
+                    return $loader;
+                })();
+
+                // Function aliases. For more information see:
+                // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#function-aliases
+                if (!function_exists('bar')) { function bar() { return \Humbug\bar(...func_get_args()); } }
+                if (!function_exists('foo')) { function foo() { return \Humbug\foo(...func_get_args()); } }
+
+                return $loader;
+
+                PHP,
+        ];
+
+        yield 'global symbols with file hashes' => [
+            self::createRegistry(
+                [
+                    'bar' => 'Humbug\bar',
+                    'foo' => 'Humbug\foo',
+                ],
+                [],
+            ),
+            ['a610a8e036135f992c6edfb10ca9f4e9', 'e252736c6babb7c097ab6692dbcb2a5a'],
+            <<<'PHP'
+                <?php
+
+                // @generated by Humbug Box
+
+                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+
+                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                    if (!headers_sent()) {
+                        header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                    }
+                    $err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                    if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                            fwrite(STDERR, $err);
+                        } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                            echo $err;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    trigger_error(
+                        $err,
+                        E_USER_ERROR
+                    );
+                }
+
+                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+
+                return ComposerAutoloaderInit2b848b33b146391fe6393b67efd7cd6f::getLoader();
+
+                PHP,
+            <<<'PHP'
+                <?php
+
+                // @generated by Humbug Box
+
+                $loader = (static function () {
+                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                    $existingComposerAutoloadFiles = $GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
+
+                    // @generated by Humbug Box
+
+                    // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+
+                    if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                        if (!headers_sent()) {
+                            header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                        }
+                        $err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                        if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                            if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                                fwrite(STDERR, $err);
+                            } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                                echo $err;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        trigger_error(
+                            $err,
+                            E_USER_ERROR
+                        );
+                    }
+
+                    require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+
+                    $loader = ComposerAutoloaderInit2b848b33b146391fe6393b67efd7cd6f::getLoader();
+
+                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                    $installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                    if (file_exists($installedVersionsPath)) require_once $installedVersionsPath;
+
+                    // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                    $GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \array_merge(
+                        $existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                        \array_fill_keys(['a610a8e036135f992c6edfb10ca9f4e9', 'e252736c6babb7c097ab6692dbcb2a5a'], true)
+                    );
+
+                    return $loader;
+                })();
+
+                // Function aliases. For more information see:
+                // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#function-aliases
+                if (!function_exists('bar')) { function bar() { return \Humbug\bar(...func_get_args()); } }
+                if (!function_exists('foo')) { function foo() { return \Humbug\foo(...func_get_args()); } }
+
+                return $loader;
+
+                PHP,
+        ];
+
+        yield 'namespaced symbols' => [
+            self::createRegistry(
+                [
+                    'Acme\bar' => 'Humbug\Acme\bar',
+                    'Acme\foo' => 'Humbug\Acme\foo',
+                    'Emca\baz' => 'Humbug\Emca\baz',
+                ],
+                [],
+            ),
+            [],
+            <<<'PHP'
+                <?php
+
+                // @generated by Humbug Box
+
+                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+
+                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                    if (!headers_sent()) {
+                        header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                    }
+                    $err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                    if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                            fwrite(STDERR, $err);
+                        } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                            echo $err;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    trigger_error(
+                        $err,
+                        E_USER_ERROR
+                    );
+                }
+
+                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+
+                return ComposerAutoloaderInit2b848b33b146391fe6393b67efd7cd6f::getLoader();
+
+                PHP,
+            <<<'PHP'
+                <?php
+
+                // @generated by Humbug Box
+
+                namespace {
+                    $loader = (static function () {
+                        // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                        $existingComposerAutoloadFiles = $GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
+
+                        // @generated by Humbug Box
+
+                        // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+
+                        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                            if (!headers_sent()) {
+                                header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                            }
+                            $err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                            if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                                if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                                    fwrite(STDERR, $err);
+                                } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                                    echo $err;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            trigger_error(
+                                $err,
+                                E_USER_ERROR
+                            );
+                        }
+
+                        require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+
+                        $loader = ComposerAutoloaderInit2b848b33b146391fe6393b67efd7cd6f::getLoader();
+
+                        // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                        $installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                        if (file_exists($installedVersionsPath)) require_once $installedVersionsPath;
+
+                        // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                        $GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \array_merge(
+                            $existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                            \array_fill_keys([], true)
+                        );
+
+                        return $loader;
+                    })();
+                }
+
+                // Function aliases. For more information see:
+                // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#function-aliases
+                namespace Acme {
+                    if (!function_exists('Acme\bar')) { function bar() { return \Humbug\Acme\bar(...func_get_args()); } }
+                    if (!function_exists('Acme\foo')) { function foo() { return \Humbug\Acme\foo(...func_get_args()); } }
+                }
+
+                namespace Emca {
+                    if (!function_exists('Emca\baz')) { function baz() { return \Humbug\Emca\baz(...func_get_args()); } }
+                }
+
+                namespace {
+                    return $loader;
+                }
+
+                PHP,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array<string, string> $functions
+     * @param array<string, string> $classes
+     */
+    private static function createRegistry(
+        array $functions,
+        array $classes
+    ): SymbolsRegistry {
+        $registry = new SymbolsRegistry();
+
+        foreach ($functions as $original => $alias) {
+            $registry->recordFunction(
+                new FullyQualified($original),
+                new FullyQualified($alias),
+            );
+        }
+
+        foreach ($classes as $original => $alias) {
+            $registry->recordClass(
+                new FullyQualified($original),
+                new FullyQualified($alias),
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $registry;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer22TestCase.php b/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer22TestCase.php
index 235004b19..b40878625 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer22TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer22TestCase.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_an_empty_composer_json(
     ): void {
         FS::dumpFile('composer.json', '{}');
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
         $expectedPaths = [
             'composer.json',
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public function test_it_cannot_dump_the_autoloader_with_an_invalid_composer_json
         FS::dumpFile('composer.json');
 
         try {
-            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
             self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown.');
         } catch (RuntimeException $exception) {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_with_a_depe
     {
         FS::mirror(self::FIXTURES.'/dir000', $this->tmp);
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload(new SymbolsRegistry(), '', false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload(new SymbolsRegistry(), '', false, []);
 
         $expectedPaths = [
             'composer.json',
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public function test_it_cannot_dump_the_autoloader_if_the_composer_json_file_is_
         string $prefix,
     ): void {
         try {
-            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
             self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown.');
         } catch (RuntimeException $exception) {
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_lock_and_in
             new SymbolsRegistry(),
             '',
             true,
+            [],
         );
 
         // The fact that there is a dependency in the `composer.json` does not change anything to Composer
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_and_lock_wi
         $this->skipIfFixturesNotInstalled(self::FIXTURES.'/dir002/vendor');
         FS::mirror(self::FIXTURES.'/dir002', $this->tmp);
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
         // The fact that there is a dependency in the `composer.json` does not change anything to Composer
         $expectedPaths = [
@@ -482,32 +483,35 @@ public static function composerAutoloadProvider(): iterable
 
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                }
+                \$loader = (static function () {
+                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                    // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                    // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                    require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                    \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                // Restore the backup
-                if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                } else {
-                    unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                }
+                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+
+                    // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                        \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                    );
+
+                    return \$loader;
+                })();
 
                 // Class aliases. For more information see:
                 // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#class-aliases
                 if (!function_exists('humbug_phpscoper_expose_class')) {
-                    function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): void {
+                    function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(\$exposed, \$prefixed) {
                         if (!class_exists(\$exposed, false) && !interface_exists(\$exposed, false) && !trait_exists(\$exposed, false)) {
                             spl_autoload_call(\$prefixed);
                         }
@@ -531,27 +535,30 @@ function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): voi
 
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                }
+                \$loader = (static function () {
+                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                    // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                    // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                    require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                    \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                // Restore the backup
-                if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                } else {
-                    unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                }
+                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+
+                    // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                        \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                    );
+
+                    return \$loader;
+                })();
 
                 // Function aliases. For more information see:
                 // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#function-aliases
@@ -577,27 +584,30 @@ function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): voi
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
                 namespace {
-                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                    if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                    }
+                        \$loader = (static function () {
+                        // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                        // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                        // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                        require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                        \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                    // Restore the backup
-                    if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                    } else {
-                        unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                    }
+                        // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                        \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                        if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+
+                        // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                            \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                            \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                        );
+
+                        return \$loader;
+                    })();
                 }
 
                 // Function aliases. For more information see:
@@ -635,34 +645,37 @@ function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): voi
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
                 namespace {
-                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                    if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                    }
+                    \$loader = (static function () {
+                        // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                        // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                        // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                        require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                        \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                    // Restore the backup
-                    if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                    } else {
-                        unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                    }
+                        // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                        \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                        if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+
+                        // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                            \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                            \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                        );
+
+                        return \$loader;
+                    })();
                 }
 
                 // Class aliases. For more information see:
                 // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#class-aliases
                 namespace {
                     if (!function_exists('humbug_phpscoper_expose_class')) {
-                        function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): void {
+                        function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(\$exposed, \$prefixed) {
                             if (!class_exists(\$exposed, false) && !interface_exists(\$exposed, false) && !trait_exists(\$exposed, false)) {
                                 spl_autoload_call(\$prefixed);
                             }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer23TestCase.php b/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer23TestCase.php
index 6ad8ee58d..be9029338 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer23TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer23TestCase.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_an_empty_composer_json(
     ): void {
         FS::dumpFile('composer.json', '{}');
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
         $expectedPaths = [
             'composer.json',
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public function test_it_cannot_dump_the_autoloader_with_an_invalid_composer_json
         FS::dumpFile('composer.json');
 
         try {
-            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
             self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown.');
         } catch (RuntimeException $exception) {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_with_a_depe
     {
         FS::mirror(self::FIXTURES.'/dir000', $this->tmp);
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload(new SymbolsRegistry(), '', false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload(new SymbolsRegistry(), '', false, []);
 
         $expectedPaths = [
             'composer.json',
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public function test_it_cannot_dump_the_autoloader_if_the_composer_json_file_is_
         string $prefix,
     ): void {
         try {
-            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
             self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown.');
         } catch (RuntimeException $exception) {
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_lock_and_in
             new SymbolsRegistry(),
             '',
             true,
+            [],
         );
 
         // The fact that there is a dependency in the `composer.json` does not change anything to Composer
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_and_lock_wi
         $this->skipIfFixturesNotInstalled(self::FIXTURES.'/dir002/vendor');
         FS::mirror(self::FIXTURES.'/dir002', $this->tmp);
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
         // The fact that there is a dependency in the `composer.json` does not change anything to Composer
         $expectedPaths = [
@@ -497,37 +498,40 @@ public static function composerAutoloadProvider(): iterable
 
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                }
+                \$loader = (static function () {
+                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                    // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
-                    echo 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
-                    exit(1);
-                }
+                    // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                    if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                        echo 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                        exit(1);
+                    }
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                    require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                    \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                // Restore the backup
-                if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                } else {
-                    unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                }
+                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+
+                    // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                        \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                    );
+
+                    return \$loader;
+                })();
 
                 // Class aliases. For more information see:
                 // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#class-aliases
                 if (!function_exists('humbug_phpscoper_expose_class')) {
-                    function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): void {
+                    function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(\$exposed, \$prefixed) {
                         if (!class_exists(\$exposed, false) && !interface_exists(\$exposed, false) && !trait_exists(\$exposed, false)) {
                             spl_autoload_call(\$prefixed);
                         }
@@ -551,32 +555,35 @@ function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): voi
 
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                }
+                \$loader = (static function () {
+                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                    // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
-                    echo 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
-                    exit(1);
-                }
+                    // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                    if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                        echo 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                        exit(1);
+                    }
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                    require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                    \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                // Restore the backup
-                if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                } else {
-                    unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                }
+                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+
+                    // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                        \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                    );
+
+                    return \$loader;
+                })();
 
                 // Function aliases. For more information see:
                 // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#function-aliases
@@ -602,32 +609,35 @@ function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): voi
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
                 namespace {
-                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                    if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                    }
+                    \$loader = (static function () {
+                        // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                        // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
-                    echo 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
-                    exit(1);
-                }
+                        // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                            echo 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                            exit(1);
+                        }
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                        require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                        \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                    // Restore the backup
-                    if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                    } else {
-                        unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                    }
+                        // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                        \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                        if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+
+                        // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                            \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                            \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                        );
+
+                        return \$loader;
+                    })();
                 }
 
                 // Function aliases. For more information see:
@@ -665,39 +675,42 @@ function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): voi
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
                 namespace {
-                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                    if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                    }
+                    \$loader = (static function () {
+                        // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                        // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
-                    echo 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
-                    exit(1);
-                }
+                        // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                            echo 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                            exit(1);
+                        }
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                        require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                        \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                    // Restore the backup
-                    if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                    } else {
-                        unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                    }
+                        // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                        \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                        if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+
+                        // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                            \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                            \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                        );
+
+                        return \$loader;
+                    })();
                 }
 
                 // Class aliases. For more information see:
                 // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#class-aliases
                 namespace {
                     if (!function_exists('humbug_phpscoper_expose_class')) {
-                        function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): void {
+                        function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(\$exposed, \$prefixed) {
                             if (!class_exists(\$exposed, false) && !interface_exists(\$exposed, false) && !trait_exists(\$exposed, false)) {
                                 spl_autoload_call(\$prefixed);
                             }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer24TestCase.php b/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer24TestCase.php
index 2b5686662..06fbdc6e9 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer24TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/ComposerOrchestratorComposer24TestCase.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_an_empty_composer_json(
     ): void {
         FS::dumpFile('composer.json', '{}');
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
         $expectedPaths = [
             'composer.json',
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public function test_it_cannot_dump_the_autoloader_with_an_invalid_composer_json
         FS::dumpFile('composer.json');
 
         try {
-            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
             self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown.');
         } catch (RuntimeException $exception) {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_with_a_depe
     {
         FS::mirror(self::FIXTURES.'/dir000', $this->tmp);
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload(new SymbolsRegistry(), '', false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload(new SymbolsRegistry(), '', false, []);
 
         $expectedPaths = [
             'composer.json',
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public function test_it_cannot_dump_the_autoloader_if_the_composer_json_file_is_
         string $prefix,
     ): void {
         try {
-            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+            $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
             self::fail('Expected exception to be thrown.');
         } catch (RuntimeException $exception) {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_lock_and_in
         $this->skipIfFixturesNotInstalled(self::FIXTURES.'/dir001/vendor');
         FS::mirror(self::FIXTURES.'/dir001', $this->tmp);
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($SymbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($SymbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
         // The fact that there is a dependency in the `composer.json` does not change anything to Composer
         $expectedPaths = [
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_lock_and_in
             new SymbolsRegistry(),
             '',
             true,
+            [],
         );
 
         // The fact that there is a dependency in the `composer.json` does not change anything to Composer
@@ -422,7 +423,7 @@ public function test_it_can_dump_the_autoloader_with_a_composer_json_and_lock_wi
         $this->skipIfFixturesNotInstalled(self::FIXTURES.'/dir002/vendor');
         FS::mirror(self::FIXTURES.'/dir002', $this->tmp);
 
-        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false);
+        $this->composerOrchestrator->dumpAutoload($symbolsRegistry, $prefix, false, []);
 
         // The fact that there is a dependency in the `composer.json` does not change anything to Composer
         $expectedPaths = [
@@ -535,50 +536,51 @@ public static function composerAutoloadProvider(): iterable
 
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                }
+                \$loader = (static function () {
+                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                    // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
-                    if (!headers_sent()) {
-                        header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
-                    }
-                    \$err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
-                    if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
-                        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
-                            fwrite(STDERR, \$err);
-                        } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
-                            echo \$err;
+                    if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                        if (!headers_sent()) {
+                            header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                        }
+                        \$err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                        if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                            if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                                fwrite(STDERR, \$err);
+                            } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                                echo \$err;
+                            }
                         }
+                        trigger_error(
+                            \$err,
+                            E_USER_ERROR
+                        );
                     }
-                    trigger_error(
-                        \$err,
-                        E_USER_ERROR
-                    );
-                }
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                    require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                    \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
 
-                // Restore the backup
-                if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                } else {
-                    unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                }
+                    // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                        \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                    );
+
+                    return \$loader;
+                })();
 
                 // Class aliases. For more information see:
                 // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#class-aliases
                 if (!function_exists('humbug_phpscoper_expose_class')) {
-                    function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): void {
+                    function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(\$exposed, \$prefixed) {
                         if (!class_exists(\$exposed, false) && !interface_exists(\$exposed, false) && !trait_exists(\$exposed, false)) {
                             spl_autoload_call(\$prefixed);
                         }
@@ -602,45 +604,46 @@ function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): voi
 
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
-                // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                }
+                \$loader = (static function () {
+                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                    \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                    // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
-                    if (!headers_sent()) {
-                        header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
-                    }
-                    \$err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
-                    if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
-                        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
-                            fwrite(STDERR, \$err);
-                        } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
-                            echo \$err;
+                    if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                        if (!headers_sent()) {
+                            header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
                         }
+                        \$err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                        if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                            if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                                fwrite(STDERR, \$err);
+                            } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                                echo \$err;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        trigger_error(
+                            \$err,
+                            E_USER_ERROR
+                        );
                     }
-                    trigger_error(
-                        \$err,
-                        E_USER_ERROR
-                    );
-                }
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                    require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                    \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
 
-                // Restore the backup
-                if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                } else {
-                    unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                }
+                    // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                    \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                        \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                    );
+
+                    return \$loader;
+                })();
 
                 // Function aliases. For more information see:
                 // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#function-aliases
@@ -666,45 +669,46 @@ function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): voi
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
                 namespace {
-                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                    if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                    }
+                    \$loader = (static function () {
+                        // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                        // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
-                    if (!headers_sent()) {
-                        header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
-                    }
-                    \$err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
-                    if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
-                        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
-                            fwrite(STDERR, \$err);
-                        } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
-                            echo \$err;
+                        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                            if (!headers_sent()) {
+                                header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                            }
+                            \$err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                            if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                                if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                                    fwrite(STDERR, \$err);
+                                } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                                    echo \$err;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            trigger_error(
+                                \$err,
+                                E_USER_ERROR
+                            );
                         }
-                    }
-                    trigger_error(
-                        \$err,
-                        E_USER_ERROR
-                    );
-                }
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                        require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                        \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                        // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                        \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                        if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
 
-                    // Restore the backup
-                    if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                    } else {
-                        unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                    }
+                        // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                            \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                            \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                        );
+
+                        return \$loader;
+                    })();
                 }
 
                 // Function aliases. For more information see:
@@ -742,52 +746,53 @@ function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): voi
                 // @generated by Humbug Box
 
                 namespace {
-                    // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
-                    if (isset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'])) {
-                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'];
-                    }
+                    \$loader = (static function () {
+                        // Backup the autoloaded Composer files
+                        \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles = \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] ?? [];
 
-                // autoload.php @generated by Composer
+                        // autoload.php @generated by Composer
 
-                if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
-                    if (!headers_sent()) {
-                        header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
-                    }
-                    \$err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
-                    if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
-                        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
-                            fwrite(STDERR, \$err);
-                        } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
-                            echo \$err;
+                        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600) {
+                            if (!headers_sent()) {
+                                header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
+                            }
+                            \$err = 'Composer 2.3.0 dropped support for autoloading on PHP <5.6 and you are running '.PHP_VERSION.', please upgrade PHP or use Composer 2.2 LTS via "composer self-update --2.2". Aborting.'.PHP_EOL;
+                            if (!ini_get('display_errors')) {
+                                if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || PHP_SAPI === 'phpdbg') {
+                                    fwrite(STDERR, \$err);
+                                } elseif (!headers_sent()) {
+                                    echo \$err;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            trigger_error(
+                                \$err,
+                                E_USER_ERROR
+                            );
                         }
-                    }
-                    trigger_error(
-                        \$err,
-                        E_USER_ERROR
-                    );
-                }
 
-                require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
+                        require_once __DIR__ . '/composer/autoload_real.php';
 
-                \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
+                        \$loader = {$composerAutoloaderName}::getLoader();
 
-                    // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
-                    \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
-                    if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
+                        // Ensure InstalledVersions is available
+                        \$installedVersionsPath = __DIR__.'/composer/InstalledVersions.php';
+                        if (file_exists(\$installedVersionsPath)) require_once \$installedVersionsPath;
 
-                    // Restore the backup
-                    if (isset(\$existingComposerAutoloadFiles)) {
-                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles;
-                    } else {
-                        unset(\$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files']);
-                    }
+                        // Restore the backup and ensure the excluded files are properly marked as loaded
+                        \$GLOBALS['__composer_autoload_files'] = \\array_merge(
+                            \$existingComposerAutoloadFiles,
+                            \\array_fill_keys([], true)
+                        );
+
+                        return \$loader;
+                    })();
                 }
 
                 // Class aliases. For more information see:
                 // https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper/blob/master/docs/further-reading.md#class-aliases
                 namespace {
                     if (!function_exists('humbug_phpscoper_expose_class')) {
-                        function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(string \$exposed, string \$prefixed): void {
+                        function humbug_phpscoper_expose_class(\$exposed, \$prefixed) {
                             if (!class_exists(\$exposed, false) && !interface_exists(\$exposed, false) && !trait_exists(\$exposed, false)) {
                                 spl_autoload_call(\$prefixed);
                             }
diff --git a/tests/Console/Command/DiffTest.php b/tests/Console/Command/DiffTest.php
index 10f79d74f..4b0ae5c3d 100644
--- a/tests/Console/Command/DiffTest.php
+++ b/tests/Console/Command/DiffTest.php
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ public static function GNUDiffPharsProvider(): iterable
                      // Comparing the two archives contents (gnu diff)...
 
                     Common subdirectories: simple-phar-bar.phar/.phar and simple-phar-baz.phar/.phar
-                    diff --exclude=.phar/meta.json simple-phar-bar.phar/bar.php simple-phar-baz.phar/bar.php
+                    diff '--exclude=.phar/meta.json' simple-phar-bar.phar/bar.php simple-phar-baz.phar/bar.php
                     3c3
                     < echo "Hello world!";
                     ---