diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs b/src/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs
index da91d09..4fdf078 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs
@@ -134,13 +134,9 @@ isUnquotedFlag token = fromMaybe False $ do
     str <- getLeadingUnquotedString token
     return $ "-" `isPrefixOf` str
 
--- Given a T_DollarBraced, return a simplified version of the string contents.
-bracedString (T_DollarBraced _ _ l) = concat $ oversimplify l
-bracedString _ = error "Internal shellcheck error, please report! (bracedString on non-variable)"
-
 -- Is this an expansion of multiple items of an array?
-isArrayExpansion t@(T_DollarBraced _ _ _) =
-    let string = bracedString t in
+isArrayExpansion (T_DollarBraced _ _ l) =
+    let string = concat $ oversimplify l in
         "@" `isPrefixOf` string ||
             not ("#" `isPrefixOf` string) && "[@]" `isInfixOf` string
 isArrayExpansion _ = False
@@ -148,8 +144,8 @@ isArrayExpansion _ = False
 -- Is it possible that this arg becomes multiple args?
 mayBecomeMultipleArgs t = willBecomeMultipleArgs t || f t
   where
-    f t@(T_DollarBraced _ _ _) =
-        let string = bracedString t in
+    f (T_DollarBraced _ _ l) =
+        let string = concat $ oversimplify l in
             "!" `isPrefixOf` string
     f (T_DoubleQuoted _ parts) = any f parts
     f (T_NormalWord _ parts) = any f parts
diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
index 599e257..125835a 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
@@ -781,8 +781,8 @@ checkShorthandIf _ _ = return ()
 prop_checkDollarStar = verify checkDollarStar "for f in $*; do ..; done"
 prop_checkDollarStar2 = verifyNot checkDollarStar "a=$*"
 prop_checkDollarStar3 = verifyNot checkDollarStar "[[ $* = 'a b' ]]"
-checkDollarStar p t@(T_NormalWord _ [b@(T_DollarBraced id _ _)])
-      | bracedString b == "*" &&
+checkDollarStar p t@(T_NormalWord _ [T_DollarBraced id _ l])
+      | concat (oversimplify l) == "*" &&
         not (isStrictlyQuoteFree (parentMap p) t) =
             warn id 2048 "Use \"$@\" (with quotes) to prevent whitespace problems."
 checkDollarStar _ _ = return ()
@@ -1309,8 +1309,8 @@ prop_checkArithmeticDeref13= verifyNot checkArithmeticDeref "(( $$ ))"
 prop_checkArithmeticDeref14= verifyNot checkArithmeticDeref "(( $! ))"
 prop_checkArithmeticDeref15= verifyNot checkArithmeticDeref "(( ${!var} ))"
 prop_checkArithmeticDeref16= verifyNot checkArithmeticDeref "(( ${x+1} + ${x=42} ))"
-checkArithmeticDeref params t@(TA_Expansion _ [b@(T_DollarBraced id _ _)]) =
-    unless (isException $ bracedString b) getWarning
+checkArithmeticDeref params t@(TA_Expansion _ [T_DollarBraced id _ l]) =
+    unless (isException $ concat $ oversimplify l) getWarning
   where
     isException [] = True
     isException s@(h:_) = any (`elem` "/.:#%?*@$-!+=^,") s || isDigit h
@@ -1869,6 +1869,10 @@ checkSpacefulness params = checkSpacefulness' onFind params
             any (`isPrefixOf` modifier) ["=", ":="]
             && isParamTo parents ":" token
 
+    -- Given a T_DollarBraced, return a simplified version of the string contents.
+    bracedString (T_DollarBraced _ _ l) = concat $ oversimplify l
+    bracedString _ = error "Internal shellcheck error, please report! (bracedString on non-variable)"
+
 prop_checkSpacefulness4v= verifyTree checkVerboseSpacefulness "foo=3; foo=$(echo $foo)"
 prop_checkSpacefulness8v= verifyTree checkVerboseSpacefulness "a=foo\\ bar; a=foo; rm $a"
 prop_checkSpacefulness28v = verifyTree checkVerboseSpacefulness "exec {n}>&1; echo $n"
@@ -1940,7 +1944,7 @@ checkSpacefulness' onFind params t =
           T_DollarArithmetic _ _ -> SpaceNone
           T_Literal _ s      -> fromLiteral s
           T_SingleQuoted _ s -> fromLiteral s
-          T_DollarBraced _ _ _ -> spacefulF $ getBracedReference $ bracedString x
+          T_DollarBraced _ _ l -> spacefulF $ getBracedReference $ concat $ oversimplify l
           T_NormalWord _ w   -> isSpacefulWord spacefulF w
           T_DoubleQuoted _ w -> isSpacefulWord spacefulF w
           _ -> SpaceEmpty
@@ -1955,19 +1959,16 @@ prop_CheckVariableBraces1 = verify checkVariableBraces "a='123'; echo $a"
 prop_CheckVariableBraces2 = verifyNot checkVariableBraces "a='123'; echo ${a}"
 prop_CheckVariableBraces3 = verifyNot checkVariableBraces "#shellcheck disable=SC2016\necho '$a'"
 prop_CheckVariableBraces4 = verifyNot checkVariableBraces "echo $* $1"
-checkVariableBraces params t =
-    case t of
-        T_DollarBraced id False _
-            | name `notElem` unbracedVariables ->
-                styleWithFix id 2250
-                    "Prefer putting braces around variable references even when not strictly required."
-                    (fixFor t)
-
-        _ -> return ()
+checkVariableBraces params t@(T_DollarBraced id False l)
+    | name `notElem` unbracedVariables =
+        styleWithFix id 2250
+            "Prefer putting braces around variable references even when not strictly required."
+            (fixFor t)
   where
-    name = getBracedReference $ bracedString t
+    name = getBracedReference $ concat $ oversimplify l
     fixFor token = fixWith [replaceStart (getId token) params 1 "${"
                            ,replaceEnd (getId token) params 0 "}"]
+checkVariableBraces _ _ = return ()
 
 prop_checkQuotesInLiterals1 = verifyTree checkQuotesInLiterals "param='--foo=\"bar\"'; app $param"
 prop_checkQuotesInLiterals1a= verifyTree checkQuotesInLiterals "param=\"--foo='lolbar'\"; app $param"
@@ -2013,7 +2014,7 @@ checkQuotesInLiterals params t =
 
     squashesQuotes t =
         case t of
-            T_DollarBraced id _ _ -> "#" `isPrefixOf` bracedString t
+            T_DollarBraced id _ l -> "#" `isPrefixOf` concat (oversimplify l)
             _ -> False
 
     readF _ expr name = do
@@ -2274,7 +2275,7 @@ checkUnassignedReferences' includeGlobals params t = warnings
     isInArray var t = any isArray $ getPath (parentMap params) t
       where
         isArray T_Array {} = True
-        isArray b@(T_DollarBraced _ _ _) | var /= getBracedReference (bracedString b) = True
+        isArray (T_DollarBraced _ _ l) | var /= getBracedReference (concat $ oversimplify l) = True
         isArray _ = False
 
     isGuarded (T_DollarBraced _ _ v) =
@@ -2402,7 +2403,7 @@ prop_checkPrefixAssign2 = verifyNot checkPrefixAssignmentReference "var=$(echo $
 checkPrefixAssignmentReference params t@(T_DollarBraced id _ value) =
     check path
   where
-    name = getBracedReference $ bracedString t
+    name = getBracedReference $ concat $ oversimplify value
     path = getPath (parentMap params) t
     idPath = map getId path
 
@@ -3035,7 +3036,7 @@ checkReturnAgainstZero _ token =
     isZero t = getLiteralString t == Just "0"
     isExitCode t =
         case getWordParts t of
-            [exp@T_DollarBraced {}] -> bracedString exp == "?"
+            [T_DollarBraced _ _ l] -> concat (oversimplify l) == "?"
             _ -> False
     message id = style id 2181 "Check exit code directly with e.g. 'if mycmd;', not indirectly with $?."
 
@@ -3220,7 +3221,7 @@ checkSplittingInArrays params t =
         T_DollarBraced id _ str |
             not (isCountingReference part)
             && not (isQuotedAlternativeReference part)
-            && getBracedReference (bracedString part) `notElem` variablesWithoutSpaces
+            && getBracedReference (concat $ oversimplify str) `notElem` variablesWithoutSpaces
             -> warn id 2206 $
                 if shellType params == Ksh
                 then "Quote to prevent word splitting/globbing, or split robustly with read -A or while read."
diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs b/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs
index 3a7f7da..69ebfe6 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ getModifiedVariables t =
             return (t, token, str, DataString SourceChecked)
 
         T_DollarBraced _ _ l -> do
-            let string = bracedString t
+            let string = concat $ oversimplify l
             let modifier = getBracedModifier string
             guard $ any (`isPrefixOf` modifier) ["=", ":="]
             return (t, t, getBracedReference string, DataString $ SourceFrom [l])
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ getOffsetReferences mods = fromMaybe [] $ do
 
 getReferencedVariables parents t =
     case t of
-        T_DollarBraced id _ l -> let str = bracedString t in
+        T_DollarBraced id _ l -> let str = concat $ oversimplify l in
             (t, t, getBracedReference str) :
                 map (\x -> (l, l, x)) (
                     getIndexReferences str
@@ -895,8 +895,8 @@ isCountingReference _ = False
 -- FIXME: doesn't handle ${a:+$var} vs ${a:+"$var"}
 isQuotedAlternativeReference t =
     case t of
-        T_DollarBraced _ _ _ ->
-            getBracedModifier (bracedString t) `matches` re
+        T_DollarBraced _ _ l ->
+            getBracedModifier (concat $ oversimplify l) `matches` re
         _ -> False
   where
     re = mkRegex "(^|\\]):?\\+"
diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/Checks/Commands.hs b/src/ShellCheck/Checks/Commands.hs
index c68bdd1..99acd5f 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/Checks/Commands.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/Checks/Commands.hs
@@ -680,8 +680,7 @@ prop_checkExportedExpansions4 = verifyNot checkExportedExpansions "export ${foo?
 checkExportedExpansions = CommandCheck (Exactly "export") (mapM_ check . arguments)
   where
     check t = sequence_ $ do
-        var <- getSingleUnmodifiedVariable t
-        let name = bracedString var
+        name <- getSingleUnmodifiedBracedString t
         return . warn (getId t) 2163 $
             "This does not export '" ++ name ++ "'. Remove $/${} for that, or use ${var?} to quiet."
 
@@ -702,21 +701,20 @@ checkReadExpansions = CommandCheck (Exactly "read") check
 
     check cmd = mapM_ warning $ getVars cmd
     warning t = sequence_ $ do
-        var <- getSingleUnmodifiedVariable t
-        let name = bracedString var
+        name <- getSingleUnmodifiedBracedString t
         guard $ isVariableName name   -- e.g. not $1
         return . warn (getId t) 2229 $
             "This does not read '" ++ name ++ "'. Remove $/${} for that, or use ${var?} to quiet."
 
 -- Return the single variable expansion that makes up this word, if any.
 -- e.g. $foo -> $foo, "$foo"'' -> $foo , "hello $name" -> Nothing
-getSingleUnmodifiedVariable :: Token -> Maybe Token
-getSingleUnmodifiedVariable word =
+getSingleUnmodifiedBracedString :: Token -> Maybe String
+getSingleUnmodifiedBracedString word =
     case getWordParts word of
-        [t@(T_DollarBraced {})] ->
-            let contents = bracedString t
+        [T_DollarBraced _ _ l] ->
+            let contents = concat $ oversimplify l
                 name = getBracedReference contents
-            in guard (contents == name) >> return t
+            in guard (contents == name) >> return contents
         _ -> Nothing
 
 prop_checkAliasesUsesArgs1 = verify checkAliasesUsesArgs "alias a='cp $1 /a'"
diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/Checks/ShellSupport.hs b/src/ShellCheck/Checks/ShellSupport.hs
index 49d3212..d9deff6 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/Checks/ShellSupport.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/Checks/ShellSupport.hs
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ checkBashisms = ForShell [Sh, Dash] $ \t -> do
         when (isBashVariable var) $
                     warnMsg id $ var ++ " is"
       where
-        str = bracedString t
+        str = concat $ oversimplify token
         var = getBracedReference str
         check (regex, feature) =
             when (isJust $ matchRegex regex str) $ warnMsg id feature
@@ -506,13 +506,13 @@ checkMultiDimensionalArrays = ForShell [Bash] f
         case token of
             T_Assignment _ _ name (first:second:_) _ -> about second
             T_IndexedElement _ (first:second:_) _ -> about second
-            T_DollarBraced {} ->
-                when (isMultiDim token) $ about token
+            T_DollarBraced _ _ l ->
+                when (isMultiDim l) $ about token
             _ -> return ()
     about t = warn (getId t) 2180 "Bash does not support multidimensional arrays. Use 1D or associative arrays."
 
     re = mkRegex "^\\[.*\\]\\[.*\\]"  -- Fixme, this matches ${foo:- [][]} and such as well
-    isMultiDim t = getBracedModifier (bracedString t) `matches` re
+    isMultiDim l = getBracedModifier (concat $ oversimplify l) `matches` re
 
 prop_checkPS11 = verify checkPS1Assignments "PS1='\\033[1;35m\\$ '"
 prop_checkPS11a= verify checkPS1Assignments "export PS1='\\033[1;35m\\$ '"