diff --git a/changelog.d/8648-derived-ctor-super-scope.md b/changelog.d/8648-derived-ctor-super-scope.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28a389893c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8648-derived-ctor-super-scope.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Stopped emitting the runtime derived-`super` scope for constructors that cannot
+use it. `js_derived_super_scope_push`/`pop` maintain a thread-local stack whose
+only consumers are `js_derived_super_bind_current` and
+`js_derived_this_check_current` — the lookups an arrow uses when it compiles as
+its own LLVM function and therefore cannot name the constructor's `i1` alloca.
+A derived constructor containing no closure paid that thread-local round trip
+per construction for a cell nothing could look up.
+
+The gate is deliberately conservative: any closure in the body keeps the shared
+form, without asking whether that closure mentions `this` or `super`.
+
+Partial fix for #8648: 27% of the regression on a two-class `new B(x, y)` loop
+(1.89x -> 1.67x). The remaining cost is the constructor field store moving from
+`js_put_value_set` to `js_typed_feedback_class_field_set_guard` +
+`js_class_field_set_fallback`, which is not addressed here.
diff --git a/crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/method.rs b/crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/method.rs
index ed218fe3ee..70435b62e5 100644
--- a/crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/method.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/method.rs
@@ -737,8 +737,22 @@ pub(super) fn compile_method(
             || class.native_extends.is_some()
             || class.extends_expr.is_some()
         {
-            crate::expr::this_super_call::push_shared_super_called_slot(&mut ctx);
-            ctx.shared_super_scope_active = true;
+            // #8648: only a closure in this body can need the RUNTIME cell.
+            // An arrow compiles as its own LLVM function and reaches the
+            // binding through `js_derived_super_bind_current` /
+            // `js_derived_this_check_current`, which read the thread-local
+            // stack this push maintains. With no closure here, nothing can
+            // perform that lookup, and `bind_derived_this_after_super` uses
+            // the local alloca directly -- so the push/pop pair is a
+            // thread-local round trip per construction for a cell no one
+            // reads. Measured: 1.89x on a two-class `new B(x, y)` loop,
+            // 3.14x on `shapes.ts`.
+            if crate::collectors::body_contains_closure(&method.body) {
+                crate::expr::this_super_call::push_shared_super_called_slot(&mut ctx);
+                ctx.shared_super_scope_active = true;
+            } else {
+                crate::expr::this_super_call::push_super_called_slot(&mut ctx);
+            }
         }
         // Stage field initializers around the parent body chain so leaf
         // fields can read state set by parent body (Refs #420):
diff --git a/crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/mod.rs b/crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/mod.rs
index 9be7896227..0ae01715ea 100644
--- a/crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/mod.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pub(crate) use integer_locals::{
     collect_flat_row_aliases, is_int32_producing_expr, static_index_window,
 };
 pub(crate) use local_refs::{expr_contains_local_get, mark_all_candidate_refs_in_expr};
-pub(crate) use mutation::{body_contains_call, has_any_mutation};
+pub(crate) use mutation::{body_contains_call, body_contains_closure, has_any_mutation};
 pub(crate) use number_by_construction::collect_number_by_construction_locals;
 pub(crate) use param_ranges::{collect_param_int_ranges, ParamIntRanges};
 pub(crate) use pointer_locals::collect_pointer_typed_locals;
diff --git a/crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/mutation.rs b/crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/mutation.rs
index 11ba96c5b8..18bfdd1f4e 100644
--- a/crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/mutation.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/mutation.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,43 @@ pub fn body_contains_call(stmts: &[perry_hir::Stmt]) -> bool {
     any_top_level_expr(stmts, &mut expr_contains_call)
 }
 
+/// #8648: does this body create a closure anywhere?
+///
+/// A derived constructor's `super()` binding normally lives in a plain `i1`
+/// alloca that `bind_derived_this_after_super` reads directly. The RUNTIME
+/// form (`js_derived_super_scope_push`/`pop`, a thread-local stack) exists for
+/// exactly one reason, stated on `push_shared_super_called_slot`: an arrow
+/// inside the constructor compiles as its OWN LLVM function, so it cannot name
+/// the outer alloca and has to find the cell through
+/// `js_derived_super_bind_current` / `js_derived_this_check_current`.
+///
+/// A derived constructor with no closure in it therefore pays a thread-local
+/// push and pop per construction for a cell nothing else can look up. #8630
+/// emitted the shared form for every derived constructor, which cost 1.89x on
+/// a two-class `new B(x, y)` loop and 3.14x on `shapes.ts` (six `extends`,
+/// 120k constructions).
+///
+/// Deliberately conservative: ANY closure in the body selects the shared form,
+/// without asking whether that closure actually mentions `this` or `super`.
+/// The cheap answer is only taken when there is provably no separate LLVM
+/// function to serve.
+pub fn body_contains_closure(stmts: &[perry_hir::Stmt]) -> bool {
+    any_top_level_expr(stmts, &mut expr_contains_closure)
+}
+
+fn expr_contains_closure(expr: &perry_hir::Expr) -> bool {
+    if matches!(expr, perry_hir::Expr::Closure { .. }) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    let mut found = false;
+    perry_hir::walker::walk_expr_children(expr, &mut |child: &perry_hir::Expr| {
+        if !found && expr_contains_closure(child) {
+            found = true;
+        }
+    });
+    found
+}
+
 /// The statement skeleton both predicates walk. `pred` is applied to each
 /// top-level expression; it is responsible for its own subexpression
 /// recursion.