diff --git a/EvalTools/Generate.lean b/EvalTools/Generate.lean
index 15b187f3b..3d9e9d7d7 100644
--- a/EvalTools/Generate.lean
+++ b/EvalTools/Generate.lean
@@ -428,32 +428,44 @@ private def isLocalImport (stripped : String) (locals : Array String) : Bool :=
   let modName := ((after.trimAscii.toString.splitOn " ").head!).trimAscii.toString
   return locals.contains modName
 
-/-- Strip `@[eval_problem]` attribute lines, `import EvalTools.Markers` lines,
+/-- Strip `@[eval_problem]` attributes, `import EvalTools.Markers` lines,
 and `import <m>` lines for each repo-local module `m` in `localImports` from
 `source`. Blank lines immediately before and after a stripped line are also
 dropped — mirroring the greedy `\s*` runs that bracket the attribute in
-Python's `_strip_problem_markers` regex. -/
+Python's `_strip_problem_markers` regex.
+
+The attribute need not occupy the whole line: `@[eval_problem] theorem foo ...`
+is stripped down to `theorem foo ...`, keeping the declaration on its line. -/
 def stripProblemMarkers (source : String) (localImports : Array String := #[]) : String := Id.run do
   let lines := source.splitOn "\n"
   let mut out : Array String := #[]
   let mut eatBlanks := false
   for line in lines do
     let stripped := line.trimAscii.toString
-    if stripped.startsWith "@[" && stripped.endsWith "]" then
-      let attrs := (stripped.drop 2).toString.dropEnd 1 |>.toString |>.splitOn ","
-      let keptAttrs := attrs.map (fun a => a.trimAscii.toString) |>.filter (fun a => a != "eval_problem")
-      if keptAttrs.length != attrs.length then
-        if !keptAttrs.isEmpty then
+    if stripped.startsWith "@[" then
+      -- Split at the first `]`. Anything after it is a declaration sharing the
+      -- line with the attribute; rejoining with `]` restores later brackets.
+      match (stripped.drop 2).toString.splitOn "]" with
+      | attrText :: tail@(_ :: _) =>
+        let trailing := ("]".intercalate tail).trimAscii.toString
+        let attrs := attrText.splitOn ","
+        let keptAttrs := attrs.map (fun a => a.trimAscii.toString) |>.filter (fun a => a != "eval_problem")
+        if keptAttrs.length != attrs.length then
           let indent := String.mk (line.toList.take (line.length - line.trimAsciiStart.toString.length))
-          out := out.push (indent ++ "@[" ++ ", ".intercalate keptAttrs ++ "]")
-          eatBlanks := false
-        else
-          while out.size > 0 && out[out.size - 1]!.trimAscii.toString.isEmpty do
-            out := out.pop
-          eatBlanks := true
-        continue
-    if stripped == "@[eval_problem]" || isEvalToolsMarkersImport stripped
-        || isLocalImport stripped localImports then
+          if !keptAttrs.isEmpty then
+            let kept := indent ++ "@[" ++ ", ".intercalate keptAttrs ++ "]"
+            out := out.push (if trailing.isEmpty then kept else kept ++ " " ++ trailing)
+            eatBlanks := false
+          else if !trailing.isEmpty then
+            out := out.push (indent ++ trailing)
+            eatBlanks := false
+          else
+            while out.size > 0 && out[out.size - 1]!.trimAscii.toString.isEmpty do
+              out := out.pop
+            eatBlanks := true
+          continue
+      | _ => pure ()
+    if isEvalToolsMarkersImport stripped || isLocalImport stripped localImports then
       -- Drop blank lines we already pushed that immediately precede this
       -- marker line; the Python regex's leading `^\s*` consumes them too.
       while out.size > 0 && out[out.size - 1]!.trimAscii.toString.isEmpty do
diff --git a/tests/lean/EvalToolsTests/GenerateTest.lean b/tests/lean/EvalToolsTests/GenerateTest.lean
index 79e44c37b..0b9778fb3 100644
--- a/tests/lean/EvalToolsTests/GenerateTest.lean
+++ b/tests/lean/EvalToolsTests/GenerateTest.lean
@@ -382,6 +382,22 @@ def main : IO UInt32 := do
     pure <| assertEq "non-marker attribute kept"
       ((stripped.find? "@[instance_reducible, instance]\nnoncomputable def target").isSome) true
 
+  check "stripProblemMarkers handles an inline attribute" passes fails do
+    let source :=
+      "import EvalTools.Markers\n\n" ++
+      "@[eval_problem] theorem target (x : Nat) :\n" ++
+      "    x = x := rfl\n"
+    let stripped := stripProblemMarkers source
+    pure <| assertEq "declaration kept on its line"
+      ((stripped.find? "theorem target (x : Nat) :").isSome) true |>.or
+      (assertEq "attribute gone" (stripped.find? "eval_problem").isSome false)
+
+  check "stripProblemMarkers keeps siblings of an inline attribute" passes fails do
+    let source := "@[eval_problem, simp] theorem target : True := trivial\n"
+    let stripped := stripProblemMarkers source
+    pure <| assertEq "sibling attribute kept inline"
+      ((stripped.find? "@[simp] theorem target").isSome) true
+
   check "injectAfterImports honors a narrow fallback header" passes fails do
     let source := "namespace Demo\n\ndef target : Nat := 1\n\nend Demo\n"
     let injected := injectAfterImports source "import Submission\n"