diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/utils/types.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/utils/types.ts
index fd72f5ebd52..0c759a1e037 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/utils/types.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/utils/types.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 export type AnyFn = (...args: any[]) => any;
 
-export type MethodNamesOf<T> = {
-  [K in keyof T]: T[K] extends AnyFn ? K : never;
-}[keyof T];
+// The formatting here is designed to help make this type actually be
+// comprehensible to mortals, including the mortals who came up with it.
+// prettier-ignore
+export type MethodsOf<T> = {
+  // This `keyof` check is the thing which gives us *only* these keys, and no
+  // `foo: never` appears in the final type.
+  [K in keyof T as T[K] extends AnyFn ? K : never]:
+    // While this makes sure the resolved type only has `AnyFn` in it, so that
+    // the resulting type is known to be only function types.
+    T[K] extends AnyFn ? T[K] : never;
+};
 
-export type MethodsOf<O> = Pick<O, MethodNamesOf<O>>;
+export type MethodNamesOf<T> = keyof MethodsOf<T>;
 
 export type MethodParams<T, M extends MethodNamesOf<T>> = Parameters<MethodsOf<T>[M]>;
 
diff --git a/types/preview/ember/-private/type-utils.d.ts b/types/preview/ember/-private/type-utils.d.ts
index 08d63c48450..f47c00631f4 100644
--- a/types/preview/ember/-private/type-utils.d.ts
+++ b/types/preview/ember/-private/type-utils.d.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,19 @@ declare module 'ember/-private/type-utils' {
 
   export type AnyMethod<Target> = (this: Target, ...args: any[]) => unknown;
 
-  export type MethodNamesOf<O> = {
-    [K in keyof O]: O[K] extends AnyFn ? K : never;
-  }[keyof O];
+  // The formatting here is designed to help make this type actually be
+  // comprehensible to mortals, including the mortals who came up with it.
+  // prettier-ignore
+  export type MethodsOf<T> = {
+    // This `keyof` check is the thing which gives us *only* these keys, and no
+    // `foo: never` appears in the final type.
+    [K in keyof T as T[K] extends AnyFn ? K : never]:
+      // While this makes sure the resolved type only has `AnyFn` in it, so that
+      // the resulting type is known to be only function types.
+      T[K] extends AnyFn ? T[K] : never;
+  };
 
-  export type MethodsOf<O> = Pick<O, MethodNamesOf<O>>;
+  export type MethodNamesOf<T> = keyof MethodsOf<T>;
 
   export type MethodParams<T, M extends MethodNamesOf<T>> = Parameters<MethodsOf<T>[M]>;
 
@@ -20,16 +28,15 @@ declare module 'ember/-private/type-utils' {
   // prettier-ignore
   /** Get the return value of a method string name or a function. */
   export type EmberMethodParams<T, M extends EmberMethod<T>> =
-  M extends AnyMethod<T> ? Parameters<M> :
-  M extends keyof T ? T[M] extends AnyMethod<T> ? Parameters<MethodsOf<T>[M]> : never :
-  never;
+    // For a basic method, we can just use the direct accessor.
+    M extends AnyMethod<T> ? Parameters<M> :
+    M extends MethodNamesOf<T> ? Parameters<MethodsOf<T>[M]> : never;
 
   // prettier-ignore
   /** Get the return value of a method string name or a function. */
   export type EmberMethodReturn<T, M extends EmberMethod<T>> =
-  M extends AnyMethod<T> ? ReturnType<M> :
-  M extends keyof T ? T[M] extends AnyMethod<T> ? ReturnType<MethodsOf<T>[M]> : never :
-  never;
+    M extends AnyMethod<T> ? ReturnType<M> :
+    M extends MethodNamesOf<T> ? ReturnType<MethodsOf<T>[M]> : never;
 
   /**
    * A type utility for Ember's common name-of-object-on-target-or-function