diff --git a/packages/purgecss/__tests__/rejectedCss.test.ts b/packages/purgecss/__tests__/rejectedCss.test.ts
index 8ab5bcad..b5a5cfdb 100644
--- a/packages/purgecss/__tests__/rejectedCss.test.ts
+++ b/packages/purgecss/__tests__/rejectedCss.test.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ describe("rejectedCss", () => {
       css: [`${ROOT_TEST_EXAMPLES}rejectedCss/simple.css`],
       rejectedCss: true,
     });
-    const expected = `
-.rejected {
-    color: blue;
-}`;
+    const expected = `.rejected {\n  color: blue;\n}`;
     expect(resultsPurge[0].rejectedCss?.trim()).toBe(expected.trim());
   });
   it("contains the rejected selectors as part of the rejected css", async () => {
@@ -28,14 +25,16 @@ describe("rejectedCss", () => {
   /**
    * https://github.com/FullHuman/purgecss/pull/763#discussion_r754618902
    */
-  it("preserves the node correctly when having an empty parent node", async () => {
-    expect.assertions(1);
+  it("preserves the node correctly", async () => {
+    expect.assertions(2);
     const resultsPurge = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
       content: [`${ROOT_TEST_EXAMPLES}rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.js`],
       css: [`${ROOT_TEST_EXAMPLES}rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.css`],
       rejectedCss: true,
     });
-    const expected = `@media (max-width: 66666px) {\n  .unused-class, .unused-class2 {\n    color: black;\n  }\n}`;
-    expect(resultsPurge[0].rejectedCss?.trim()).toEqual(expected);
+    const expectedRejectedCss = `@media (max-width: 66666px) {\n   .unused-class {\n    color: black;\n  }\n}`;
+    const expectedPurgedCss = `@media (max-width: 66666px) {\n  .used-class {\n    color: black;\n  }\n}`;
+    expect(resultsPurge[0].rejectedCss?.trim()).toEqual(expectedRejectedCss);
+    expect(resultsPurge[0].css.trim()).toEqual(expectedPurgedCss);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.css b/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.css
index ff2ae0ed..c3f16f70 100644
--- a/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.css
+++ b/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @media (max-width: 66666px) {
-  .unused-class, .unused-class2 {
+  .used-class, .unused-class {
     color: black;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.js b/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.js
index e69de29b..1e7cd0c2 100644
--- a/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.js
+++ b/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/empty-parent-node.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"used-class"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/simple.css b/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/simple.css
index f3ab29dd..d8d68cfc 100644
--- a/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/simple.css
+++ b/packages/purgecss/__tests__/test_examples/rejectedCss/simple.css
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .critical {
-    color: red;
+  color: red;
 }
 
 .rejected {
-    color: blue;
+  color: blue;
 }
diff --git a/packages/purgecss/src/index.ts b/packages/purgecss/src/index.ts
index e28b2755..a70061c7 100644
--- a/packages/purgecss/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/purgecss/src/index.ts
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class PurgeCSS {
     }
 
     let keepSelector = true;
-    const originalSelector = node.selector;
+    const selectorsRemovedFromRule: string[] = [];
     node.selector = selectorParser((selectorsParsed) => {
       selectorsParsed.walk((selector) => {
         if (selector.type !== "selector") {
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ class PurgeCSS {
           if (this.options.rejected) {
             this.selectorsRemoved.add(selector.toString());
           }
+          if (this.options.rejectedCss) {
+            selectorsRemovedFromRule.push(selector.toString());
+          }
           selector.remove();
         }
       });
@@ -487,18 +490,19 @@ class PurgeCSS {
     const parent = node.parent;
     if (!node.selector) {
       node.remove();
-      if (this.options.rejectedCss) {
-        node.selector = originalSelector;
-        if (parent && isRuleEmpty(parent)) {
-          const clone = parent.clone();
-          clone.append(node);
-          this.removedNodes.push(clone);
-        } else {
-          this.removedNodes.push(node);
-        }
-      }
     }
     if (isRuleEmpty(parent)) parent?.remove();
+
+    // rebuild the rule with the removed selectors and optionally its parent 
+    if (this.options.rejectedCss) {
+      if (selectorsRemovedFromRule.length > 0) {
+        const clone = node.clone();
+        const parentClone = parent?.clone().removeAll().append(clone);
+        clone.selectors = selectorsRemovedFromRule;
+        const nodeToPreserve = parentClone ? parentClone : clone;
+        this.removedNodes.push(nodeToPreserve);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**