diff --git a/docs/cli.md b/docs/cli.md
index 988a1d5586..9728ce8682 100644
--- a/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/cli.md
@@ -1502,7 +1502,8 @@ nextflow run <my script> --foo Hello
 Then, the parameter can be accessed in the pipeline script using the `params.foo` identifier.
 
 :::{note}
-When the parameter name is formatted using `camelCase`, a second parameter is created with the same value using `kebab-case`, and vice versa.
+Parameter names formatted using `camelCase`, `snake_case`, or `kebab-case` are treated as the same. For example
+`--paramName`, `--param_name`, and `--param-name` can be used interchangeably.
 :::
 
 :::{warning}
diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/script/ScriptBinding.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/script/ScriptBinding.groovy
index a95bbd5328..00e7c7b38b 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/script/ScriptBinding.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/script/ScriptBinding.groovy
@@ -240,23 +240,23 @@ class ScriptBinding extends WorkflowBinding {
 
         private ParamsMap allowNames(Set names) {
             for( String name : names ) {
-                final name2 = name.contains('-') ? hyphenToCamelCase(name) : camelCaseToHyphen(name)
-                readOnlyNames.remove(name)
-                readOnlyNames.remove(name2)
+                final normalizedName = normalizeToCamelCase(name)
+                readOnlyNames.remove(normalizedName)
             }
             return this
         }
 
         @Override
         Object get(Object key) {
-            if( !target.containsKey(key) ) {
+            String normalizedKey = normalizeToCamelCase((String) key)
+            if( !target.containsKey(normalizedKey) ) {
                 final msg = "Access to undefined parameter `$key` -- Initialise it to a default value eg. `params.$key = some_value`"
                 if( NF.isStrictMode() )
                     throw new AbortOperationException(msg)
                 log.warn1(msg, firstOnly: true)
                 return null
             }
-            return target.get(key)
+            return target.get(normalizedKey)
         }
 
         /**
@@ -285,17 +285,15 @@ class ScriptBinding extends WorkflowBinding {
             // keep track of the real name
             realNames << name
 
-            // normalize the name
-            def name2 = name.contains('-') ? hyphenToCamelCase(name) : camelCaseToHyphen(name)
+            // internally normalize the name to camelCase
+            name = normalizeToCamelCase(name)
 
-            final readOnly = name in readOnlyNames || name2 in readOnlyNames
+            final readOnly = name in readOnlyNames
 
             def result = null
             if( !readOnly ) {
                 readOnlyNames << name
-                readOnlyNames << name2
                 result = target.put(name, value)
-                target.put(name2, value)
             }
 
             return result
@@ -362,54 +360,18 @@ class ScriptBinding extends WorkflowBinding {
          * @return
          */
         @PackageScope
-        static String hyphenToCamelCase( String str ) {
+        static String normalizeToCamelCase( String str ) {
 
             if( !str ) { return str }
 
             def result = new StringBuilder()
-            str.split('-').eachWithIndex{ String entry, int i ->
+            str.split('[-_]').eachWithIndex{ String entry, int i ->
                 result << (i>0 ? StringUtils.capitalize(entry) : entry )
             }
 
             return result.toString()
         }
 
-        /**
-         * Converts a camel-case string to a string where words are separated by hyphen character
-         *
-         * @param str The string to be converted
-         * @return A string where camel-case words are converted to words separated by hyphen character
-         */
-        @PackageScope
-        static String camelCaseToHyphen( String str ) {
-
-            def lower = 'a'..'z'
-            def upper = 'A'..'Z'
-
-            def result = new StringBuilder()
-            if( !str ) {
-                return str
-            }
-
-            result << str[0]
-            for( int i=1; i<str.size(); i++ ) {
-                if( str[i] in upper && str[i-1] in lower  ) {
-                    result << '-'
-                    if( i+1<str.size() && str[i+1] in lower ) {
-                        result << str[i].toLowerCase()
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        result << str[i]
-                    }
-                }
-                else {
-                    result << str[i]
-                }
-            }
-
-            return result.toString()
-        }
-
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/test/groovy/nextflow/script/ScriptBindingTest.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/test/groovy/nextflow/script/ScriptBindingTest.groovy
index c86b2a36dd..32ce2dd264 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/test/groovy/nextflow/script/ScriptBindingTest.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/test/groovy/nextflow/script/ScriptBindingTest.groovy
@@ -75,29 +75,30 @@ class ScriptBindingTest extends Specification {
 
     }
 
-    def 'should convert hyphen separated string to camel case' () {
+    def 'should normalize strings to camel case' () {
 
         expect:
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.hyphenToCamelCase('a') == 'a'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.hyphenToCamelCase('A') == 'A'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.hyphenToCamelCase('a-b-c-') == 'aBC'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.hyphenToCamelCase('aa-bb-cc') == 'aaBbCc'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.hyphenToCamelCase('alpha-beta-delta') == 'alphaBetaDelta'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.hyphenToCamelCase('Alpha-Beta-delta') == 'AlphaBetaDelta'
-
-    }
-
-    def 'should convert camel case string to hyphen separated' () {
-
-        expect:
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.camelCaseToHyphen('alphaBetaDelta') == 'alpha-beta-delta'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.camelCaseToHyphen('AlphaBetaDelta') == 'Alpha-beta-delta'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.camelCaseToHyphen('Field1') == 'Field1'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.camelCaseToHyphen('FieldUno') == 'Field-uno'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.camelCaseToHyphen('FieldUNO') == 'Field-UNO'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.camelCaseToHyphen('FieldA') == 'Field-A'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.camelCaseToHyphen('FieldAB') == 'Field-AB'
-        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.camelCaseToHyphen('FieldAb') == 'Field-ab'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('a') == 'a'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('A') == 'A'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('a-b-c-') == 'aBC'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('a_b_c-') == 'aBC'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('aa-bb-cc') == 'aaBbCc'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('aa_bb_cc') == 'aaBbCc'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('alpha_beta_delta') == 'alphaBetaDelta'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('alpha_beta-delta') == 'alphaBetaDelta'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('alpha-beta_delta') == 'alphaBetaDelta'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('alpha-beta-delta') == 'alphaBetaDelta'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Alpha_beta_delta') == 'AlphaBetaDelta'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Alpha_beta-delta') == 'AlphaBetaDelta'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Alpha-beta_delta') == 'AlphaBetaDelta'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Alpha-Beta-delta') == 'AlphaBetaDelta'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Field1') == 'Field1'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Field_uno') == 'FieldUno'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Field_UNO') == 'FieldUNO'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Field_A') == 'FieldA'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('field-ab') == 'fieldAb'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Field_AB') == 'FieldAB'
+        ScriptBinding.ParamsMap.normalizeToCamelCase('Field_ab') == 'FieldAb'
 
     }
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class ScriptBindingTest extends Specification {
 
         then:
         map['field1'] == 1
-        map['field-1'] == null
+        map['field-1'] == 1
         map['field2']  == 2
         map['Field2']  == 3
 
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ class ScriptBindingTest extends Specification {
         when:
         def params = new ScriptBinding.ParamsMap('foo-bar':1)
         then:
-        params.size() == 2
+        params.size() == 1
         params.fooBar == 1
         params.'foo-bar' == 1
         params.all() == '--foo-bar 1'