diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index 61f76e8e2..2c4b90beb 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2356,12 +2356,10 @@ static void incdec(std::string &value, const std::string &op)
 
 
 
-bool Tokenizer::simplifyVarDecl()
+void Tokenizer::simplifyVarDecl()
 {
     // Split up variable declarations..
     // "int a=4;" => "int a; a=4;"
-    bool ret = false;
-
     for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next())
     {
         if (tok->previous() && !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[{};)]"))
@@ -2506,8 +2504,6 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyVarDecl()
 
         if (tok2)
         {
-            ret = true;
-
             if (tok2->str() == ",")
             {
                 tok2->str(";");
@@ -2556,8 +2552,6 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyVarDecl()
             }
         }
     }
-
-    return ret;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/tokenize.h b/src/tokenize.h
index 9356c955f..b0c3efb34 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.h
+++ b/src/tokenize.h
@@ -118,10 +118,8 @@ private:
 
     /**
      * Simplify variable declarations
-     * @return true if something is modified
-     *         false if nothing is done.
      */
-    bool simplifyVarDecl();
+    void simplifyVarDecl();
 
     /**
      * insert an "int" after "unsigned" if needed: