diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index ab70d8e02..00995034b 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
                 tok->deleteNext();
                 tok->deleteNext();
                 tok->deleteNext();
-                tok->deleteNext();
+                tok->deleteThis();
                 if (tok->next())
                     tok->deleteThis();
                 //now the next token to process is 'tok', not 'tok->next()';