diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 6fc8bc9f3..5acce1028 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1766,13 +1766,6 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok)
                 done = false;
             }
 
-            // Reduce "[;{}] return ; %var%" => "[;{}] return ;"
-            if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}] return ; %var%"))
-            {
-                Token::eraseTokens(tok2->tokAt(2), tok2->tokAt(4));
-                done = false;
-            }
-
             // Reduce "[;{}] return use ; %var%" => "[;{}] return use ;"
             if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}] return use ; %var%"))
             {
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 9fa6f7453..b8fa24109 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; if return ;", simplifycode("; switch { case ; if { return ; } break ; default ; break ; }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; if return ; else use ;", simplifycode("; switch { case ; return ; default ; use ; break ; }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; use ;", simplifycode("; while1 { loop { ; } switch { case ; dealloc ; return ; default ; break ; } }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("; { dealloc ; return ; } }", simplifycode("switch { case ; case ; dealloc ; return ; default ; dealloc ; return ; } }"));
 
         // loops..
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";", simplifycode("; loop { ; }"));