diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 2803346fd..304ed67cb 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -9246,7 +9246,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyKeyword()
 
     if (_settings->standards.cpp >= Standards::CPP11) {
         for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
-            while (Token::Match(tok, "constexpr|override")) {
+            while (tok->str() == "constexpr") {
                 tok->deleteThis();
             }
 
@@ -9255,6 +9255,13 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyKeyword()
             // struct name final { };   <- struct is final
             if (Token::Match(tok, ") final [{;]") || Token::Match(tok, "%type% final [:{]"))
                 tok->deleteNext();
+
+            // override
+            // void f() override;
+            else if (Token::Match(tok, ") override [{;]"))
+                tok->deleteNext();
+            else if (Token::Match(tok, ") const override [{;]"))
+                tok->next()->deleteNext();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 68bab111a..bf9d2dbf5 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ private:
 
         TEST_CASE(simplifyArrayAddress);  // Replace "&str[num]" => "(str + num)"
         TEST_CASE(simplifyCharAt);
+        TEST_CASE(simplifyOverride); // ticket #5069
     }
 
     std::string tok(const char code[], bool simplify = true, Settings::PlatformType type = Settings::Unspecified) {
@@ -8237,6 +8238,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("int evallex ( ) { int c ; int t ; do { c = macroid ( c ) ; if ( c == EOF_CHAR || c == '\n' ) { } t = type [ c ] ; } while ( t == LET && catenate ( ) ) ; }",
                       tok(code, true));
     }
+
+    void simplifyOverride() { // ticket #5069
+        const char code[] = "void fun() {\n"
+                            "    unsigned char override[] = {0x01, 0x02};\n"
+                            "    doSomething(override, sizeof(override));\n"
+                            "}\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void fun ( ) { char override [ 2 ] = { 1 , 2 } ; doSomething ( override , 2 ) ; }",
+                      tok(code, true));
+    }
+
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestSimplifyTokens)