diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 60673fad7..44e856b10 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1593,6 +1593,9 @@ bool Tokenizer::tokenize(std::istream &code,
         }
     }
 
+    // remove MACRO in variable declaration: MACRO int x;
+    removeMacroInVarDecl();
+
     // Combine wide strings
     for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
         while (tok->str() == "L" && tok->next() && tok->next()->type() == Token::eString) {
@@ -3475,6 +3478,35 @@ void Tokenizer::removeMacrosInGlobalScope()
 }
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+void Tokenizer::removeMacroInVarDecl()
+{
+    for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% (") && tok->next()->isUpperCaseName()) {
+            // goto ')' paranthesis
+            const Token *tok2 = tok;
+            int parlevel = 0;
+            while (tok2) {
+                if (tok2->str() == "(")
+                    ++parlevel;
+                else if (tok2->str() == ")") {
+                    if (--parlevel <= 0)
+                        break;
+                }
+                tok2 = tok2->next();
+            }
+            tok2 = tok2 ? tok2->next() : NULL;
+
+            // check if this is a variable declaration..
+            const Token *tok3 = tok2;
+            while (tok3 && tok3->isUpperCaseName())
+                tok3 = tok3->next();
+            if (tok3 && (tok3->isStandardType() || Token::Match(tok3,"const|static|struct|union|class")))
+                Token::eraseTokens(tok,tok2);
+        }
+    }
+}
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 void Tokenizer::removeRedundantAssignment()
 {
     for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index 002ddcf77..0b561a0d3 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ public:
     /** Remove macros in global scope */
     void removeMacrosInGlobalScope();
 
+    /** Remove unknown macro in variable declarations: PROGMEM char x; */
+    void removeMacroInVarDecl();
+
     /** Remove redundant assignment */
     void removeRedundantAssignment();
 
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 3f6eca46e..f34053068 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ private:
 
         // Some simple cleanups of unhandled macros in the global scope
         TEST_CASE(removeMacrosInGlobalScope);
+        TEST_CASE(removeMacroInVarDecl);
 
         // a = b = 0;
         TEST_CASE(multipleAssignment);
@@ -7031,6 +7032,19 @@ private:
                       tokenizeAndStringify("; CONST struct ABC abc ;"));
     }
 
+    void removeMacroInVarDecl() { // #4304
+        // only remove macros with parentheses (those hurt most)
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { PROGMEM int x ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { PROGMEM int x ; }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { int x ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") int x ; }"));
+
+        // various variable declarations
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { CONST int x ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") CONST int x ; }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { char a [ 4 ] ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") char a[4]; }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { const char a [ 4 ] ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") const char a[4]; }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { struct ABC abc ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") struct ABC abc; }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { CONST struct ABC abc ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") CONST struct ABC abc; }"));
+    }
+
     void multipleAssignment() {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a = b = 0 ;", tokenizeAndStringify("a=b=0;"));
     }