diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index fb75b1eb4..1fc83f18c 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -6068,6 +6068,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyRedundantParanthesis()
 
         if (!Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(-2), "operator delete") &&
             Token::Match(tok->previous(), "delete|; (") &&
+            (tok->strAt(-1) != "delete" || tok->next()->varId() > 0) &&
             Token::Match(tok->link(), ") ;|,"))
         {
             tok->link()->deleteThis();
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 7437fa7c7..9cd994c3a 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -44,16 +44,13 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(tokenize3);
         TEST_CASE(tokenize4);
         TEST_CASE(tokenize5);
-        TEST_CASE(tokenize6);
+        TEST_CASE(tokenize6);   // array access. replace "*(p+1)" => "p[1]"
         TEST_CASE(tokenize7);
         TEST_CASE(tokenize8);
         TEST_CASE(tokenize9);
         TEST_CASE(tokenize10);
         TEST_CASE(tokenize11);
 
-        // array access. replace "*(p+1)" => "p[1]"
-        TEST_CASE(tokenize6);
-
         // don't freak out when the syntax is wrong
         TEST_CASE(wrong_syntax);
 
@@ -191,6 +188,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(removeParantheses6);
         TEST_CASE(removeParantheses7);
         TEST_CASE(removeParantheses8);       // Ticket #1865
+        TEST_CASE(removeParantheses9);       // Ticket #1962
 
         TEST_CASE(tokenize_double);
         TEST_CASE(tokenize_strings);
@@ -3294,7 +3292,7 @@ private:
 
     void removeParantheses7()
     {
-        const char code[] = ";(delete(p), (p)=0);";
+        const char code[] = ";char *p; (delete(p), (p)=0);";
 
         // tokenize..
         Tokenizer tokenizer;
@@ -3306,7 +3304,7 @@ private:
         std::ostringstream ostr;
         for (const Token *tok = tokenizer.tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next())
             ostr << " " << tok->str();
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(" ; delete p ; ( p ) = 0 ;", ostr.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(" ; char * p ; delete p ; ( p ) = 0 ;", ostr.str());
     }
 
     void removeParantheses8()
@@ -3323,6 +3321,11 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, actual);
     }
 
+    void removeParantheses9()
+    {
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void delete ( double num ) ;", tokenizeAndStringify("void delete(double num);", false));
+    }
+
     void tokenize_double()
     {
         const char code[] = "void f()\n"