diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index c7711d34b..112a3f749 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -707,9 +707,10 @@ Token * Tokenizer::deleteInvalidTypedef(Token *typeDef)
 
     // remove typedef but leave ;
     while (typeDef->next()) {
-        if (level == 0 && typeDef->next()->str() == ";")
+        if (level == 0 && typeDef->next()->str() == ";") {
+            typeDef->deleteNext();
             break;
-        else if (typeDef->next()->str() == "{")
+        } else if (typeDef->next()->str() == "{")
             ++level;
         else if (typeDef->next()->str() == "}") {
             if (!level)
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index a6463d359..1367e2be0 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -5010,7 +5010,7 @@ private:
         const char code[] = "typedef FMAC1 void (* a) ();\n"
                             "void *(*b) ();\n";
         const std::string actual(sizeof_(code));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("; void * * b ;", actual);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void * * b ;", actual);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }