diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index d6af72194..ca2967603 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1788,6 +1788,12 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifySizeof()
 
 void Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList()
 {
+    for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next())
+    {
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "* const"))
+            tok->deleteNext();
+    }
+
     simplifyNamespaces();
 
     simplifyGoto();
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 5b790b150..760ebec3d 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(simplify_numeric_condition);
 
         TEST_CASE(pointeralias);
+
+        TEST_CASE(reduceConstness);
     }
 
     std::string tok(const char code[], bool simplify = true)
@@ -2148,6 +2150,12 @@ private:
             ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tok(code));
         }
     }
+
+
+    void reduceConstness()
+    {
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("char * p ;", tok("char * const p;"));
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestSimplifyTokens)