diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index f3c19545f..5cb7370ef 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -5095,8 +5095,6 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyVarDecl(bool only_k_r_fpar)
                     const Token *VarTok = type0->tokAt((int)typelen);
                     while (Token::Match(VarTok, "*|&|const"))
                         VarTok = VarTok->next();
-                    if (!VarTok)
-                        break; // ticket 4245 - invalid code probably
                     list.insertTokens(eq, VarTok, 2);
                     eq->str(";");