diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 305eef748..17403808f 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2728,55 +2728,6 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
     }
 }
 
-
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Simplify token list
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-void Tokenizer::simplifyNamespaces()
-{
-    for (Token *token = _tokens; token; token = token->next())
-    {
-        while (token && token->str() == "namespace" && token->varId() == 0 &&
-               (!token->previous() || token->previous()->str() != "using"))
-        {
-            // Token is namespace and there is no "using" before it.
-            Token *start = token;
-            Token *tok = token->tokAt(2);
-            if (!tok)
-                return;
-
-            tok = tok->link();
-            if (tok && tok->str() == "}")
-            {
-                tok = tok->previous();
-                tok->deleteNext();
-                start->deleteNext();
-                start->deleteNext();
-                if (start->previous())
-                {
-                    token = start->next();
-                    start = start->previous();
-                    start->deleteNext();
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // First token in the list, don't delete
-                    // as _tokens is attached to it.
-                    start->deleteThis();
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (!token)
-            break;
-    }
-}
-
 bool Tokenizer::createLinks()
 {
     std::list<const Token*> type;
@@ -3161,8 +3112,6 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList()
 
     simplifyStd();
 
-    simplifyNamespaces();
-
     simplifyGoto();
 
     // Combine wide strings
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index d9855dedf..b9bf7a8cd 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -325,12 +325,6 @@ public:
      */
     void simplifyFunctionParameters();
 
-    /**
-     * Simplify namespaces by removing them, e.g.
-     * "namespace b{ void f(){} }" becomes "void f(){}"
-     */
-    void simplifyNamespaces();
-
     /**
      * Simplify templates
      */
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 40f179300..4c77998d2 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ private:
         {
             const char code[] = "using namespace std; namespace a{ namespace b{ void f(){} } }";
 
-            const std::string expected("using namespace std ; void f ( ) { }");
+            const std::string expected("using namespace std ; namespace a { namespace b { void f ( ) { } } }");
 
             ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, sizeof_(code));
         }
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ private:
         {
             const char code[] = "namespace b{ void f(){} }";
 
-            const std::string expected("void f ( ) { }");
+            const std::string expected("namespace b { void f ( ) { } }");
 
             ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, sizeof_(code));
         }
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ private:
         {
             const char code[] = "int a; namespace b{ }";
 
-            const std::string expected("int a ;");
+            const std::string expected("int a ; namespace b { }");
 
             ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, sizeof_(code));
         }