diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index 2e5b5ae12..cbb023fb6 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2746,9 +2746,8 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyIfNot()
 }
 
 
-bool Tokenizer::simplifyIfNotNull()
+void Tokenizer::simplifyIfNotNull()
 {
-    bool ret = false;
     for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next())
     {
         Token *deleteFrom = NULL;
@@ -2784,11 +2783,8 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyIfNotNull()
         {
             Token::eraseTokens(deleteFrom, deleteFrom->tokAt(3));
             tok = deleteFrom;
-            ret = true;
         }
-
     }
-    return ret;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/tokenize.h b/src/tokenize.h
index ece7edbaf..921c529b9 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.h
+++ b/src/tokenize.h
@@ -150,10 +150,8 @@ private:
     /**
      * simplify if-not NULL..
      * Example: "if(0!=x);" => "if(x);"
-     * @return true if something is modified
-     *         false if nothing is done.
      */
-    bool simplifyIfNotNull();
+    void simplifyIfNotNull();
 
     /**
      * Simplify the "not" and "and" keywords to "!" and "&&"