diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 2d79460d7..ff1b0a672 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4742,9 +4742,6 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList1(const char FileName[])
     // Is there C++ code in C file?
     validateC();
 
-    // remove MACRO in variable declaration: MACRO int x;
-    removeMacroInVarDecl();
-
     // Combine strings and character literals, e.g. L"string", L'c', "string1" "string2"
     combineStringAndCharLiterals();
 
@@ -5649,35 +5646,6 @@ void Tokenizer::removeMacroInClassDef()
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-void Tokenizer::removeMacroInVarDecl()
-{
-    for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %name% (") && tok->next()->isUpperCaseName()) {
-            // goto ')' parentheses
-            const Token *tok2 = tok;
-            int parlevel = 0;
-            while (tok2) {
-                if (tok2->str() == "(")
-                    ++parlevel;
-                else if (tok2->str() == ")") {
-                    if (--parlevel <= 0)
-                        break;
-                }
-                tok2 = tok2->next();
-            }
-            tok2 = tok2 ? tok2->next() : nullptr;
-
-            // check if this is a variable declaration..
-            const Token *tok3 = tok2;
-            while (tok3 && tok3->isUpperCaseName())
-                tok3 = tok3->next();
-            if (tok3 && (tok3->isStandardType() || Token::Match(tok3,"const|static|struct|union|class")))
-                Token::eraseTokens(tok,tok2);
-        }
-    }
-}
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 void Tokenizer::addSemicolonAfterUnknownMacro()
 {
     if (!isCPP())
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index e96364098..cfa62c380 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@ public:
      */
     void removeMacroInClassDef();
 
-    /** Remove unknown macro in variable declarations: PROGMEM char x; */
-    void removeMacroInVarDecl();
-
     /** Add parentheses for sizeof: sizeof x => sizeof(x) */
     void sizeofAddParentheses();
 
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 66801f73d..28dffe35c 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ private:
 
         // Some simple cleanups of unhandled macros in the global scope
         TEST_CASE(removeMacrosInGlobalScope);
-        TEST_CASE(removeMacroInVarDecl);
 
         TEST_CASE(addSemicolonAfterUnknownMacro);
 
@@ -5318,19 +5317,6 @@ private:
                      InternalError);
     }
 
-    void removeMacroInVarDecl() { // #4304
-        // only remove macros with parentheses (those hurt most)
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { PROGMEM int x ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { PROGMEM int x ; }"));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { int x ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") int x ; }"));
-
-        // various variable declarations
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { CONST int x ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") CONST int x ; }"));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { char a [ 4 ] ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") char a[4]; }"));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { const char a [ 4 ] ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") const char a[4]; }"));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { struct ABC abc ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") struct ABC abc; }"));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { CONST struct ABC abc ; }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { SECTION(\".data.ro\") CONST struct ABC abc; }"));
-    }
-
     void addSemicolonAfterUnknownMacro() {
         // #6975
         ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { MACRO ( ) ; try { } }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { MACRO() try {} }"));
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index 459a4a33e..f4373e3de 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -3217,6 +3217,14 @@ private:
                               "    delete [] piArray;\n"
                               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        functionVariableUsage("int f() {\n" // #9877
+                              "    const std::vector<int> x = get();\n"
+                              "    MACRO(2U, x.size())\n"
+                              "    int i = 0;\n"
+                              "    return i;\n"
+                              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void localvar44() { // #4020 - FP