diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index b0ea4ed6f..925fe9c4a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -5178,22 +5178,10 @@ void Tokenizer::createLinks2()
             if (!top2 || top2->str() != "<") {
                 if (token->str() == ">>")
                     continue;
-                if (!Token::Match(token->next(), "%name%|%cop%|%assign%|::|,|(|)|{|}|;|[|:|.|=|...") &&
+                if (!Token::Match(token->next(), "%name%|%cop%|%assign%|::|,|(|)|{|}|;|[|]|:|.|=|...") &&
                     !Token::Match(token->next(), "&& %name% ="))
                     continue;
             }
-            // if > is followed by [ .. "new a<b>[" is expected
-            // unless this is from varidiac expansion
-            if (token->strAt(1) == "[" && !Token::simpleMatch(token->tokAt(-1), "... >") &&
-                !Token::Match(token->tokAt(1), "[ ]")) {
-                Token *prev = type.top()->previous();
-                while (prev && Token::Match(prev->previous(), ":: %name%"))
-                    prev = prev->tokAt(-2);
-                if (prev && prev->str() != "new")
-                    prev = prev->previous();
-                if (!prev || prev->str() != "new")
-                    continue;
-            }
 
             if (token->str() == ">>" && top1 && top2) {
                 type.pop();
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 117784f8a..69c447cc5 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -3454,6 +3454,39 @@ private:
             ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok1->link() == tok2);
             ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok2->link() == tok1);
         }
+
+        {
+            // #11453
+            const char code[] = "template<typename T>\n"
+                                "std::array<T, 1> a{};\n"
+                                "void f() {\n"
+                                "    if (a<int>[0]) {}\n"
+                                "}\n";
+            errout.str("");
+            Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings0, this);
+            std::istringstream istr(code);
+            ASSERT(tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp"));
+            const Token* tok1 = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "< int");
+            const Token* tok2 = Token::findsimplematch(tok1, "> [");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok1->link() == tok2);
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok2->link() == tok1);
+        }
+
+        {
+            // #11490
+            const char code[] = "void g() {\n"
+                                "    int b[2] = {};\n"
+                                "    if (b[idx<1>]) {}\n"
+                                "}\n";
+            errout.str("");
+            Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings0, this);
+            std::istringstream istr(code);
+            ASSERT(tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp"));
+            const Token* tok1 = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "< 1");
+            const Token* tok2 = Token::findsimplematch(tok1, "> ]");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok1->link() == tok2);
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok2->link() == tok1);
+        }
     }
 
     void simplifyString() {