diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index 3315835a5..1bc7ed551 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList()
     }
 
     // Remove unwanted keywords
-    static const char* unwantedWords[] = { "unsigned", "unlikely" };
+    static const char* unwantedWords[] = { "unsigned", "unlikely", "likely" };
     for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next())
     {
         for (unsigned ui = 0; ui < sizeof(unwantedWords) / sizeof(unwantedWords[0]) && tok->next(); ui++)
@@ -1058,6 +1058,31 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList()
                 break;
             }
         }
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->next(), "__builtin_expect ("))
+        {
+            unsigned int parlevel = 0;
+            for (Token *tok2 = tok->next(); tok2; tok2 = tok2->next())
+            {
+                if (tok2->str() == "(")
+                    ++parlevel;
+                else if (tok2->str() == ")")
+                {
+                    if (parlevel <= 1)
+                        break;
+                    --parlevel;
+                }
+                if (parlevel == 1 && tok2->str() == ",")
+                {
+                    if (Token::Match(tok2, ", %num% )"))
+                    {
+                        tok->deleteNext();
+                        tok2->deleteThis();
+                        tok2->deleteThis();
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     // Convert + + into + and + - into -
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index bea96f1a3..96e01ad7c 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(vardecl2);
         TEST_CASE(volatile_variables);
         TEST_CASE(syntax_error);
+
+        TEST_CASE(removeKeywords);
     }
 
 
@@ -155,12 +157,14 @@ private:
     }
 
 
-    std::string tokenizeAndStringify(const char code[])
+    std::string tokenizeAndStringify(const char code[], bool simplify=false)
     {
         // tokenize..
         Tokenizer tokenizer;
         std::istringstream istr(code);
         tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp");
+        if (simplify)
+            tokenizer.simplifyTokenList();
 
         std::ostringstream ostr;
         for (const Token *tok = tokenizer.tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next())
@@ -1765,6 +1769,16 @@ private:
             ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string(""), errout.str());
         }
     }
+
+    void removeKeywords()
+    {
+        const char code[] = "if (__builtin_expect(!!(x), 1));";
+
+        const std::string actual(tokenizeAndStringify(code, true));
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("if ( ! ! x ) { ; }", actual);
+    }
+
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestTokenizer)