diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index a5c48907412..10740697850 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -8510,7 +8510,7 @@ void Tokenizer::findGarbageCode() const
             if (Token::Match(prev, "%op%|%num%|%str%|%char%")) {
                 if (!Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(-2), "operator \"\" if") &&
                     !Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(-2), "extern \"C\"") &&
-                    !Token::Match(prev, "> typedef|static"))
+                    !Token::simpleMatch(prev, "> typedef"))
                     syntaxError(tok, prev == tok->previous() ? (prev->str() + " " + tok->str()) : (prev->str() + " .. " + tok->str()));
             }
         }