diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 80ae18747..ee640937a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -5717,10 +5717,6 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyStdType()
             tok->isUnsigned(isUnsigned);
             tok->isSigned(!isUnsigned);
         }
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "bool"))
-        {
-            tok->isBoolean(true);
-        }
 
         if (Token::Match(tok, "__int8"))
             tok->str("char");