diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/Formatting/Indentation/CSharpIndentationService.Indenter.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/Formatting/Indentation/CSharpIndentationService.Indenter.cs
index c03425fe571ddd606b35d32fb7540bd68f5474e2..e059143d254d20a92ed7dd6870bd58cf14a4014a 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/Formatting/Indentation/CSharpIndentationService.Indenter.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/Formatting/Indentation/CSharpIndentationService.Indenter.cs
@@ -455,17 +455,6 @@ private bool IsPartOfQueryExpression(SyntaxToken token)
                 // okay, looks like containing node is written over multiple lines, in that case, give same indentation as given token
                 return GetIndentationOfLine(givenTokenLine);
             }
-
-            protected override bool HasPreprocessorCharacter(TextLine currentLine)
-            {
-                var text = currentLine.ToString();
-                Contract.Requires(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text));
-
-                var trimmedText = text.Trim();
-
-                Contract.Assert(SyntaxFacts.GetText(SyntaxKind.HashToken).Length == 1);
-                return trimmedText[0] == SyntaxFacts.GetText(SyntaxKind.HashToken)[0];
-            }
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/SmartIndent/AbstractIndentationService.AbstractIndenter.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/SmartIndent/AbstractIndentationService.AbstractIndenter.cs
index 62776cfedb93e2024a14ee5e2e2fb2a302bcce09..85e69d2d5471c59eef98cc65888ed61c54c1856f 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/SmartIndent/AbstractIndentationService.AbstractIndenter.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/SmartIndent/AbstractIndentationService.AbstractIndenter.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Shared.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text.Shared.Extensions;
+using Roslyn.Utilities;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.Implementation.SmartIndent
 {
@@ -209,8 +210,6 @@ private TextSpan GetNormalizedSpan(int position)
                 return null;
             }
 
-            protected abstract bool HasPreprocessorCharacter(TextLine currentLine);
-
             protected int GetCurrentPositionNotBelongToEndOfFileToken(int position)
             {
                 var compilationUnit = Tree.GetRoot(CancellationToken) as ICompilationUnitSyntax;
@@ -221,6 +220,16 @@ protected int GetCurrentPositionNotBelongToEndOfFileToken(int position)
 
                 return Math.Min(compilationUnit.EndOfFileToken.FullSpan.Start, position);
             }
+
+            protected bool HasPreprocessorCharacter(TextLine currentLine)
+            {
+                var text = currentLine.ToString();
+                Contract.Requires(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text));
+
+                var trimmedText = text.Trim();
+
+                return trimmedText[0] == '#';
+            }
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/VisualBasic/Formatting/Indentation/VisualBasicIndentationService.Indenter.vb b/src/EditorFeatures/VisualBasic/Formatting/Indentation/VisualBasicIndentationService.Indenter.vb
index 41bac3d70cd10ea1ebf8438d781d9bd5f5016921..69836568d4dd8ef002125166dffd1772d6e6dad0 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/VisualBasic/Formatting/Indentation/VisualBasicIndentationService.Indenter.vb
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/VisualBasic/Formatting/Indentation/VisualBasicIndentationService.Indenter.vb
@@ -75,16 +75,6 @@ Namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.VisualBasic.Formatting.Indentation
                 Return token.GetPreviousToken()
             End Function
 
-            Protected Overrides Function HasPreprocessorCharacter(currentLine As TextLine) As Boolean
-                Dim text = currentLine.ToString()
-                Contract.Assert(String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text) = False)
-
-                Dim trimmedText = text.Trim()
-
-                Contract.Assert(SyntaxFacts.GetText(SyntaxKind.HashToken).Length = 1)
-                Return trimmedText(0) = SyntaxFacts.GetText(SyntaxKind.HashToken)(0)
-            End Function
-
             Private Function GetIndentationBasedOnToken(token As SyntaxToken, Optional trivia As SyntaxTrivia = Nothing) As IndentationResult?
                 Dim sourceText = LineToBeIndented.Text