diff --git a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Simplification/Reducers/CSharpVarReducer.Rewriter.cs b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Simplification/Reducers/CSharpVarReducer.Rewriter.cs
index 6da7d3f7d0e120257fb03639ece82c8cd25333de..fcf1580935e289ae60f1ab492e391a2f590a2ce9 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Simplification/Reducers/CSharpVarReducer.Rewriter.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Simplification/Reducers/CSharpVarReducer.Rewriter.cs
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ private SyntaxNode ProcessTypeSyntax(TypeSyntax typeSyntax)
             {
                 this.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
+                // Only simplify if us, or a parent, was marked as needing simplification.
                 if (!alwaysSimplify && !typeSyntax.HasAnnotation(Simplifier.Annotation))
                 {
                     return typeSyntax;
                 }
 
+                // Definitely do not simplify us if we were told to not simplify.
                 if (typeSyntax.HasAnnotation(SimplificationHelpers.DontSimplifyAnnotation))
                 {
                     return typeSyntax;
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Simplification/Reducers/CSharpVarReducer.cs b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Simplification/Reducers/CSharpVarReducer.cs
index f6aef93740b74cacd4b5211066f721b073613429..608f613edd15279e0dca1214828f846556ac8a75 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Simplification/Reducers/CSharpVarReducer.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Simplification/Reducers/CSharpVarReducer.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft.  All Rights Reserved.  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.  See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
-using System.Threading;
-using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
-using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Utilities;
-using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Options;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.PooledObjects;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Simplification