diff --git a/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/SimplifyTypeNames/SimplifyTypeNamesCodeFixProvider.cs b/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/SimplifyTypeNames/SimplifyTypeNamesCodeFixProvider.cs
index 8267cf47334888bb296d2bdb3f6b02108e4bd08a..af5475ef1eabab87aecea6ac57949f3307a3ed70 100644
--- a/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/SimplifyTypeNames/SimplifyTypeNamesCodeFixProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/SimplifyTypeNames/SimplifyTypeNamesCodeFixProvider.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ protected override string GetTitle(string diagnosticId, string nodeText)
 
         protected override SyntaxNode AddSimplificationAnnotationTo(SyntaxNode expressionSyntax)
         {
-            var annotatedexpressionSyntax = expressionSyntax.WithAdditionalAnnotations(Simplifier.Annotation, Formatter.Annotation);
+            var annotatedexpressionSyntax = expressionSyntax.WithAdditionalAnnotations(
+                Simplifier.Annotation, Formatter.Annotation, DoNotAllowVarAnnotation.Annotation);
 
             if (annotatedexpressionSyntax.Kind() == SyntaxKind.IsExpression || annotatedexpressionSyntax.Kind() == SyntaxKind.AsExpression)
             {
diff --git a/src/Features/Core/Portable/SimplifyTypeNames/AbstractSimplifyTypeNamesCodeFixProvider.cs b/src/Features/Core/Portable/SimplifyTypeNames/AbstractSimplifyTypeNamesCodeFixProvider.cs
index 28eedd8eb82d1fac4b77c7438a980d2dd10455bc..d0feb77eba32bd8a214a410249cfd658e8cfb6e5 100644
--- a/src/Features/Core/Portable/SimplifyTypeNames/AbstractSimplifyTypeNamesCodeFixProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Features/Core/Portable/SimplifyTypeNames/AbstractSimplifyTypeNamesCodeFixProvider.cs
@@ -109,14 +109,6 @@ public sealed override async Task RegisterCodeFixesAsync(CodeFixContext context)
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task<Document> SimplifyTypeNameAsync(Document document, SyntaxNode node, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            var root = await document.GetSyntaxRootAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-            return document.WithSyntaxRoot(
-                root.ReplaceNode(node, AddSimplificationAnnotationTo(node)));
-        }
-
         private bool CanSimplifyTypeNameExpression(SemanticModel model, SyntaxNode node, OptionSet optionSet, TextSpan span, out string diagnosticId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             diagnosticId = null;