diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/Simplification/TypeNameSimplifierTest.vb b/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/Simplification/TypeNameSimplifierTest.vb
index eebd19e1897df693fbb57ec868678e8fa9b831da..81e0eede3bb4d86484655716f470836dcf84fd52 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/Simplification/TypeNameSimplifierTest.vb
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/Test2/Simplification/TypeNameSimplifierTest.vb
@@ -1,6 +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.
 
-Imports System.Threading.Tasks
 Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CodeStyle
 Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.CodeStyle
 Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.UnitTests.Workspaces
@@ -5908,6 +5907,46 @@ End Class
             Await TestAsync(input, expected, DontPreferIntrinsicPredefinedTypeKeywordInDeclaration)
         End Function
 
+        <Fact(), Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.Simplification)>
+        Public Async Function TestSharedMemberOffOfMe() As Task
+            ' even if the user prefers qualified member access, we will strip off 'Me' when calling
+            ' a static method through it.
+            Dim input =
+        <Workspace>
+            <Project Language="Visual Basic" CommonReferences="true">
+                <Document>
+                    <![CDATA[
+Imports System
+Class Class1
+    Sub Main()
+        {|SimplifyParent:Me.Goo|}()
+    End Sub
+
+    Shared Sub Goo()
+    End Sub
+End Class
+]]>
+                </Document>
+            </Project>
+        </Workspace>
+
+            Dim expected =
+              <text>
+                  <![CDATA[
+Imports System
+Class Class1
+    Sub Main()
+        Goo()
+    End Sub
+
+    Shared Sub Goo()
+    End Sub
+End Class
+]]></text>
+
+            Await TestAsync(input, expected, QualifyMethodAccessOption(LanguageNames.VisualBasic))
+        End Function
+
 #End Region
 
 #Region "Helpers"
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Extensions/ExpressionSyntaxExtensions.cs b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Extensions/ExpressionSyntaxExtensions.cs
index 3df47372da63c0322cccfe2ea2cc3bee004f9c76..ba410f9281593b0294be194f018a6997c36f9921 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Extensions/ExpressionSyntaxExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Extensions/ExpressionSyntaxExtensions.cs
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ private static bool CanReplace(ISymbol symbol)
                 return false;
 
             if (memberAccess.Expression.IsKind(SyntaxKind.ThisExpression) &&
-                !SimplificationHelpers.ShouldSimplifyMemberAccessExpression(semanticModel, optionSet, symbol))
+                !SimplificationHelpers.ShouldSimplifyThisOrMeMemberAccessExpression(semanticModel, optionSet, symbol))
             {
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Simplification/SimplificationHelpers.cs b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Simplification/SimplificationHelpers.cs
index 07228b23ba80525fcfd844aa61c0eee93b030275..fcd2d7fa5fbe01167cb7afc5990ddb11288780fc 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Simplification/SimplificationHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/Simplification/SimplificationHelpers.cs
@@ -101,11 +101,14 @@ internal static bool IsValidSymbolInfo(ISymbol symbol)
             return symbol != null && !symbol.IsErrorType();
         }
 
-        internal static bool ShouldSimplifyMemberAccessExpression(
+        internal static bool ShouldSimplifyThisOrMeMemberAccessExpression(
             SemanticModel semanticModel, OptionSet optionSet, ISymbol symbol)
         {
+            // If we're accessing a static member off of this/me then we should always consider this
+            // simplifiable.  Note: in C# this isn't even legal to access a static off of `this`,
+            // but in VB it is legal to access a static off of `me`.
             if (symbol.IsStatic)
-                return false;
+                return true;
 
             if ((symbol.IsKind(SymbolKind.Field) && optionSet.GetOption(CodeStyleOptions.QualifyFieldAccess, semanticModel.Language).Value ||
                 (symbol.IsKind(SymbolKind.Property) && optionSet.GetOption(CodeStyleOptions.QualifyPropertyAccess, semanticModel.Language).Value) ||
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/VisualBasic/Portable/Extensions/ExpressionSyntaxExtensions.vb b/src/Workspaces/VisualBasic/Portable/Extensions/ExpressionSyntaxExtensions.vb
index 533b8a07226b31fe19d0760f6180110298f50ba0..323446229b8637390d283416c9b7f007d1c10513 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/VisualBasic/Portable/Extensions/ExpressionSyntaxExtensions.vb
+++ b/src/Workspaces/VisualBasic/Portable/Extensions/ExpressionSyntaxExtensions.vb
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ Namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.Extensions
             End If
 
             If memberAccess.Expression.IsKind(SyntaxKind.MeExpression) AndAlso
-                Not SimplificationHelpers.ShouldSimplifyMemberAccessExpression(semanticModel, optionSet, symbol) Then
+               Not SimplificationHelpers.ShouldSimplifyThisOrMeMemberAccessExpression(semanticModel, optionSet, symbol) Then
                 Return False
             End If