diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/db/TypeMarshalBuffer.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/db/TypeMarshalBuffer.java
index 624994d53f5..61b780e1c61 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/db/TypeMarshalBuffer.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/db/TypeMarshalBuffer.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.Value;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.CPPTemplateNonTypeArgument;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.CPPTemplateTypeArgument;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.ICPPEvaluation;
-import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.cpp.semantics.SemanticUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.pdom.dom.PDOMLinkage;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.pdom.dom.PDOMNode;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ public final class TypeMarshalBuffer implements ITypeMarshalBuffer {
 			fPos = oldPos;
 			IType type = unmarshalType();
 			IType originalType = unmarshalType();
-			if (originalType == null || !SemanticUtil.isValidType(originalType))
+			if (originalType == null)
 				originalType= type;
 			return new CPPTemplateTypeArgument(type, originalType);
 		}