diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 11a0bb066c4..0569e8ccda1 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -5923,27 +5923,6 @@ void Tokenizer::printDebugOutput(int simplification, std::ostream &out) const
         if (xml)
             out << "</debug>" << std::endl;
     }
-
-    if (mSymbolDatabase && simplification == 2U && mSettings.debugwarnings) {
-        printUnknownTypes();
-
-        // the typeStartToken() should come before typeEndToken()
-        for (const Variable *var : mSymbolDatabase->variableList()) {
-            if (!var)
-                continue;
-
-            const Token * typetok = var->typeStartToken();
-            while (typetok && typetok != var->typeEndToken())
-                typetok = typetok->next();
-
-            if (typetok != var->typeEndToken()) {
-                reportError(var->typeStartToken(),
-                            Severity::debug,
-                            "debug",
-                            "Variable::typeStartToken() of variable '" + var->name() + "' is not located before Variable::typeEndToken(). The location of the typeStartToken() is '" + var->typeStartToken()->str() + "' at line " + std::to_string(var->typeStartToken()->linenr()));
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 void Tokenizer::dump(std::ostream &out) const
@@ -10575,84 +10554,6 @@ void Tokenizer::removeUnnecessaryQualification()
     }
 }
 
-void Tokenizer::printUnknownTypes() const
-{
-    if (!mSymbolDatabase)
-        return;
-
-    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, const Token *>> unknowns;
-
-    for (int i = 1; i <= mVarId; ++i) {
-        const Variable *var = mSymbolDatabase->getVariableFromVarId(i);
-        if (!var)
-            continue;
-        // is unknown type?
-        if (var->type() || var->typeStartToken()->isStandardType())
-            continue;
-
-        std::string name;
-        const Token * nameTok;
-
-        // single token type?
-        if (var->typeStartToken() == var->typeEndToken()) {
-            nameTok = var->typeStartToken();
-            name = nameTok->str();
-        }
-
-        // complicated type
-        else {
-            const Token *tok = var->typeStartToken();
-            int level = 0;
-
-            nameTok =  tok;
-
-            while (tok) {
-                // skip pointer and reference part of type
-                if (level == 0 && Token::Match(tok, "*|&"))
-                    break;
-
-                name += tok->str();
-
-                if (Token::Match(tok, "struct|union|enum"))
-                    name += " ";
-
-                // pointers and references are OK in template
-                else if (tok->str() == "<")
-                    ++level;
-                else if (tok->str() == ">")
-                    --level;
-
-                if (tok == var->typeEndToken())
-                    break;
-
-                tok = tok->next();
-            }
-        }
-
-        unknowns.emplace_back(std::move(name), nameTok);
-    }
-
-    if (!unknowns.empty()) {
-        std::string last;
-        int count = 0;
-
-        for (auto it = unknowns.cbegin(); it != unknowns.cend(); ++it) {
-            // skip types is std namespace because they are not interesting
-            if (it->first.find("std::") != 0) {
-                if (it->first != last) {
-                    last = it->first;
-                    count = 1;
-                    reportError(it->second, Severity::debug, "debug", "Unknown type \'" + it->first + "\'.");
-                } else {
-                    if (count < 3) // limit same type to 3
-                        reportError(it->second, Severity::debug, "debug", "Unknown type \'" + it->first + "\'.");
-                    count++;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 void Tokenizer::prepareTernaryOpForAST()
 {
     // http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/operator_precedence says about ternary operator:
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index 2a79be00efb..50bd0018b76 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -546,11 +546,6 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Tokenizer {
                                       std::map<nonneg int, std::map<std::string, nonneg int>>& structMembers,
                                       nonneg int &varId_);
 
-    /**
-     * Output list of unknown types.
-     */
-    void printUnknownTypes() const;
-
     /** Find end of SQL (or PL/SQL) block */
     static const Token *findSQLBlockEnd(const Token *tokSQLStart);
 
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 00952138a17..b432bdd6c87 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -432,8 +432,6 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         // --check-config
         TEST_CASE(checkConfiguration);
 
-        TEST_CASE(unknownType); // #8952
-
         TEST_CASE(unknownMacroBeforeReturn);
 
         TEST_CASE(cppcast);
@@ -7917,25 +7915,6 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
                                      "There is an unknown macro here somewhere. Configuration is required. If DEBUG is a macro then please configure it.");
     }
 
-    void unknownType() { // #8952
-        const Settings settings = settingsBuilder().debugwarnings().build();
-
-        char code[] = "class A {\n"
-                      "public:\n"
-                      "    enum Type { Null };\n"
-                      "};\n"
-                      "using V = A;\n"
-                      "V::Type value;";
-
-        // Tokenize..
-        SimpleTokenizer tokenizer(settings, *this);
-        ASSERT(tokenizer.tokenize(code));
-
-        tokenizer.printUnknownTypes();
-
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
-    }
-
     void unknownMacroBeforeReturn() {
         ASSERT_THROW_INTERNAL(tokenizeAndStringify("int f() { X return 0; }"), UNKNOWN_MACRO);
     }