diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java
index ad4a8ba839a..38cf6282d1c 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/formatter/CodeFormatterVisitor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2009 Wind River Systems, Inc. and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2010 Wind River Systems, Inc. and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -2928,18 +2928,7 @@ public class CodeFormatterVisitor extends CPPASTVisitor {
 						break;
 					}
 					else if (currentOffset == endOffset && i == locations.length - 1) {
-						if (node instanceof IASTExpressionList) {
-							IASTNode parent= node.getParent();
-							if (parent != null) {
-								IASTFileLocation parentLocation= parent.getFileLocation();
-								int parentEndOffset= parentLocation.getNodeOffset() + parentLocation.getNodeLength();
-								if (parentEndOffset == endOffset) {
-									scribe.skipRange(startOffset, endOffset);
-								}
-							}
-						} else {
-							scribe.skipRange(startOffset, endOffset);
-						}
+						scribe.skipRange(startOffset, endOffset);
 						break;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CodeFormatterTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CodeFormatterTest.java
index 5cd9aff921a..eee5cabc619 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CodeFormatterTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CodeFormatterTest.java
@@ -1307,7 +1307,19 @@ public class CodeFormatterTest extends BaseUITestCase {
 	//
 	//	return 0;
 	//}
-public void testControlStatementsAsMacro_Bug290630() throws Exception {
+	public void testControlStatementsAsMacro_Bug290630() throws Exception {
 		assertFormatterResult();
 	}
+
+	//#define new new(__FILE__, __LINE__)
+	//void func() {char* a = new    char[10];}
+	
+	//#define new new(__FILE__, __LINE__)
+	//void func() {
+	//	char* a = new char[10];
+	//}
+	public void testPlacementNewAsMacro_Bug298593() throws Exception {
+		assertFormatterResult();
+	}
+
 }