diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Ast/TextOutputFormatter.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Ast/TextOutputFormatter.cs
index 2c4f56816..e7af6d26e 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Ast/TextOutputFormatter.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Ast/TextOutputFormatter.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Ast
 			{
 				memberRef = node.Parent.Annotation<MemberReference>();
 			}
+			if (node is IdentifierExpression && node.Role == Roles.TargetExpression && node.Parent is InvocationExpression && memberRef != null) {
+				var declaringType = memberRef.DeclaringType.Resolve();
+				if (declaringType != null && declaringType.IsDelegate())
+					return null;
+			}
 			return FilterMemberReference(memberRef);
 		}
 
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Ast/Transforms/DelegateConstruction.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Ast/Transforms/DelegateConstruction.cs
index 5fc7d0d29..0741466f9 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Ast/Transforms/DelegateConstruction.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/Ast/Transforms/DelegateConstruction.cs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Ast.Transforms
 				replacement = ame;
 			}
 			var expectedType = objectCreateExpression.Annotation<TypeInformation>().ExpectedType.Resolve();
-			if (expectedType != null && !IsDelegate(expectedType)) {
+			if (expectedType != null && !expectedType.IsDelegate()) {
 				var simplifiedDelegateCreation = (ObjectCreateExpression)objectCreateExpression.Clone();
 				simplifiedDelegateCreation.Arguments.Clear();
 				simplifiedDelegateCreation.Arguments.Add(replacement);
@@ -204,17 +204,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Ast.Transforms
 			objectCreateExpression.ReplaceWith(replacement);
 			return true;
 		}
-
-		static bool IsDelegate(TypeDefinition type)
-		{
-			if (type.BaseType != null && type.BaseType.Namespace == "System") {
-				if (type.BaseType.Name == "MulticastDelegate")
-					return true;
-				if (type.BaseType.Name == "Delegate" && type.Name != "MulticastDelegate")
-					return true;
-			}
-			return false;
-		}
 		
 		internal static bool IsPotentialClosure(DecompilerContext context, TypeDefinition potentialDisplayClass)
 		{
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CecilExtensions.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CecilExtensions.cs
index b773c6247..0c7cb1e40 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CecilExtensions.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CecilExtensions.cs
@@ -359,5 +359,16 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler
 			}
 			return false;
 		}
+
+		public static bool IsDelegate(this TypeDefinition type)
+		{
+			if (type.BaseType != null && type.BaseType.Namespace == "System") {
+				if (type.BaseType.Name == "MulticastDelegate")
+					return true;
+				if (type.BaseType.Name == "Delegate" && type.Name != "MulticastDelegate")
+					return true;
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 }