diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp
index 639e0d5b8ae..79e4e9f2d91 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppdoxygen_test.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,20 @@ void DoxygenTest::testBasic_data()
           " */\n"
           "API void f();\n"
     );
+
+    QTest::newRow("withAccessSpecifierBeforeFunction") << _(
+          "class C {\n"
+          "    /**|\n"
+          "    public: void f();\n"
+          "};\n"
+        ) << _(
+          "class C {\n"
+          "    /**\n"
+          "     * @brief f\n"
+          "     */\n"
+          "    public: void f();\n"
+          "};\n"
+    );
 }
 
 void DoxygenTest::testBasic()
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/doxygengenerator.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/doxygengenerator.cpp
index 398a31a8764..ae4ac88a59f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/doxygengenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/doxygengenerator.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ QString DoxygenGenerator::generate(QTextCursor cursor,
     declCandidate.replace(attribute, "");
 
     declCandidate.replace("Q_INVOKABLE", "");
-
+    declCandidate.remove(QRegularExpression(R"(\s*(public|protected|private)\s*:\s*)"));
     declCandidate.replace(QChar::ParagraphSeparator, QLatin1Char('\n'));
 
     // Let's append a closing brace in the case we got content like 'class MyType {'