diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/fixUnusedIdentifier.ts b/src/services/codefixes/fixUnusedIdentifier.ts
index b41c5f52ee0..d30e8509b07 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/fixUnusedIdentifier.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/fixUnusedIdentifier.ts
@@ -200,11 +200,10 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
 
     function tryDeleteParameter(changes: textChanges.ChangeTracker, sourceFile: SourceFile, p: ParameterDeclaration, checker: TypeChecker, sourceFiles: ReadonlyArray<SourceFile>, isFixAll: boolean): void {
         if (mayDeleteParameter(p, checker, isFixAll)) {
-            const modifiers: Modifier["kind"][] = [SyntaxKind.PrivateKeyword, SyntaxKind.ProtectedKeyword, SyntaxKind.PublicKeyword, SyntaxKind.ReadonlyKeyword];
-            const foundModifiers = modifiers.map(modifier => findModifier(p, modifier)).filter(modifier => modifier !== undefined);
-            if (foundModifiers.length > 0) {
-                foundModifiers.forEach(modifier => {
-                    changes.deleteModifier(sourceFile, modifier!);
+            if (p.modifiers && p.modifiers.length > 0
+                && (!isIdentifier(p.name) || FindAllReferences.Core.isSymbolReferencedInFile(p.name, checker, sourceFile))) {
+                p.modifiers.forEach(modifier => {
+                    changes.deleteModifier(sourceFile, modifier);
                 });
             }
             else {
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixUnusedIdentifier_parameter_modifier_and_arg.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixUnusedIdentifier_parameter_modifier_and_arg.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f33db06dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixUnusedIdentifier_parameter_modifier_and_arg.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+// @noUnusedLocals: true
+// @noUnusedParameters: true
+
+////export class Example {
+////    constructor(private readonly arg: any) {
+////    }
+////}
+
+verify.codeFix({
+    description: "Remove declaration for: 'arg'",
+    newFileContent:
+`export class Example {
+    constructor() {
+    }
+}`,
+});