diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/fixMissingTypeAnnotationOnExports.ts b/src/services/codefixes/fixMissingTypeAnnotationOnExports.ts
index a82ccb01f00ff..c38894bfb5c80 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/fixMissingTypeAnnotationOnExports.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/fixMissingTypeAnnotationOnExports.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
     factory,
     FileTextChanges,
     findAncestor,
+    forEachChild,
     FunctionDeclaration,
     GeneratedIdentifierFlags,
     getEmitScriptTarget,
@@ -1097,6 +1098,11 @@ function withContext<T>(
         return emptyInferenceResult;
     }
 
+    function stripCommentsFromNode(node: Node): void {
+        setEmitFlags(node, EmitFlags.NoComments);
+        forEachChild(node, stripCommentsFromNode);
+    }
+
     function typeToTypeNode(type: Type, enclosingDeclaration: Node, flags = NodeBuilderFlags.None): TypeNode | undefined {
         let isTruncated = false;
         const minimizedTypeNode = typeToMinimizedReferenceType(typeChecker, type, enclosingDeclaration, declarationEmitNodeBuilderFlags | flags, declarationEmitInternalNodeBuilderFlags, {
@@ -1112,6 +1118,11 @@ function withContext<T>(
             return undefined;
         }
         const result = typeNodeToAutoImportableTypeNode(minimizedTypeNode, importAdder, scriptTarget);
+
+        if (result) {
+            stripCommentsFromNode(result);
+        }
+
         return isTruncated ? factory.createKeywordTypeNode(SyntaxKind.AnyKeyword) : result;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixMissingTypeAnnotationOnExports61-remove-duplicate-comments.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixMissingTypeAnnotationOnExports61-remove-duplicate-comments.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d038a1b139958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixMissingTypeAnnotationOnExports61-remove-duplicate-comments.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
+
+// @isolatedDeclarations: true
+// @declaration: true
+
+//// export function f() {
+////     const o = /** before */ { /* inline post-{ */ // end line post-{
+////       // document first type
+////       /* inline before */ x /* inline pre-colon */ : /* inline pre-type */ 5 /* inline post-type */ , // after comma1
+////       // document second type
+////       /** 2 before */ y : 'str' /** 2 after */, //after comma2
+////       // pre-closing
+////     } /** after */;
+////     return o;
+//// }
+
+verify.codeFix({
+    description: `Add return type '{ /* inline post-{ */ // end line post-{
+x: number; // after comma1
+y: string; }'`,
+    index: 0,
+    newFileContent:
+`export function f(): {
+    x: number;
+    y: string;
+} {
+    const o = /** before */ { /* inline post-{ */ // end line post-{
+      // document first type
+      /* inline before */ x /* inline pre-colon */ : /* inline pre-type */ 5 /* inline post-type */ , // after comma1
+      // document second type
+      /** 2 before */ y : 'str' /** 2 after */, //after comma2
+      // pre-closing
+    } /** after */;
+    return o;
+}`,
+});
+
+