diff --git a/src/pygccxml/parser/scanner.py b/src/pygccxml/parser/scanner.py
index 160c308a..538adbd6 100644
--- a/src/pygccxml/parser/scanner.py
+++ b/src/pygccxml/parser/scanner.py
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ def __init__(self, xml_file, decl_factory, config, *args):
         # With llvm 3.9 there is a __NSConstantString(_tag) in the tree
         self.__declarations_to_skip = [
             "__va_list_tag",
+            "__va_list",
             "__NSConstantString_tag",
             "__NSConstantString"
         ]