diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/setting-macro/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/setting-macro/build.sbt
index add6ef28e..d48af8bc9 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/setting-macro/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/setting-macro/build.sbt
@@ -15,12 +15,3 @@ demo := {
   val (n, s) = parser.parsed
   s * n
 }
-
-// Tests for correct Symbol owner structure in the lifted qualifiers of
-// the `.value` macro within a task macro. (#1150)
-val touchIfChanged = taskKey[Unit]("")
-
-touchIfChanged := { 
-  val foo = (sourceDirectory in Compile).apply(base => base).value.get
-  ()
-}
diff --git a/util/appmacro/src/main/scala/sbt/appmacro/ContextUtil.scala b/util/appmacro/src/main/scala/sbt/appmacro/ContextUtil.scala
index 389fd33f8..c0c849fab 100644
--- a/util/appmacro/src/main/scala/sbt/appmacro/ContextUtil.scala
+++ b/util/appmacro/src/main/scala/sbt/appmacro/ContextUtil.scala
@@ -226,19 +226,17 @@ final class ContextUtil[C <: Context](val ctx: C)
 		object appTransformer extends Transformer
 		{
 			override def transform(tree: Tree): Tree =
-				tree match {
-					case ApplyTree(TypeApply(Select(_, nme), targ :: Nil), qual :: Nil) =>
-						changeOwner(qual, currentOwner, initialOwner) // Fixes https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/1150
-						subWrapper(nme.decoded, targ.tpe, qual, tree) match {
-							case Converted.Success(t, finalTx) => finalTx(t)
-							case Converted.Failure(p,m) => ctx.abort(p, m)
-							case _: Converted.NotApplicable[_] => super.transform(tree)
-						}
+				tree match
+				{
+					case ApplyTree(TypeApply(Select(_, nme), targ :: Nil), qual :: Nil) => subWrapper(nme.decoded, targ.tpe, qual, tree) match {
+						case Converted.Success(t, finalTx) => finalTx(t)
+						case Converted.Failure(p,m) => ctx.abort(p, m)
+						case _: Converted.NotApplicable[_] => super.transform(tree)
+					}
 					case _ => super.transform(tree)
 				}
 		}
-		appTransformer.atOwner(initialOwner) {
-			appTransformer.transform(t)
-		}
+
+		appTransformer.transform(t)
 	}
-}
+}
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