diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/rubysrc2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/rubysrc2cpg/astcreation/AstForStatementsCreator.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/rubysrc2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/rubysrc2cpg/astcreation/AstForStatementsCreator.scala
index 389b0dc392cc..07a2b094d80b 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/rubysrc2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/rubysrc2cpg/astcreation/AstForStatementsCreator.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/rubysrc2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/rubysrc2cpg/astcreation/AstForStatementsCreator.scala
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ trait AstForStatementsCreator(implicit withSchemaValidation: ValidationMode) { t
   private def astsForImplicitReturnStatement(node: RubyNode): List[Ast] = {
     node match
       case _: (ArrayLiteral | HashLiteral | StaticLiteral | BinaryExpression | UnaryExpression | SimpleIdentifier |
-            IfExpression | SimpleCall | MemberAccess) =>
+            IfExpression | SimpleCall) =>
         astForReturnStatement(ReturnExpression(List(node))(node.span)) :: Nil
       case node: SingleAssignment =>
         astForSingleAssignment(node) :: List(astForReturnStatement(ReturnExpression(List(node.lhs))(node.span)))