diff --git a/packages/babel/src/generation/buffer.js b/packages/babel/src/generation/buffer.js
index 0262bb5d77..ba51ede6da 100644
--- a/packages/babel/src/generation/buffer.js
+++ b/packages/babel/src/generation/buffer.js
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export default class Buffer {
 
   rightBrace() {
     this.newline(true);
+    if (this.format.compact) this._removeLast(";");
     this.push("}");
   }
 
@@ -114,8 +115,11 @@ export default class Buffer {
 
   removeLast(cha) {
     if (this.format.compact) return;
-    if (!this.isLast(cha)) return;
+    return this._removeLast(cha);
+  }
 
+  _removeLast(cha) {
+    if (!this._isLast(cha)) return;
     this.buf = this.buf.substr(0, this.buf.length - 1);
     this.position.unshift(cha);
   }
@@ -298,7 +302,10 @@ export default class Buffer {
 
   isLast(cha) {
     if (this.format.compact) return false;
+    return this._isLast(cha);
+  }
 
+  _isLast(cha) {
     var buf = this.buf;
     var last = buf[buf.length - 1];
 
diff --git a/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/compact/no-semicolon/actual.js b/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/compact/no-semicolon/actual.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85240b60d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/compact/no-semicolon/actual.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+function foo() {
+  if (bar) {
+    baz();
+  }
+  return;
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/compact/no-semicolon/expected.js b/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/compact/no-semicolon/expected.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5773cd637c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/compact/no-semicolon/expected.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+function foo(){if(bar){baz()}return}
diff --git a/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/edgecase/return-with-retainlines-and-compact-option/expected.js b/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/edgecase/return-with-retainlines-and-compact-option/expected.js
index 042f71356d..e853654162 100644
--- a/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/edgecase/return-with-retainlines-and-compact-option/expected.js
+++ b/packages/babel/test/fixtures/generation/edgecase/return-with-retainlines-and-compact-option/expected.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 function foo(l){
 return (
 
-l);}
+l)}