diff --git a/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R b/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R
index bfed13afd..4a696d4ff 100644
--- a/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R
+++ b/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ extract_calls <- function(pd) {
   calls <- Filter(function(call) !(nrow(call) == 1 && call$token == "';'"), calls)
   calls <- Filter(Negate(is.null), calls)
   calls <- fix_shifted_comments(calls)
+  calls <- remove_custom_assign(calls, c(":="))
   fix_arrows(calls)
 }
 
@@ -144,6 +145,23 @@ fix_shifted_comments <- function(calls) {
   Filter(nrow, calls)
 }
 
+#' Fixes edge case of custom assignments operator being treated as assignment.
+#'
+#' @param exclude (`character`) custom assignment operators to be excluded
+#' @keywords internal
+#' @noRd
+remove_custom_assign <- function(calls, exclude = NULL) {
+  checkmate::assert_list(calls)
+  checkmate::assert_character(exclude, null.ok = TRUE)
+  lapply(calls, function(call) {
+    if (!is.null(exclude)) {
+      call[!(call$token == "LEFT_ASSIGN" & call$text %in% exclude), ]
+    } else {
+      call
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 #' Fixes edge case of `<-` assignment operator being called as function,
 #' which is \code{`<-`(y,x)} instead of traditional `y <- x`.
 #' @keywords internal
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-qenv_eval_code.R b/tests/testthat/test-qenv_eval_code.R
index 01bdccec4..689ee170b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-qenv_eval_code.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-qenv_eval_code.R
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ testthat::test_that("eval_code accepts calls containing only comments and empty
   testthat::expect_identical(get_code(eval_code(qenv(), code)), code)
 })
 
+testthat::test_that("eval_code does not treat := as an assignment operator", {
+  code <- "
+    x <- 'name'
+    rlang::list2(!!x := 1)
+  "
+  q <- eval_code(qenv(), code)
+  testthat::expect_identical(get_code(q), code)
+})
+
 # comments ----------
 testthat::test_that("comments fall into proper calls", {
   # If comment is on top, it gets moved to the first call.