diff --git a/src/latexify_recipes.jl b/src/latexify_recipes.jl
index 2b42953d1..7f801b6c9 100644
--- a/src/latexify_recipes.jl
+++ b/src/latexify_recipes.jl
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ function _toexpr(O)
         return :(solve($(_toexpr(args[1])), $(_toexpr(args[2]))))
     elseif issym(op) && symtype(op) <: AbstractArray
         return :(_textbf($(nameof(op))))
+    elseif op === identity
+        return _toexpr(only(args)) # suppress identity transformations (e.g. "identity(π)" -> "π")
     end
     return Expr(:call, Symbol(op), _toexpr(args)...)
 end
diff --git a/test/latexify.jl b/test/latexify.jl
index d5249abc8..23d005cae 100644
--- a/test/latexify.jl
+++ b/test/latexify.jl
@@ -57,3 +57,5 @@ Dy = Differential(y)
 
 @test_reference "latexify_refs/indices1.txt" latexify(h[10,10])
 @test_reference "latexify_refs/indices2.txt" latexify(h[10,10], index=:bracket)
+
+@test !occursin("identity", latexify(Num(π))) # issue #1254