diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/noder.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/noder.go
index 5e3206d6e67..4f1c883b5a1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/noder.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/noder.go
@@ -1150,3 +1150,18 @@ func (p *noder) pragma(pos, line int, text string) syntax.Pragma {
 
 	return 0
 }
+
+func mkname(sym *Sym) *Node {
+	n := oldname(sym)
+	if n.Name != nil && n.Name.Pack != nil {
+		n.Name.Pack.Used = true
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func unparen(x *Node) *Node {
+	for x.Op == OPAREN {
+		x = x.Left
+	}
+	return x
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/parser.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/parser.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f630183ef5..00000000000
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/parser.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package gc
-
-// The recursive-descent parser is built around a slighty modified grammar
-// of Go to accommodate for the constraints imposed by strict one token look-
-// ahead, and for better error handling. Subsequent checks of the constructed
-// syntax tree restrict the language accepted by the compiler to proper Go.
-//
-// Semicolons are inserted by the lexer. The parser uses one-token look-ahead
-// to handle optional commas and semicolons before a closing ) or } .
-
-func mkname(sym *Sym) *Node {
-	n := oldname(sym)
-	if n.Name != nil && n.Name.Pack != nil {
-		n.Name.Pack.Used = true
-	}
-	return n
-}
-
-func unparen(x *Node) *Node {
-	for x.Op == OPAREN {
-		x = x.Left
-	}
-	return x
-}