diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index d755d83..242dc7f 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
                         pub_token: pub_token,
                         paren_token: parenthesized!(content in input),
                         in_token: None,
-                        path: Box::new(Path::from(content.parse_synom(Ident::parse_any)?)),
+                        path: Box::new(Path::from(content.call(Ident::parse_any)?)),
                     }));
                 } else if content.peek(Token![in]) {
                     return Ok(Visibility::Restricted(VisRestricted {
diff --git a/src/expr.rs b/src/expr.rs
index f53c916..d03d63f 100644
--- a/src/expr.rs
+++ b/src/expr.rs
@@ -2645,7 +2645,7 @@
             mutability: input.parse()?,
             ident: {
                 let ident = if input.peek(Ident) || input.peek(Token![self]) {
-                    input.call(Ident::parse_any2)?
+                    input.call(Ident::parse_any)?
                 } else {
                     return Err(input.error("expected identifier or `self`"));
                 };
diff --git a/src/item.rs b/src/item.rs
index 078c737..325710a 100644
--- a/src/item.rs
+++ b/src/item.rs
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@
             || lookahead.peek(Token![crate])
             || lookahead.peek(Token![extern])
         {
-            let ident = input.call(Ident::parse_any2)?;
+            let ident = input.call(Ident::parse_any)?;
             if input.peek(Token![::]) {
                 Ok(UseTree::Path(UsePath {
                     ident: ident,
diff --git a/src/lifetime.rs b/src/lifetime.rs
index c8101eb..6a039c6 100644
--- a/src/lifetime.rs
+++ b/src/lifetime.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
                         return Err(Error::new(err.span(), "expected lifetime"));
                     }
                 },
-                ident: input.call(Ident::parse_any2)?,
+                ident: input.call(Ident::parse_any)?,
             })
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/path.rs b/src/path.rs
index 6e68000..6baf35a 100644
--- a/src/path.rs
+++ b/src/path.rs
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
                 || input.peek(Token![crate])
                 || input.peek(Token![extern])
             {
-                let ident = input.parse_synom(Ident::parse_any)?;
+                let ident = input.call(Ident::parse_any)?;
                 return Ok(PathSegment::from(ident));
             }
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
                         {
                             break;
                         }
-                        let ident = Ident::parse_any2(input)?;
+                        let ident = Ident::parse_any(input)?;
                         segments.push_value(PathSegment::from(ident));
                         if !input.peek(Token![::]) {
                             break;
diff --git a/src/synom.rs b/src/synom.rs
index 0c4c052..d5f1684 100644
--- a/src/synom.rs
+++ b/src/synom.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
 use proc_macro;
 use proc_macro2::{self, Delimiter, Group, Literal, Punct, Span, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 
-use error::parse_error;
 pub use error::{Error, PResult};
 
 use buffer::{Cursor, TokenBuffer};
@@ -330,7 +329,6 @@
 ///
 /// *This module is available if Syn is built with the `"parsing"` feature.*
 pub mod ext {
-    use super::*;
     use proc_macro2::Ident;
 
     use parse::{ParseStream, Result};
@@ -368,17 +366,11 @@
         /// #
         /// # fn main() {}
         /// ```
-        fn parse_any(input: Cursor) -> PResult<Self>;
-
-        fn parse_any2(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self>;
+        fn parse_any(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self>;
     }
 
     impl IdentExt for Ident {
-        fn parse_any(input: Cursor) -> PResult<Self> {
-            input.ident().map_or_else(parse_error, Ok)
-        }
-
-        fn parse_any2(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self> {
+        fn parse_any(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self> {
             input.step_cursor(|cursor| match cursor.ident() {
                 Some((ident, rest)) => Ok((ident, rest)),
                 None => Err(cursor.error("expected ident")),