diff --git a/cranelift/isle/fuzz/fuzz_targets/parse.rs b/cranelift/isle/fuzz/fuzz_targets/parse.rs
index 73cee40e87..67390f865c 100644
--- a/cranelift/isle/fuzz/fuzz_targets/parse.rs
+++ b/cranelift/isle/fuzz/fuzz_targets/parse.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ fuzz_target!(|s: &str| {
     log::debug!("lexer = {:?}", lexer);
 
     if let Ok(lexer) = lexer {
-        let mut parser = isle::parser::Parser::new(lexer);
-
-        let defs = parser.parse_defs();
+        let defs = isle::parser::parse(lexer);
         log::debug!("defs = {:?}", defs);
     }
 });
diff --git a/cranelift/isle/isle/src/parser.rs b/cranelift/isle/isle/src/parser.rs
index 1ad29881ec..8d8bbad5d8 100644
--- a/cranelift/isle/isle/src/parser.rs
+++ b/cranelift/isle/isle/src/parser.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ use crate::ast::*;
 use crate::error::*;
 use crate::lexer::{Lexer, Pos, Token};
 
+/// Parse the top-level ISLE definitions and return their AST.
+pub fn parse(lexer: Lexer) -> Result<Defs> {
+    let parser = Parser::new(lexer);
+    parser.parse_defs()
+}
+
 /// The ISLE parser.
 ///
 /// Takes in a lexer and creates an AST.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct Parser<'a> {
+struct Parser<'a> {
     lexer: Lexer<'a>,
 }
 
@@ -113,16 +119,15 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Parse the top-level ISLE definitions and return their AST.
-    pub fn parse_defs(&mut self) -> Result<Defs> {
+    fn parse_defs(mut self) -> Result<Defs> {
         let mut defs = vec![];
         while !self.lexer.eof() {
             defs.push(self.parse_def()?);
         }
         Ok(Defs {
             defs,
-            filenames: self.lexer.filenames.clone(),
-            file_texts: self.lexer.file_texts.clone(),
+            filenames: self.lexer.filenames,
+            file_texts: self.lexer.file_texts,
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/cranelift/isle/islec/src/main.rs b/cranelift/isle/islec/src/main.rs
index 031c1769b8..c4e675d064 100644
--- a/cranelift/isle/islec/src/main.rs
+++ b/cranelift/isle/islec/src/main.rs
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let opts = Opts::from_args();
 
     let lexer = lexer::Lexer::from_files(opts.inputs)?;
-    let mut parser = parser::Parser::new(lexer);
-    let defs = parser.parse_defs()?;
+    let defs = parser::parse(lexer)?;
     let code = compile::compile(&defs)?;
 
     let stdout = io::stdout();