diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 3dd56e1..3423204 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fn run(allocator: *Allocator, data: []u8) !void {
     var stdout_file = try std.io.getStdOut();
     const stdout = &stdout_file.outStream().stream;
 
-    var scanner = try Scanner.init(allocator, data);
+    var scanner = Scanner.init(allocator, data);
     var tokens = try scanner.scanTokens();
     var it = tokens.iterator();
 
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ fn run(allocator: *Allocator, data: []u8) !void {
             .Slice => |value| {
                 try value.printToken(stdout);
             },
-            .Number => |value| {
-                try value.printToken(stdout);
-            },
         }
 
         hadError = false;
diff --git a/src/scanner.zig b/src/scanner.zig
index f2073d1..8bbc5a8 100644
--- a/src/scanner.zig
+++ b/src/scanner.zig
@@ -4,88 +4,19 @@ const token = @import("token.zig");
 const main = @import("main.zig");
 
 const TokenList = std.ArrayList(token.Token);
-const TokenType = token.TokenType;
-
-fn isDigit(char: u8) bool {
-    return char >= '0' and char <= '9';
-}
-
-fn isAlpha(c: u8) bool {
-    return (c >= 'a' and c <= 'z') or
-        (c >= 'A' and c <= 'Z') or
-        c == '_';
-}
-
-fn isAlphaNumeric(char: u8) bool {
-    return isAlpha(char) or isDigit(char);
-}
-
-// hashmaps don't work on HashMaps for some reason. anyways.
-pub const KeywordMap = std.AutoHashMap([]const u8, u6);
-
-fn initKeywordMap(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !KeywordMap {
-    var map = KeywordMap.init(allocator);
-
-    const keywords = [][]const u8{
-        "and"[0..],
-        "class"[0..],
-        "else"[0..],
-        "false"[0..],
-        "for"[0..],
-        "fun"[0..],
-        "if"[0..],
-        "nil"[0..],
-        "or"[0..],
-        "print"[0..],
-        "return"[0..],
-        "super"[0..],
-        "this"[0..],
-        "true"[0..],
-        "var"[0..],
-        "while"[0..],
-    };
-
-    const tags = []TokenType{
-        TokenType.AND,
-        TokenType.CLASS,
-        TokenType.ELSE,
-        TokenType.FALSE,
-        TokenType.FOR,
-        TokenType.FUN,
-        TokenType.IF,
-        TokenType.NIL,
-        TokenType.OR,
-        TokenType.PRINT,
-        TokenType.RETURN,
-        TokenType.SUPER,
-        TokenType.THIS,
-        TokenType.TRUE,
-        TokenType.VAR,
-        TokenType.WHILE,
-    };
-
-    for (keywords) |keyword, idx| {
-        var tag = @enumToInt(tags[idx]);
-        _ = try map.put(keyword, tag);
-    }
-
-    return map;
-}
 
 pub const Scanner = struct {
     source: []u8,
     tokens: TokenList,
-    keywords: KeywordMap,
 
     start: usize = 0,
     current: usize = 0,
     line: usize = 1,
 
-    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, data: []u8) !Scanner {
+    pub fn init(allocator: *std.mem.Allocator, data: []u8) Scanner {
         return Scanner{
             .source = data,
             .tokens = TokenList.init(allocator),
-            .keywords = try initKeywordMap(allocator),
         };
     }
 
@@ -124,18 +55,6 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
         });
     }
 
-    /// Keep in mind Lox only has a single number type and that is a float one.
-    fn addNumberToken(self: *Scanner, ttype: token.TokenType, num: f32) !void {
-        try self.addToken(token.Token{
-            .Number = token.NumberToken.init(
-                ttype,
-                self.currentLexeme(),
-                self.line,
-                num,
-            ),
-        });
-    }
-
     fn addToken(
         self: *Scanner,
         tok: token.Token,
@@ -195,58 +114,6 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
         );
     }
 
-    fn peekNext(self: *Scanner) u8 {
-        if (self.current + 1 >= self.source.len) return 0;
-        return self.source[self.current + 1];
-    }
-
-    /// Consume a number
-    fn doNumber(self: *Scanner) !void {
-        while (isDigit(self.peek())) {
-            _ = self.advance();
-        }
-
-        // check if its a number like 12.34, where the '.' character
-        // exists and the one next to it is a digit.
-        if (self.peek() == '.' and isDigit(self.peekNext())) {
-            _ = self.advance();
-
-            while (isDigit(self.peek())) {
-                _ = self.advance();
-            }
-        }
-
-        // after going through all of the number, we can just use fmt.parseFloat
-
-        var num = try std.fmt.parseFloat(
-            f32,
-            self.source[self.start..self.current],
-        );
-
-        try self.addNumberToken(.NUMBER, num);
-    }
-
-    fn doIdentifier(self: *Scanner) !void {
-        while (isAlphaNumeric(self.peek())) {
-            _ = self.advance();
-        }
-
-        // after reading the identifier, we check
-        // if it is any of our keywords, if it is, then we add
-        // the specificed keyword type. if not, just .IDENTIFIER
-        var text = self.source[self.start..self.current];
-        var type_opt = self.keywords.get(text);
-        var toktype: TokenType = undefined;
-
-        if (type_opt) |kv| {
-            toktype = @intToEnum(TokenType, kv.value);
-        } else {
-            toktype = TokenType.IDENTIFIER;
-        }
-
-        try self.addSimpleToken(toktype);
-    }
-
     /// Scan through our tokens and add them to the Scanner's token list.
     fn scanToken(self: *Scanner) !void {
         var c = self.advance();
@@ -287,13 +154,7 @@ pub const Scanner = struct {
             '"' => try self.doString(),
 
             else => {
-                if (isDigit(c)) {
-                    try self.doNumber();
-                } else if (isAlpha(c)) {
-                    try self.doIdentifier();
-                } else {
-                    try main.doError(self.line, "Unexpected character");
-                }
+                try main.doError(self.line, "Unexpected character");
             },
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/token.zig b/src/token.zig
index 9e88ee1..4460dad 100644
--- a/src/token.zig
+++ b/src/token.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub const TokenType = enum(u6) {
+pub const TokenType = enum {
     // Single-character tokens.
     LEFT_PAREN,
     RIGHT_PAREN,
@@ -98,10 +98,8 @@ pub fn TokenFactory(
 
 pub const SimpleToken = TokenFactory(void);
 pub const SliceToken = TokenFactory([]u8);
-pub const NumberToken = TokenFactory(f32);
 
 pub const Token = union(enum) {
     Simple: SimpleToken,
     Slice: SliceToken,
-    Number: NumberToken,
 };