diff --git a/crates/simplexpr/src/ast.rs b/crates/simplexpr/src/ast.rs
index 4139e75..b7aa2da 100644
--- a/crates/simplexpr/src/ast.rs
+++ b/crates/simplexpr/src/ast.rs
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ pub enum UnaryOp {
 
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum SimplExpr {
-    // TODO figure out if that span value here is even necessary,..
-    // DynVal has span information. However, keeping the span here and the span of the dynval separate
-    // would allow to separate the span of where a dynval was defined and the
-    // span of the use-site when a literal is used to replace a varref in the evaluation process.
-    Literal(Span, DynVal),
+    Literal(DynVal),
     VarRef(Span, VarName),
     BinOp(Span, Box<SimplExpr>, BinOp, Box<SimplExpr>),
     UnaryOp(Span, UnaryOp, Box<SimplExpr>),
@@ -47,8 +43,8 @@ pub enum SimplExpr {
 impl std::fmt::Display for SimplExpr {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
+            SimplExpr::Literal(x) => write!(f, "\"{}\"", x),
             SimplExpr::VarRef(_, x) => write!(f, "{}", x),
-            SimplExpr::Literal(_, x) => write!(f, "\"{}\"", x),
             SimplExpr::BinOp(_, l, op, r) => write!(f, "({} {} {})", l, op, r),
             SimplExpr::UnaryOp(_, op, x) => write!(f, "{}{}", op, x),
             SimplExpr::IfElse(_, a, b, c) => write!(f, "({} ? {} : {})", a, b, c),
@@ -61,23 +57,23 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for SimplExpr {
 }
 impl SimplExpr {
     pub fn literal(span: Span, s: String) -> Self {
-        Self::Literal(span, DynVal(s, span))
+        Self::Literal(DynVal(s, span))
     }
 
     /// Construct a synthetic simplexpr from a literal string, without adding any relevant span information (uses [DUMMY_SPAN])
     pub fn synth_string(s: String) -> Self {
-        Self::Literal(Span::DUMMY, DynVal(s, Span::DUMMY))
+        Self::Literal(DynVal(s, Span::DUMMY))
     }
 
     /// Construct a synthetic simplexpr from a literal dynval, without adding any relevant span information (uses [DUMMY_SPAN])
     pub fn synth_literal<T: Into<DynVal>>(s: T) -> Self {
-        Self::Literal(Span::DUMMY, s.into())
+        Self::Literal(s.into())
     }
 }
 impl Spanned for SimplExpr {
     fn span(&self) -> Span {
         match self {
-            SimplExpr::Literal(span, _) => *span,
+            SimplExpr::Literal(x) => x.span(),
             SimplExpr::VarRef(span, _) => *span,
             SimplExpr::BinOp(span, ..) => *span,
             SimplExpr::UnaryOp(span, ..) => *span,
diff --git a/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs b/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs
index 159d35b..cf508ca 100644
--- a/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs
+++ b/crates/simplexpr/src/eval.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl SimplExpr {
     pub fn resolve_refs(self, variables: &HashMap<VarName, DynVal>) -> Result<Self, EvalError> {
         use SimplExpr::*;
         match self {
-            Literal(span, x) => Ok(Literal(span, x)),
+            Literal(x) => Ok(Literal(x)),
             BinOp(span, box a, op, box b) => Ok(BinOp(span, box a.resolve_refs(variables)?, op, box b.resolve_refs(variables)?)),
             UnaryOp(span, op, box x) => Ok(UnaryOp(span, op, box x.resolve_refs(variables)?)),
             IfElse(span, box a, box b, box c) => {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl SimplExpr {
                 args.into_iter().map(|a| a.resolve_refs(variables)).collect::<Result<_, EvalError>>()?,
             )),
             VarRef(span, ref name) => match variables.get(name) {
-                Some(value) => Ok(Literal(span, value.clone())),
+                Some(value) => Ok(Literal(value.clone())),
                 None => Err(EvalError::UnknownVariable(name.clone()).at(span)),
             },
         }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ impl SimplExpr {
     pub fn eval(&self, values: &HashMap<VarName, DynVal>) -> Result<DynVal, EvalError> {
         let span = self.span();
         let value = match self {
-            SimplExpr::Literal(_, x) => Ok(x.clone()),
+            SimplExpr::Literal(x) => Ok(x.clone()),
             SimplExpr::VarRef(span, ref name) => {
                 Ok(values.get(name).cloned().ok_or_else(|| EvalError::UnknownVariable(name.clone()).at(*span))?.at(*span))
             }
diff --git a/crates/simplexpr/src/parser/lalrpop_helpers.rs b/crates/simplexpr/src/parser/lalrpop_helpers.rs
index 7d22f13..19e2fa5 100644
--- a/crates/simplexpr/src/parser/lalrpop_helpers.rs
+++ b/crates/simplexpr/src/parser/lalrpop_helpers.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub fn parse_stringlit(
             let span = Span(lo, hi, file_id);
             match segment {
                 StrLitSegment::Literal(lit) if lit.is_empty() => None,
-                StrLitSegment::Literal(lit) => Some(Ok(SimplExpr::Literal(span, DynVal(lit, span)))),
+                StrLitSegment::Literal(lit) => Some(Ok(SimplExpr::Literal(DynVal(lit, span)))),
                 StrLitSegment::Interp(toks) => {
                     let token_stream = toks.into_iter().map(|x| Ok(x));
                     Some(parser.parse(file_id, token_stream))
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ pub fn parse_stringlit(
             Some(ast) => Some(SimplExpr::BinOp(span, Box::new(ast), BinOp::Plus, Box::new(cur))),
             None => Some(cur),
         })
-        .map(|ast| ast.unwrap_or_else(|| SimplExpr::Literal(span, DynVal(String::new(), span))))
+        .map(|ast| ast.unwrap_or_else(|| SimplExpr::Literal(DynVal(String::new(), span))))
 }
diff --git a/crates/simplexpr/src/simplexpr_parser.lalrpop b/crates/simplexpr/src/simplexpr_parser.lalrpop
index a72afd6..10028b7 100644
--- a/crates/simplexpr/src/simplexpr_parser.lalrpop
+++ b/crates/simplexpr/src/simplexpr_parser.lalrpop
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub Expr: SimplExpr = {
   <l:@L> <value:Expr>         "[" <index: ExprReset>       "]" <r:@R> => JsonAccess(Span(l, r, fid), b(value), b(index)),
 
   <l:@L> <value:Expr> "." <lit_l:@L> <index:"identifier"> <r:@R> => {
-    JsonAccess(Span(l, r, fid), b(value), b(Literal(Span(lit_l, r, fid), index.into())))
+    JsonAccess(Span(l, r, fid), b(value), b(Literal(index.into())))
   },
 
   #[precedence(level="2")] #[assoc(side="right")]
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/config/snapshots/yuck__config__test__config.snap b/crates/yuck/src/config/snapshots/yuck__config__test__config.snap
index ef3554d..d4a0ba3 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/config/snapshots/yuck__config__test__config.snap
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/config/snapshots/yuck__config__test__config.snap
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Config(
           attrs: {
             AttrName("arg"): AttrEntry(
               key_span: Span(52, 56, 0),
-              value: SimplExpr(Span(57, 61, 0), Literal(Span(57, 61, 0), DynVal("hi", Span(57, 61, 0)))),
+              value: SimplExpr(Span(57, 61, 0), Literal(DynVal("hi", Span(57, 61, 0)))),
             ),
           },
         ),
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Config(
           attrs: {
             AttrName("arg"): AttrEntry(
               key_span: Span(468, 472, 0),
-              value: SimplExpr(Span(473, 478, 0), Literal(Span(473, 478, 0), DynVal("bla", Span(473, 478, 0)))),
+              value: SimplExpr(Span(473, 478, 0), Literal(DynVal("bla", Span(473, 478, 0)))),
             ),
           },
         ),
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs
index 41ca09c..2361ea5 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Ast {
             Array(_, x) => write!(f, "({})", x.iter().map(|e| format!("{}", e)).join(" ")),
             Keyword(_, x) => write!(f, ":{}", x),
             Symbol(_, x) => write!(f, "{}", x),
-            SimplExpr(_, simplexpr::SimplExpr::Literal(_, value)) => write!(f, "\"{}\"", value),
+            SimplExpr(_, simplexpr::SimplExpr::Literal(value)) => write!(f, "\"{}\"", value),
             SimplExpr(_, x) => write!(f, "{{{}}}", x),
             Comment(_) => write!(f, ""),
         }
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs
index 26d2a4f..c2b5663 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs
@@ -46,11 +46,8 @@ impl<I: Iterator<Item = Ast>> AstIterator<I> {
     pub fn expect_literal(&mut self) -> AstResult<(Span, DynVal)> {
         // TODO add some others
         match self.expect_any()? {
-            // Ast::List(_, _) => todo!(),
             // Ast::Array(_, _) => todo!(),
-            // Ast::Keyword(_, _) => todo!(),
-            // Ast::Symbol(_, _) => todo!(),
-            Ast::SimplExpr(span, expr) => Ok((span, dbg!(expr.eval_no_vars()).map_err(|e| AstError::SimplExpr(e.into()))?)),
+            Ast::SimplExpr(span, expr) => Ok((span, expr.eval_no_vars().map_err(|e| AstError::SimplExpr(e.into()))?)),
             other => {
                 let span = other.span();
                 let actual_type = other.expr_type();