diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs
index a1efb33..41ca09c 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub enum AstType {
     Array,
     Keyword,
     Symbol,
+    // TODO this does no longer correspond to an actual literal ast type as that's replaced with SimplExpr
     Literal,
     SimplExpr,
     Comment,
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ pub enum Ast {
     Array(Span, Vec<Ast>),
     Keyword(Span, String),
     Symbol(Span, String),
-    Literal(Span, DynVal),
     SimplExpr(Span, SimplExpr),
     Comment(Span),
 }
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ macro_rules! as_func {
 }
 
 impl Ast {
-    as_func!(AstType::Literal, as_literal as_literal_ref<DynVal> = Ast::Literal(_, x) => x);
-
     as_func!(AstType::Symbol, as_symbol as_symbol_ref<String> = Ast::Symbol(_, x) => x);
 
     as_func!(AstType::Keyword, as_keyword as_keyword_ref<String> = Ast::Keyword(_, x) => x);
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ impl Ast {
             Ast::Array(..) => AstType::Array,
             Ast::Keyword(..) => AstType::Keyword,
             Ast::Symbol(..) => AstType::Symbol,
-            Ast::Literal(..) => AstType::Literal,
             Ast::SimplExpr(..) => AstType::SimplExpr,
             Ast::Comment(_) => AstType::Comment,
         }
@@ -86,7 +83,6 @@ impl Ast {
             Ast::Array(span, _) => *span,
             Ast::Keyword(span, _) => *span,
             Ast::Symbol(span, _) => *span,
-            Ast::Literal(span, _) => *span,
             Ast::SimplExpr(span, _) => *span,
             Ast::Comment(span) => *span,
         }
@@ -97,7 +93,6 @@ impl Ast {
             // TODO do I do this?
             // Ast::Array(span, elements) => todo!()
             Ast::Symbol(span, x) => Ok(SimplExpr::VarRef(span, VarName(x))),
-            Ast::Literal(span, x) => Ok(SimplExpr::Literal(span, x)),
             Ast::SimplExpr(span, x) => Ok(x),
             _ => Err(AstError::WrongExprType(self.span(), AstType::IntoPrimitive, self.expr_type())),
         }
@@ -118,7 +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),
-            Literal(_, x) => write!(f, "\"{}\"", x),
+            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 63c61de..26d2a4f 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/ast_iterator.rs
@@ -39,19 +39,17 @@ macro_rules! return_or_put_back {
 impl<I: Iterator<Item = Ast>> AstIterator<I> {
     return_or_put_back!(expect_symbol, AstType::Symbol, (Span, String) = Ast::Symbol(span, x) => (span, x));
 
-    // return_or_put_back!(expect_literal, AstType::Literal, (Span, DynVal) = Ast::Literal(span, x) => (span, x));
-
     return_or_put_back!(expect_list, AstType::List, (Span, Vec<Ast>) = Ast::List(span, x) => (span, x));
 
     return_or_put_back!(expect_array, AstType::Array, (Span, Vec<Ast>) = Ast::Array(span, x) => (span, x));
 
     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::Literal(_, _) => todo!(),
             Ast::SimplExpr(span, expr) => Ok((span, dbg!(expr.eval_no_vars()).map_err(|e| AstError::SimplExpr(e.into()))?)),
             other => {
                 let span = other.span();
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/from_ast.rs b/crates/yuck/src/parser/from_ast.rs
index acff1ef..3aca5ea 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/from_ast.rs
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/from_ast.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl FromAst for Ast {
 
 impl FromAst for String {
     fn from_ast(e: Ast) -> AstResult<Self> {
-        Ok(e.as_literal()?.as_string().unwrap())
+        Ok(e.as_simplexpr()?.eval_no_vars().map_err(simplexpr::error::Error::Eval)?.to_string())
     }
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ impl FromAst for SimplExpr {
     fn from_ast(e: Ast) -> AstResult<Self> {
         match e {
             Ast::Symbol(span, x) => Ok(SimplExpr::VarRef(span.into(), VarName(x))),
-            Ast::Literal(span, x) => Ok(SimplExpr::Literal(span.into(), x)),
             Ast::SimplExpr(span, x) => Ok(x),
             _ => Err(AstError::NotAValue(e.span(), e.expr_type())),
         }
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/parser.lalrpop b/crates/yuck/src/parser/parser.lalrpop
index 9f65b8f..34740b4 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/parser.lalrpop
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/parser.lalrpop
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub Ast: Ast = {
     <l:@L> <expr:SimplExpr> <r:@R> => Ast::SimplExpr(Span(l, r, file_id), expr),
     <x:Keyword> => x,
     <x:Symbol> => x,
-    <l:@L> <x:Literal> <r:@R> => Ast::Literal(Span(l, r, file_id), x.into()),
+    <l:@L> <x:Literal> <r:@R> => Ast::SimplExpr(Span(l, r, file_id), SimplExpr::literal(Span(l, r, file_id), x.into())),
     <l:@L> "comment" <r:@R> => Ast::Comment(Span(l, r, file_id)),
 };
 
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-11.snap b/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-11.snap
index f260cbc..4f80a03 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-11.snap
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-11.snap
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ expression: "p.parse(0, Lexer::new(0, r#\"(test \"hi\")\"#.to_string()))"
 
 ---
 Ok(
-    (test {"hi"}),
+    (test "hi"),
 )
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-12.snap b/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-12.snap
index b2bddd7..3fcc8ea 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-12.snap
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-12.snap
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ expression: "p.parse(0, Lexer::new(0, r#\"(test \"h\\\"i\")\"#.to_string()))"
 
 ---
 Ok(
-    (test {"h"i"}),
+    (test "h"i"),
 )
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-13.snap b/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-13.snap
index c776d11..8d4d533 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-13.snap
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-13.snap
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ expression: "p.parse(0, Lexer::new(0, r#\"(test \" hi \")\"#.to_string()))"
 
 ---
 Ok(
-    (test {" hi "}),
+    (test " hi "),
 )
diff --git a/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-17.snap b/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-17.snap
index 098049f..a2e848a 100644
--- a/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-17.snap
+++ b/crates/yuck/src/parser/snapshots/yuck__parser__test-17.snap
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ expression: "p.parse(0, Lexer::new(0, \"\\\"h\\\\\\\"i\\\"\".to_string()))"
 
 ---
 Ok(
-    {"h"i"},
+    "h"i",
 )