1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
index b6ec15d8641..59e4dddc73b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
@@ -175,12 +175,10 @@ fn byte_offset(rdr: @mut StringReader) -> BytePos {
 }
 
 pub fn get_str_from(rdr: @mut StringReader, start: BytePos) -> ~str {
-    unsafe {
-        // I'm pretty skeptical about this subtraction. What if there's a
-        // multi-byte character before the mark?
-        return str::slice(*rdr.src, start.to_uint() - 1u,
-                          byte_offset(rdr).to_uint() - 1u).to_owned();
-    }
+    // I'm pretty skeptical about this subtraction. What if there's a
+    // multi-byte character before the mark?
+    return str::slice(*rdr.src, start.to_uint() - 1u,
+                      byte_offset(rdr).to_uint() - 1u).to_owned();
 }
 
 // EFFECT: advance the StringReader by one character. If a newline is