diff --git a/lib/compiler.js b/lib/compiler.js
index 286df45e..15dc8254 100644
--- a/lib/compiler.js
+++ b/lib/compiler.js
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@
     path:      noop,
     literal:   noop,
     raw:       noop,
-    comment:   nullify,
-    line:      nullify,
-    col:       nullify
+    comment:   nullify
   };
 
   compiler.pragmas = {
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@
         if (res[0] === 'buffer' || res[0] === 'format') {
           if (memo) {
             memo[0] = (res[0] === 'buffer') ? 'buffer' : memo[0];
-            memo[1] += res.slice(1, -2).join('');
+            memo[1] += res.slice(1).join('');
           } else {
             memo = res;
             out.push(res);
@@ -143,10 +141,10 @@
 
   function format(context, node) {
     if(dust.config.whitespace) {
-      // Format nodes are in the form ['format', eol, whitespace, line, col],
+      // Format nodes are in the form ['format', eol, whitespace],
       // which is unlike other nodes in that there are two pieces of content
       // Join eol and whitespace together to normalize the node format
-      node.splice(1, 2, node.slice(1, -2).join(''));
+      node.splice(1, 2, node.slice(1).join(''));
       return node;
     }
     return null;
diff --git a/lib/parser.js b/lib/parser.js
index eaf418e1..3ca30d60 100644
--- a/lib/parser.js
+++ b/lib/parser.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         peg$c40 = { type: "other", description: "identifier" },
         peg$c41 = function(p) {
             var arr = ["path"].concat(p);
-            arr.text = p[1].join('.').replace(/,line,\d+,col,\d+/g,'');
+            arr.text = p[1].join('.');
             return arr;
           },
         peg$c42 = function(k) {
@@ -2719,7 +2719,8 @@
         return parseInt(arr.join(''), 10);
       }
       function withPosition(arr) {
-        return arr.concat([['line', location().start.line], ['col', location().start.column]]);
+        arr.location = location();
+        return arr;
       }
 
 
diff --git a/src/dust.pegjs b/src/dust.pegjs
index 1f877b7c..27781d44 100644
--- a/src/dust.pegjs
+++ b/src/dust.pegjs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     return parseInt(arr.join(''), 10);
   }
   function withPosition(arr) {
-    return arr.concat([['line', location().start.line], ['col', location().start.column]]);
+    arr.location = location();
+    return arr;
   }
 }
 
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ identifier "identifier"
   = p:path
   {
     var arr = ["path"].concat(p);
-    arr.text = p[1].join('.').replace(/,line,\d+,col,\d+/g,'');
+    arr.text = p[1].join('.');
     return arr;
   }
   / k:key