diff --git a/pkg/saccharine/expression.go b/pkg/saccharine/expression.go
index 80c8f1b..a0bb7d2 100644
--- a/pkg/saccharine/expression.go
+++ b/pkg/saccharine/expression.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package saccharine
 
 type Expression interface {
-	IsExpression()
+	isExpression()
 }
 
 /** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ type Clause struct {
 	Returns    Expression
 }
 
-func (Abstraction) IsExpression() {}
-func (Application) IsExpression() {}
-func (Atom) IsExpression()        {}
-func (Clause) IsExpression()      {}
+func (Abstraction) isExpression() {}
+func (Application) isExpression() {}
+func (Atom) isExpression()        {}
+func (Clause) isExpression()      {}
 
 /** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/pkg/saccharine/parse.go b/pkg/saccharine/parse.go
index 8b73394..88c9e72 100644
--- a/pkg/saccharine/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/saccharine/parse.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/iterator"
-	"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/trace"
 )
 
 type TokenIterator = iterator.Iterator[Token]
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ func parseToken(i *TokenIterator, expected TokenType, ignoreSoftBreaks bool) (*T
 
 func parseString(i *TokenIterator) (string, error) {
 	if tok, err := parseToken(i, TokenAtom, true); err != nil {
-		return "", trace.Wrap(err, "no variable (col %d)", i.Index())
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("no variable (col %d): %w", i.Index(), err)
 	} else {
 		return tok.Value, nil
 	}
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ func parseList[U any](i *TokenIterator, fn func(*TokenIterator) (U, error), mini
 	for {
 		if u, err := fn(i); err != nil {
 			if len(results) < minimum {
-				return nil, trace.Wrap(err, "expected at least '%v' items, got only '%v'", minimum, len(results))
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected at least '%v' items, got only '%v': %w", minimum, len(results), err)
 			}
 			return results, nil
 		} else {
@@ -76,11 +75,11 @@ func parseList[U any](i *TokenIterator, fn func(*TokenIterator) (U, error), mini
 func parseAbstraction(i *TokenIterator) (*Abstraction, error) {
 	return iterator.Do(i, func(i *TokenIterator) (*Abstraction, error) {
 		if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenSlash, true); err != nil {
-			return nil, trace.Wrap(err, "no function slash (col %d)", i.MustGet().Column)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no function slash (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
 		} else if parameters, err := parseList(i, parseString, 0); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		} else if _, err = parseToken(i, TokenDot, true); err != nil {
-			return nil, trace.Wrap(err, "no function dot (col %d)", i.MustGet().Column)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no function dot (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
 		} else if body, err := parseExpression(i); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		} else {
@@ -92,11 +91,11 @@ func parseAbstraction(i *TokenIterator) (*Abstraction, error) {
 func parseApplication(i *TokenIterator) (*Application, error) {
 	return iterator.Do(i, func(i *TokenIterator) (*Application, error) {
 		if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenOpenParen, true); err != nil {
-			return nil, trace.Wrap(err, "no openning brackets (col %d)", i.MustGet().Column)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no openning brackets (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
 		} else if expressions, err := parseList(i, parseExpression, 1); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		} else if _, err := parseToken(i, TokenCloseParen, true); err != nil {
-			return nil, trace.Wrap(err, "no closing brackets (col %d)", i.MustGet().Column)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no closing brackets (col %d): %w", i.MustGet().Column, err)
 		} else {
 			return NewApplication(expressions[0], expressions[1:]), nil
 		}
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ func parseApplication(i *TokenIterator) (*Application, error) {
 
 func parseAtom(i *TokenIterator) (*Atom, error) {
 	if tok, err := parseToken(i, TokenAtom, true); err != nil {
-		return nil, trace.Wrap(err, "no variable (col %d)", i.Index())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no variable (col %d): %w", i.Index(), err)
 	} else {
 		return NewAtom(tok.Value), nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/saccharine/scan.go b/pkg/saccharine/scan.go
index 08e3459..e190b9d 100644
--- a/pkg/saccharine/scan.go
+++ b/pkg/saccharine/scan.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"unicode"
 
 	"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/iterator"
-	"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/trace"
 )
 
 // isVariables determines whether a rune can be a valid variable.
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ func scanToken(i *iterator.Iterator[rune]) (*Token, error) {
 
 	letter, err := i.Next()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, trace.Wrap(err, "cannot produce next token")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot produce next token: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	switch {
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ func scanToken(i *iterator.Iterator[rune]) (*Token, error) {
 		for !i.Done() {
 			r, err := i.Next()
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, trace.Wrap(err, "error while parsing comment")
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while parsing comment: %w", err)
 			}
 
 			if r == '\n' {
diff --git a/pkg/trace/trace.go b/pkg/trace/trace.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 87a0337..0000000
--- a/pkg/trace/trace.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package trace
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-func Indent(s string, size int) string {
-	lines := strings.Lines(s)
-	indent := strings.Repeat(" ", size)
-
-	indented := ""
-	for line := range lines {
-		indented += indent + line
-	}
-
-	return indented
-}
-
-func Wrap(child error, format string, a ...any) error {
-	parent := fmt.Errorf(format, a...)
-	childErrString := Indent(child.Error(), 4)
-	return errors.New(parent.Error() + "\n" + childErrString)
-}