diff --git a/scie-grammar/src/grammar/scope_list_element.rs b/scie-grammar/src/grammar/scope_list_element.rs
index b947ed4e5aed31c37b0c252d01f4bdd4706db6d5..67606c2e937b2c8853b2e218f7797df6da508920 100644
--- a/scie-grammar/src/grammar/scope_list_element.rs
+++ b/scie-grammar/src/grammar/scope_list_element.rs
@@ -4,20 +4,14 @@ use crate::grammar::Grammar;
 pub struct ScopeListElement {
     pub parent: Option<Box<ScopeListElement>>,
     pub scope: String,
-    // todo: remove stringify
-    pub stringify: String,
-    // pub metadata: i32,
 }
 
 impl ScopeListElement {
     pub fn new(parent: Option<Box<ScopeListElement>>, scope: String) -> Self {
-        let mut list_element = ScopeListElement {
+        ScopeListElement {
             parent,
             scope,
-            stringify: String::from(""),
-        };
-        list_element.stringify = list_element.clone().stringify();
-        list_element
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn stringify(self) -> String {
@@ -75,7 +69,6 @@ impl Default for ScopeListElement {
         ScopeListElement {
             parent: None,
             scope: "".to_string(),
-            stringify: "".to_string(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/scie-grammar/src/grammar/stack_element.rs b/scie-grammar/src/grammar/stack_element.rs
index 98247a83c701e4251c871bf1f98ea9ab863ed024..93253401f98534676c167414f87f1f39dd1b674d 100644
--- a/scie-grammar/src/grammar/stack_element.rs
+++ b/scie-grammar/src/grammar/stack_element.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ pub struct StackElement {
     pub end_rule: Option<String>,
     pub name_scopes_list: ScopeListElement,
     pub content_name_scopes_list: ScopeListElement,
-    // todo: remove stringify
-    pub stringify: String,
 }
 
 impl StackElement {
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ impl StackElement {
             end_rule: None,
             name_scopes_list: Default::default(),
             content_name_scopes_list: Default::default(),
-            stringify: "".to_string(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -56,7 +53,8 @@ impl StackElement {
         if let Some(iparent) = parent.clone() {
             depth = iparent.depth + 1
         }
-        let mut element = StackElement {
+
+        StackElement {
             parent,
             depth,
             rule_id,
@@ -66,11 +64,7 @@ impl StackElement {
             end_rule,
             name_scopes_list,
             content_name_scopes_list,
-            stringify: "".to_string(),
-        };
-
-        element.stringify = element.clone().stringify();
-        element
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn stringify(self) -> String {