diff --git a/vala/valagenieparser.vala b/vala/valagenieparser.vala
index 43ff863de3a847c923656a7ae591ce31753c3efa..08df8a7a73e41244a84898669c2a941b73c6a22e 100644
--- a/vala/valagenieparser.vala
+++ b/vala/valagenieparser.vala
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class Vala.Genie.Parser : CodeVisitor {
 	void report_parse_error (ParseError e) {
 		var begin = get_location ();
 		next ();
-		Report.error (get_src (begin), "syntax error, %s", e.message);
+		Report.error (get_src (begin), "%s", e.message);
 	}
 
 	inline bool expect (TokenType type) throws ParseError {
@@ -1200,7 +1200,6 @@ public class Vala.Genie.Parser : CodeVisitor {
 		unowned MethodCall? call = expr as MethodCall;
 		unowned ObjectCreationExpression? object_creation = expr as ObjectCreationExpression;
 		if (call == null && object_creation == null) {
-			Report.error (expr.source_reference, "syntax error, expected method call");
 			throw new ParseError.SYNTAX ("expected method call");
 		}
 
diff --git a/vala/valaparser.vala b/vala/valaparser.vala
index 4bd0114c9beb80da581a2a9a69e065aa5d58a813..61dfa9d08fb1095c14dce74f7b423567829c970f 100644
--- a/vala/valaparser.vala
+++ b/vala/valaparser.vala
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class Vala.Parser : CodeVisitor {
 	void report_parse_error (ParseError e) {
 		var begin = get_location ();
 		next ();
-		Report.error (get_src (begin), "syntax error, %s", e.message);
+		Report.error (get_src (begin), "%s", e.message);
 	}
 
 	inline bool expect (TokenType type) throws ParseError {
@@ -1113,7 +1113,6 @@ public class Vala.Parser : CodeVisitor {
 		unowned MethodCall? call = expr as MethodCall;
 		unowned ObjectCreationExpression? object_creation = expr as ObjectCreationExpression;
 		if (call == null && object_creation == null) {
-			Report.error (expr.source_reference, "syntax error, expected method call");
 			throw new ParseError.SYNTAX ("expected method call");
 		}
 
@@ -2245,7 +2244,6 @@ public class Vala.Parser : CodeVisitor {
 			} else {
 				type = parse_type (true, true);
 				if (accept (TokenType.IN)) {
-					Report.error (type.source_reference, "syntax error, expected `unowned var', `var' or type");
 					throw new ParseError.SYNTAX ("expected `unowned var', `var' or type");
 				}
 			}
@@ -3887,8 +3885,7 @@ public class Vala.Parser : CodeVisitor {
 	}
 }
 
-public errordomain Vala.ParseError {
-	FAILED,
-	SYNTAX
+internal errordomain Vala.ParseError {
+	SYNTAX,
 }