diff --git a/basis/locals/parser/parser-tests.factor b/basis/locals/parser/parser-tests.factor
index 003db59135..50ba01c4a3 100644
--- a/basis/locals/parser/parser-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/locals/parser/parser-tests.factor
@@ -59,17 +59,6 @@ IN: locals.parser.tests
 ] unit-test
 
 <<
-! with-lambda-scope
-{ t } [
-    [
-        qualified-vocabs length
-        H{ } clone [
-            "hey there!" qualified-vocabs push [ ]
-        ] with-lambda-scope drop
-        qualified-vocabs length =
-    ] with-compilation-unit
-] unit-test
-
 {
     "V{ 99 :> kkk kkk }"
 } [
diff --git a/basis/locals/parser/parser.factor b/basis/locals/parser/parser.factor
index fdc588ca7c..3036bcb7cb 100644
--- a/basis/locals/parser/parser.factor
+++ b/basis/locals/parser/parser.factor
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2007, 2009 Slava Pestov, Eduardo Cavazos.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: accessors arrays assocs assocs.private combinators
+USING: accessors arrays assocs combinators continuations
 effects.parser fry generic.parser kernel lexer locals.errors
-locals.rewrite.closures locals.types make math namespaces
-namespaces.private parser quotations sequences splitting
-vocabs.parser words ;
+locals.rewrite.closures locals.types make namespaces parser
+quotations sequences splitting vocabs.parser words ;
 IN: locals.parser
 
 SYMBOL: in-lambda?
@@ -32,24 +31,13 @@ ERROR: invalid-local-name name ;
 
 SINGLETON: lambda-parser
 
-: prev-manifest ( -- manifest )
-    manifest namestack* [ length 2 - ] keep (assoc-stack) ;
-
-: update-manifest ( manifest -- )
-    [ prev-manifest ] dip {
-        [ search-vocab-names>> >>search-vocab-names ]
-        [ search-vocabs>> >>search-vocabs ]
-        [ auto-used>> >>auto-used ]
-    } cleave drop ;
-
 : with-lambda-scope ( assoc reader-quot: ( -- quot ) -- quot )
     '[
         in-lambda? on
         lambda-parser quotation-parser set
-        manifest [ clone ] change
         use-words @
-        manifest get
-    ] with-scope update-manifest ; inline
+        qualified-vocabs pop* ! can't use unuse-words here
+    ] with-scope ; inline
 
 : (parse-lambda) ( assoc -- quot )
     [ \ ] parse-until >quotation ] with-lambda-scope ;