diff --git a/extra/html/parser/parser.factor b/extra/html/parser/parser.factor
index 836693026a..c445b708c5 100644
--- a/extra/html/parser/parser.factor
+++ b/extra/html/parser/parser.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: accessors arrays html.parser.utils hashtables io kernel
 namespaces make prettyprint quotations sequences splitting
-state-parser strings unicode.categories unicode.case ;
+html.parser.state strings unicode.categories unicode.case ;
 IN: html.parser
 
 TUPLE: tag name attributes text closing? ;
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ SYMBOL: tagstack
     [ get-char CHAR: " = ] take-until ;
 
 : read-quote ( -- string )
-    get-char next* CHAR: ' =
-    [ read-single-quote ] [ read-double-quote ] if next* ;
+    get-char next CHAR: ' =
+    [ read-single-quote ] [ read-double-quote ] if next ;
 
 : read-key ( -- string )
     read-whitespace*
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ SYMBOL: tagstack
 
 : read-= ( -- )
     read-whitespace*
-    [ get-char CHAR: = = ] take-until drop next* ;
+    [ get-char CHAR: = = ] take-until drop next ;
 
 : read-value ( -- string )
     read-whitespace*
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ SYMBOL: tagstack
     [ blank? ] trim ;
 
 : read-comment ( -- )
-    "-->" take-string* make-comment-tag push-tag ;
+    "-->" take-string make-comment-tag push-tag ;
 
 : read-dtd ( -- )
-    ">" take-string* make-dtd-tag push-tag ;
+    ">" take-string make-dtd-tag push-tag ;
 
 : read-bang ( -- )
-    next* get-char CHAR: - = get-next CHAR: - = and [
-        next* next*
+    next get-char CHAR: - = get-next CHAR: - = and [
+        next next
         read-comment
     ] [
         read-dtd
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ SYMBOL: tagstack
 
 : read-tag ( -- string )
     [ get-char CHAR: > = get-char CHAR: < = or ] take-until
-    get-char CHAR: < = [ next* ] unless ;
+    get-char CHAR: < = [ next ] unless ;
 
 : read-< ( -- string )
-    next* get-char CHAR: ! = [
+    next get-char CHAR: ! = [
         read-bang f
     ] [
         read-tag
diff --git a/extra/html/parser/state/state-tests.factor b/extra/html/parser/state/state-tests.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9be38c0b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/html/parser/state/state-tests.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+USING: tools.test html.parser.state ascii kernel ;
+IN: html.parser.state.tests
+
+: take-rest ( -- string )
+    [ f ] take-until ;
+
+: take-char ( -- string )
+    [ get-char = ] curry take-until ;
+
+[ "hello" ] [ "hello" [ take-rest ] string-parse ] unit-test
+[ "hi" " how are you?" ] [ "hi how are you?" [ [ get-char blank? ] take-until take-rest ] string-parse ] unit-test
+[ "foo" ";bar" ] [ "foo;bar" [ CHAR: ; take-char take-rest ] string-parse ] unit-test
+! [ "foo " " bar" ] [ "foo and bar" [ "and" take-string take-rest ] string-parse ] unit-test
diff --git a/extra/html/parser/state/state.factor b/extra/html/parser/state/state.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b1027d338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/html/parser/state/state.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+! Copyright (C) 2005, 2009 Daniel Ehrenberg
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: namespaces math kernel sequences accessors fry circular ;
+IN: html.parser.state
+
+TUPLE: state string i ;
+
+: get-i ( -- i ) state get i>> ;
+
+: get-char ( -- char )
+    state get [ i>> ] [ string>> ] bi ?nth ;
+
+: get-next ( -- char )
+    state get [ i>> 1+ ] [ string>> ] bi ?nth ;
+
+: next ( -- )
+    state get [ 1+ ] change-i drop ;
+
+: string-parse ( string quot -- )
+    [ 0 state boa state ] dip with-variable ;
+
+: short* ( n seq -- n' seq )
+    over [ nip dup length swap ] unless ;
+
+: skip-until ( quot: ( -- ? ) -- )
+    get-char [
+        [ call ] keep swap
+        [ drop ] [ next skip-until ] if
+    ] [ drop ] if ; inline recursive
+
+: take-until ( quot: ( -- ? ) -- )
+    [ get-i ] dip skip-until get-i
+    state get string>> subseq ;
+
+: string-matches? ( string circular -- ? )
+    get-char over push-circular sequence= ;
+
+: take-string ( match -- string )
+    dup length <circular-string>
+    [ 2dup string-matches? ] take-until nip
+    dup length rot length 1- - head next ;
diff --git a/extra/html/parser/utils/utils-tests.factor b/extra/html/parser/utils/utils-tests.factor
index 4b25db16fd..6d8e3bc05f 100644
--- a/extra/html/parser/utils/utils-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/html/parser/utils/utils-tests.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 USING: assocs combinators continuations hashtables
 hashtables.private io kernel math
 namespaces prettyprint quotations sequences splitting
-state-parser strings tools.test ;
+strings tools.test ;
 USING: html.parser.utils ;
 IN: html.parser.utils.tests
 
diff --git a/extra/html/parser/utils/utils.factor b/extra/html/parser/utils/utils.factor
index c2a9d73af8..c913b9d306 100644
--- a/extra/html/parser/utils/utils.factor
+++ b/extra/html/parser/utils/utils.factor
@@ -2,17 +2,12 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: assocs circular combinators continuations hashtables
 hashtables.private io kernel math namespaces prettyprint
-quotations sequences splitting state-parser strings
+quotations sequences splitting html.parser.state strings
 combinators.short-circuit ;
 IN: html.parser.utils
 
 : string-parse-end? ( -- ? ) get-next not ;
 
-: take-string* ( match -- string )
-    dup length <circular-string>
-    [ 2dup string-matches? ] take-until nip
-    dup length rot length 1- - head next* ;
-
 : trim1 ( seq ch -- newseq )
     [ [ ?head-slice drop ] [ ?tail-slice drop ] bi ] 2keep drop like ;