diff --git a/extra/io/unix/launcher/parser/parser.factor b/extra/io/unix/launcher/parser/parser.factor
index f3bb82343a..e5e83ab4e9 100755
--- a/extra/io/unix/launcher/parser/parser.factor
+++ b/extra/io/unix/launcher/parser/parser.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2008 Slava Pestov
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: peg peg.parsers kernel sequences strings words
-memoize ;
+USING: peg peg.parsers kernel sequences strings words ;
 IN: io.unix.launcher.parser
 
 ! Our command line parser. Supported syntax:
@@ -9,20 +8,20 @@ IN: io.unix.launcher.parser
 ! foo\ bar -- escaping the space
 ! 'foo bar' -- quotation
 ! "foo bar" -- quotation
-MEMO: 'escaped-char' ( -- parser )
-    "\\" token [ drop t ] satisfy 2seq [ second ] action ;
+: 'escaped-char' ( -- parser )
+    "\\" token any-char 2seq [ second ] action ;
 
-MEMO: 'quoted-char' ( delimiter -- parser' )
+: 'quoted-char' ( delimiter -- parser' )
     'escaped-char'
     swap [ member? not ] curry satisfy
     2choice ; inline
 
-MEMO: 'quoted' ( delimiter -- parser )
+: 'quoted' ( delimiter -- parser )
     dup 'quoted-char' repeat0 swap dup surrounded-by ;
 
-MEMO: 'unquoted' ( -- parser ) " '\"" 'quoted-char' repeat1 ;
+: 'unquoted' ( -- parser ) " '\"" 'quoted-char' repeat1 ;
 
-MEMO: 'argument' ( -- parser )
+: 'argument' ( -- parser )
     "\"" 'quoted'
     "'" 'quoted'
     'unquoted' 3choice