diff --git a/data/skeletons/lalr1.d b/data/skeletons/lalr1.d
index 7fe656d3..fd0038d6 100644
--- a/data/skeletons/lalr1.d
+++ b/data/skeletons/lalr1.d
@@ -53,23 +53,7 @@ import std.format;
  * parser <tt>]b4_parser_class[</tt>.
  */
 public interface Lexer
-{]b4_locations_if([[
-  /**
-   * Method to retrieve the beginning position of the last scanned token.
-   * @@return the position at which the last scanned token starts.  */
-  Position startPos ();
-
-  /**
-   * Method to retrieve the ending position of the last scanned token.
-   * @@return the first position beyond the last scanned token.  */
-  Position endPos ();
-
-]])[
-  /**
-   * Method to retrieve the semantic value of the last scanned token.
-   * @@return the semantic value of the last scanned token.  */
-  Value semanticVal ();
-
+{
   /**
    * Entry point for the scanner.  Returns the token identifier corresponding
    * to the next token and prepares to return the semantic value
diff --git a/doc/bison.texi b/doc/bison.texi
index df169517..a272b387 100644
--- a/doc/bison.texi
+++ b/doc/bison.texi
@@ -14016,16 +14016,6 @@ Return the next token. The return value is of type @code{Symbol}, which
 binds together the kind, the semantic value and the location.
 @end deftypemethod
 
-@deftypemethod {Lexer} {Position} getStartPos()
-@deftypemethodx {Lexer} {Position} getEndPos()
-Return respectively the first position of the last token that @code{yylex}
-returned, and the first position beyond it.  These methods are not needed
-unless location tracking is active.
-
-They should return new objects for each call, to avoid that all the symbol
-share the same Position boundaries.
-@end deftypemethod
-
 @deftypemethod {Lexer} {void} reportSyntaxError(@code{YYParser.Context} @var{ctx})
 If you invoke @samp{%define parse.error custom} (@pxref{Bison
 Declarations}), then the parser no longer passes syntax error messages to
diff --git a/examples/d/calc/calc.y b/examples/d/calc/calc.y
index 9599501f..2c79c158 100644
--- a/examples/d/calc/calc.y
+++ b/examples/d/calc/calc.y
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ if (isInputRange!R && is(ElementType!R : dchar))
 
   Value semanticVal_;
 
-  public final Value semanticVal()
-  {
-    return semanticVal_;
-  }
-
   Symbol yylex()
   {
     import std.uni : isWhite, isNumber;
@@ -167,16 +162,6 @@ if (isInputRange!R && is(ElementType!R : dchar))
       default: assert(0);
     }
   }
-
-  Position startPos() const
-  {
-    return location.begin;
-  }
-
-  Position endPos() const
-  {
-    return location.end;
-  }
 }
 
 int main()
diff --git a/examples/d/simple/calc.y b/examples/d/simple/calc.y
index 5fca647e..58f1d020 100644
--- a/examples/d/simple/calc.y
+++ b/examples/d/simple/calc.y
@@ -102,13 +102,6 @@ if (isInputRange!R && is(ElementType!R : dchar))
     stderr.writeln(s);
   }
 
-  Value semanticVal_;
-
-  public final Value semanticVal()
-  {
-    return semanticVal_;
-  }
-
   Symbol yylex()
   {
     import std.uni : isWhite, isNumber;
diff --git a/tests/calc.at b/tests/calc.at
index 6fd19e1a..85f95fca 100644
--- a/tests/calc.at
+++ b/tests/calc.at
@@ -565,22 +565,7 @@ class CalcLexer(R) : Lexer
 
   Value semanticVal_;]AT_LOCATION_IF([[
   Location location;
-
-  public final @property Position startPos()
-  {
-    return location.begin;
-  }
-
-  public final @property Position endPos()
-  {
-    return location.end;
-  }
 ]])[
-  public final @property Value semanticVal()
-  {
-    return semanticVal_;
-  }
-
   int parseInt ()
   {
     auto res = 0;
diff --git a/tests/d.at b/tests/d.at
index 07de11bc..f268b820 100644
--- a/tests/d.at
+++ b/tests/d.at
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class CalcLexer(R) : Lexer
   void yyerror(string s) {}
 
   Value semanticVal_;
-  Value semanticVal() @property { return semanticVal_; }
 
   Symbol yylex()
   {
diff --git a/tests/scanner.at b/tests/scanner.at
index e55ad3b6..46a20116 100644
--- a/tests/scanner.at
+++ b/tests/scanner.at
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ class YYLexer(R) : Lexer
   ]AT_YYERROR_DEFINE[
 
   Value semanticVal_;
-  public final @property Value semanticVal ()
-  {
-    return semanticVal_;
-  }
 
   Symbol yylex ()
   {