diff --git a/src/brackets.go b/src/brackets.go
index 3a59e09..ff03f63 100644
--- a/src/brackets.go
+++ b/src/brackets.go
@@ -6,18 +6,11 @@ import (
 
 var bracketsCompile = makeRegex(`( *)\((.|\n)+\)( *)`)
 
-type brackets struct {
-	VAL  any
-	line int
-	code string
-	path string
-}
-
 func isBrackets(code UNPARSEcode) bool {
 	return bracketsCompile.MatchString(code.code)
 }
 
-func parseBrackets(code UNPARSEcode, index int, codeline []UNPARSEcode) (brackets, bool, ArErr, int) {
+func parseBrackets(code UNPARSEcode, index int, codeline []UNPARSEcode) (any, bool, ArErr, int) {
 	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(code.code)
 	resp, worked, err, i := translateVal(UNPARSEcode{
 		code:     trimmed[1 : len(trimmed)-1],
@@ -25,10 +18,5 @@ func parseBrackets(code UNPARSEcode, index int, codeline []UNPARSEcode) (bracket
 		line:     code.line,
 		path:     code.path,
 	}, index, codeline, 0)
-	return brackets{
-		VAL:  resp,
-		line: code.line,
-		code: code.realcode,
-		path: code.path,
-	}, worked, err, i
+	return resp, worked, err, i
 }
diff --git a/src/run.go b/src/run.go
index 24a8e7d..e69bcb2 100644
--- a/src/run.go
+++ b/src/run.go
@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@ func runVal(line any, stack stack, stacklevel int) (any, ArErr) {
 			message: "cannot negate a non-number",
 			EXISTS:  true,
 		}
-	case brackets:
-		if stackoverflow {
-			linenum = x.line
-			path = x.path
-			code = x.code
-			break
-		}
-		return runVal(x.VAL, stack, stacklevel+1)
 	case operationType:
 		if stackoverflow {
 			linenum = x.line