diff --git a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_a.out b/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_a.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 80188115be..0000000000
--- a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_a.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_a.vv:1: error: Looks like you are adding a space after `(`
-Note: You can run `v fmt -w file.v` to fix these errors automatically
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_a.vv b/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_a.vv
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b3b508170..0000000000
--- a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_a.vv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-fn main() {
-	_ = 1 + ( 1 + 2)
-}
-
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_b.out b/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_b.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a277e115c..0000000000
--- a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_b.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_b.vv:1: error: Looks like you are adding a space before `)`
-Note: You can run `v fmt -w file.v` to fix these errors automatically
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_b.vv b/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_b.vv
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ea8932bd1..0000000000
--- a/cmd/tools/vvet/tests/parens_space_b.vv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-fn main() {
-	_ = 1 + (1 + 2 )
-}
-
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vvet/vvet.v b/cmd/tools/vvet/vvet.v
index 2368fe2949..f4ad2bd54a 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vvet/vvet.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vvet/vvet.v
@@ -110,10 +110,8 @@ fn (mut vt Vet) vet_file(path string) {
 	prefs.is_vsh = path.ends_with('.vsh')
 	mut table := ast.new_table()
 	vt.vprintln("vetting file '${path}'...")
-	file, errors := parser.parse_vet_file(path, mut table, prefs)
+	file := parser.parse_vet_file(path, mut table, prefs)
 	vt.stmts(file.stmts)
-	// Transfer errors from scanner and parser
-	vt.errors << errors
 	source_lines := os.read_lines(vt.file) or { []string{} }
 	for ln, line in source_lines {
 		vt.vet_line(source_lines, line, ln)
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index ca4b52f975..20b6b88d43 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import v.ast
 import v.token
 import v.pref
 import v.util
-import v.vet
 import v.errors
 import os
 import hash.fnv1a
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ pub fn parse_file(path string, mut table ast.Table, comments_mode scanner.Commen
 	return res
 }
 
-pub fn parse_vet_file(path string, mut table_ ast.Table, pref_ &pref.Preferences) (&ast.File, []vet.Error) {
+pub fn parse_vet_file(path string, mut table_ ast.Table, pref_ &pref.Preferences) &ast.File {
 	$if trace_parse_vet_file ? {
 		eprintln('> ${@MOD}.${@FN} path: ${path}')
 	}
@@ -276,10 +275,9 @@ pub fn parse_vet_file(path string, mut table_ ast.Table, pref_ &pref.Preferences
 		warnings: []errors.Warning{}
 	}
 	p.set_path(path)
-	vet_errors := p.scanner.vet_errors
 	file := p.parse()
 	unsafe { p.free_scanner() }
-	return file, vet_errors
+	return file
 }
 
 pub fn (mut p Parser) parse() &ast.File {
diff --git a/vlib/v/scanner/scanner.v b/vlib/v/scanner/scanner.v
index ac3c53712c..e7daf8f3f4 100644
--- a/vlib/v/scanner/scanner.v
+++ b/vlib/v/scanner/scanner.v
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import strconv
 import v.token
 import v.pref
 import v.util
-import v.vet
 import v.errors
 import v.ast
 import v.mathutil
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ pub mut:
 	errors                      []errors.Error
 	warnings                    []errors.Warning
 	notices                     []errors.Notice
-	vet_errors                  []vet.Error
 	should_abort                bool // when too many errors/warnings/notices are accumulated, should_abort becomes true, and the scanner should stop
 }
 
@@ -810,17 +808,9 @@ pub fn (mut s Scanner) text_scan() token.Token {
 				return s.new_token(.chartoken, ident_char, ident_char.len + 2) // + two quotes
 			}
 			`(` {
-				// TODO: `$if vet {` for performance
-				if s.pref.is_vet && s.text[s.pos + 1] == ` ` {
-					s.vet_error('Looks like you are adding a space after `(`', .vfmt)
-				}
 				return s.new_token(.lpar, '', 1)
 			}
 			`)` {
-				// TODO: `$if vet {` for performance
-				if s.pref.is_vet && s.text[s.pos - 1] == ` ` {
-					s.vet_error('Looks like you are adding a space before `)`', .vfmt)
-				}
 				return s.new_token(.rpar, '', 1)
 			}
 			`[` {
@@ -1813,18 +1803,6 @@ pub fn (mut s Scanner) error_with_pos(msg string, pos token.Pos) {
 	}
 }
 
-fn (mut s Scanner) vet_error(msg string, fix vet.FixKind) {
-	ve := vet.Error{
-		message: msg
-		file_path: s.file_path
-		pos: s.current_pos()
-		kind: .error
-		fix: fix
-		typ: .default
-	}
-	s.vet_errors << ve
-}
-
 fn (mut s Scanner) trace[T](fbase string, x &T) {
 	if s.file_base == fbase {
 		println('> s.trace | ${fbase:-10s} | ${voidptr(x):16} | ${x}')