1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/driver.py b/Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/driver.py
index ee77a13899..e7828ffe16 100644
--- a/Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/driver.py
+++ b/Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/driver.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ __all__ = ["Driver", "load_grammar"]
 
 # Python imports
 import codecs
+import io
 import os
 import logging
 import sys
@@ -101,18 +102,10 @@ class Driver(object):
 
     def parse_string(self, text, debug=False):
         """Parse a string and return the syntax tree."""
-        tokens = tokenize.generate_tokens(generate_lines(text).__next__)
+        tokens = tokenize.generate_tokens(io.StringIO(text).readline)
         return self.parse_tokens(tokens, debug)
 
 
-def generate_lines(text):
-    """Generator that behaves like readline without using StringIO."""
-    for line in text.splitlines(True):
-        yield line
-    while True:
-        yield ""
-
-
 def load_grammar(gt="Grammar.txt", gp=None,
                  save=True, force=False, logger=None):
     """Load the grammar (maybe from a pickle)."""