diff --git a/pub/lib/xax_lex.lpp b/pub/lib/xax_lex.lpp
index 60956f461d298259e55334a81bd028cbd27191cf..fde9181bd1c1beaea6935bb07171df58d4cae492 100644
--- a/pub/lib/xax_lex.lpp
+++ b/pub/lib/xax_lex.lpp
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #include "obj.hpp"
 #include "var.hpp"
 #include "expr.hpp"
-#include "coord.hpp"
-#include "node.hpp"
 #include "xax_yacc.hpp"
 
 // xaxtype must also be declared in xax_yacc
@@ -76,16 +74,13 @@ inf {
 	return NUM; }
 
 k {
-        xaxlval->t = RNode( new CNodeIdxK() );
-        return IDX; }
+        return xaxtext[0]; }
 
 j {
-        xaxlval->t = RNode( new CNodeIdxJ() );
-        return IDX; }
+        return xaxtext[0]; }
 
 i {
-        xaxlval->t = RNode( new CNodeIdxI() );
-        return IDX; }
+        return xaxtext[0]; }
 
 [xy]|dy|n[ijk]|([zpr]{DIG}+)|outcome|chi2|R2 {
         xaxlval->v = PVar( new CVar(xaxtext) );
@@ -153,7 +148,6 @@ e {
 [ \t\n]+          /* eat up whitespace */
 
 "!"|"-"|"+"|"*"|"/"|"%"|"^"|"="|"("|")"|"["|"]"|","|"?"|":"|"{"|"}"|";" {
-	// printf( "lex: Special character: %s\n", xaxtext );
 	return xaxtext[0]; }
 
 .       {
diff --git a/pub/lib/xax_yacc.ypp b/pub/lib/xax_yacc.ypp
index 85c375023e305f9f44e823c0d24e8cd7c086c1dd..7cef4ac3e1457339471724b6d580065bab7c1097 100644
--- a/pub/lib/xax_yacc.ypp
+++ b/pub/lib/xax_yacc.ypp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int xaxlex(YYSTYPE *xaxlval); // created by lex.l
 %left BOP_PM  /* error */
 
 /* other tokens created by xax_lex.lpp: */
-%token INT NUM STR IDX REF DUMMY CEV FNCT GENI CVIN END CONV PCONV DIRAC IDF
+%token INT NUM STR REF DUMMY CEV FNCT GENI CVIN END CONV PCONV DIRAC IDF
 
 /* Grammar follows */
 
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ exp:                       /* scalar expression */
         INT                 { $$.t = RNode( new CNodeVal( $1.i ) ); }
       | NUM                 { $$.t = RNode( new CNodeVal( $1.d ) ); }
       | STR                 { $$.t = RNode( new CNodeVal( $1.o ) ); }
-      | IDX                 { $$.t = $1.t; }
+      | 'k'                 { $$.t = RNode( new CNodeIdxK() ); }
+      | 'j'                 { $$.t = RNode( new CNodeIdxJ() ); }
+      | 'i'                 { $$.t = RNode( new CNodeIdxI() ); }
       | REF bra             { $$.t = RNode( new CNodeIva( $1.v, $2.r ) ); }
       | IDF                 { $$.t = RNode( new CNodeIdf( (PCAST<const CObjStr>($1.o))->to_s() ) ); }
       | DUMMY               { $$.t = RNode( new CNodeDummy() ); }