diff --git a/cmd/promtool/main.go b/cmd/promtool/main.go
index 4c610764b4..16198eb1cd 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/main.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -26,16 +25,13 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api/prometheus/v1"
 	config_util "github.com/prometheus/common/config"
-	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/version"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pkg/rulefmt"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/promlint"
 )
 
@@ -60,10 +56,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	checkMetricsCmd := checkCmd.Command("metrics", checkMetricsUsage)
 
-	updateCmd := app.Command("update", "Update the resources to newer formats.")
-	updateRulesCmd := updateCmd.Command("rules", "Update rules from the 1.x to 2.x format.")
-	ruleFilesUp := updateRulesCmd.Arg("rule-files", "The rule files to update.").Required().ExistingFiles()
-
 	queryCmd := app.Command("query", "Run query against a Prometheus server.")
 	queryInstantCmd := queryCmd.Command("instant", "Run instant query.")
 	queryServer := queryInstantCmd.Arg("server", "Prometheus server to query.").Required().String()
@@ -111,9 +103,6 @@ func main() {
 	case checkMetricsCmd.FullCommand():
 		os.Exit(CheckMetrics())
 
-	case updateRulesCmd.FullCommand():
-		os.Exit(UpdateRules(*ruleFilesUp...))
-
 	case queryInstantCmd.FullCommand():
 		os.Exit(QueryInstant(*queryServer, *queryExpr))
 
@@ -296,74 +285,6 @@ func checkRules(filename string) (int, []error) {
 	return numRules, nil
 }
 
-// UpdateRules updates the rule files.
-func UpdateRules(files ...string) int {
-	failed := false
-
-	for _, f := range files {
-		if err := updateRules(f); err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "  FAILED:", err)
-			failed = true
-		}
-	}
-
-	if failed {
-		return 1
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
-func updateRules(filename string) error {
-	fmt.Println("Updating", filename)
-
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	rules, err := promql.ParseStmts(string(content))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	yamlRG := &rulefmt.RuleGroups{
-		Groups: []rulefmt.RuleGroup{{
-			Name: filename,
-		}},
-	}
-
-	yamlRules := make([]rulefmt.Rule, 0, len(rules))
-
-	for _, rule := range rules {
-		switch r := rule.(type) {
-		case *promql.AlertStmt:
-			yamlRules = append(yamlRules, rulefmt.Rule{
-				Alert:       r.Name,
-				Expr:        r.Expr.String(),
-				For:         model.Duration(r.Duration),
-				Labels:      r.Labels.Map(),
-				Annotations: r.Annotations.Map(),
-			})
-		case *promql.RecordStmt:
-			yamlRules = append(yamlRules, rulefmt.Rule{
-				Record: r.Name,
-				Expr:   r.Expr.String(),
-				Labels: r.Labels.Map(),
-			})
-		default:
-			panic("unknown statement type")
-		}
-	}
-
-	yamlRG.Groups[0].Rules = yamlRules
-	y, err := yaml.Marshal(yamlRG)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(filename+".yml", y, 0666)
-}
-
 var checkMetricsUsage = strings.TrimSpace(`
 Pass Prometheus metrics over stdin to lint them for consistency and correctness.
 
diff --git a/promql/ast.go b/promql/ast.go
index 0c8a3ad2ab..e55989bbb9 100644
--- a/promql/ast.go
+++ b/promql/ast.go
@@ -48,18 +48,6 @@ type Statement interface {
 	stmt()
 }
 
-// Statements is a list of statement nodes that implements Node.
-type Statements []Statement
-
-// AlertStmt represents an added alert rule.
-type AlertStmt struct {
-	Name        string
-	Expr        Expr
-	Duration    time.Duration
-	Labels      labels.Labels
-	Annotations labels.Labels
-}
-
 // EvalStmt holds an expression and information on the range it should
 // be evaluated on.
 type EvalStmt struct {
@@ -72,16 +60,7 @@ type EvalStmt struct {
 	Interval time.Duration
 }
 
-// RecordStmt represents an added recording rule.
-type RecordStmt struct {
-	Name   string
-	Expr   Expr
-	Labels labels.Labels
-}
-
-func (*AlertStmt) stmt()  {}
-func (*EvalStmt) stmt()   {}
-func (*RecordStmt) stmt() {}
+func (*EvalStmt) stmt() {}
 
 // Expr is a generic interface for all expression types.
 type Expr interface {
@@ -257,27 +236,11 @@ func Walk(v Visitor, node Node, path []Node) error {
 	path = append(path, node)
 
 	switch n := node.(type) {
-	case Statements:
-		for _, s := range n {
-			if err := Walk(v, s, path); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	case *AlertStmt:
-		if err := Walk(v, n.Expr, path); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
 	case *EvalStmt:
 		if err := Walk(v, n.Expr, path); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-	case *RecordStmt:
-		if err := Walk(v, n.Expr, path); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
 	case Expressions:
 		for _, e := range n {
 			if err := Walk(v, e, path); err != nil {
diff --git a/promql/lex.go b/promql/lex.go
index 4a8130491f..01372ae2e1 100644
--- a/promql/lex.go
+++ b/promql/lex.go
@@ -183,11 +183,6 @@ const (
 
 	keywordsStart
 	// Keywords.
-	itemAlert
-	itemIf
-	itemFor
-	itemLabels
-	itemAnnotations
 	itemOffset
 	itemBy
 	itemWithout
@@ -219,11 +214,6 @@ var key = map[string]ItemType{
 	"quantile":     itemQuantile,
 
 	// Keywords.
-	"alert":       itemAlert,
-	"if":          itemIf,
-	"for":         itemFor,
-	"labels":      itemLabels,
-	"annotations": itemAnnotations,
 	"offset":      itemOffset,
 	"by":          itemBy,
 	"without":     itemWithout,
diff --git a/promql/lex_test.go b/promql/lex_test.go
index 333e3b7a0f..178222a0cc 100644
--- a/promql/lex_test.go
+++ b/promql/lex_test.go
@@ -249,21 +249,6 @@ var tests = []struct {
 	},
 	// Test keywords.
 	{
-		input:    "alert",
-		expected: []item{{itemAlert, 0, "alert"}},
-	}, {
-		input:    "if",
-		expected: []item{{itemIf, 0, "if"}},
-	}, {
-		input:    "for",
-		expected: []item{{itemFor, 0, "for"}},
-	}, {
-		input:    "labels",
-		expected: []item{{itemLabels, 0, "labels"}},
-	}, {
-		input:    "annotations",
-		expected: []item{{itemAnnotations, 0, "annotations"}},
-	}, {
 		input:    "offset",
 		expected: []item{{itemOffset, 0, "offset"}},
 	}, {
diff --git a/promql/parse.go b/promql/parse.go
index 5fe2042b2d..8abf8dbf93 100644
--- a/promql/parse.go
+++ b/promql/parse.go
@@ -51,18 +51,6 @@ func (e *ParseErr) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("parse error at line %d, char %d: %s", e.Line, e.Pos, e.Err)
 }
 
-// ParseStmts parses the input and returns the resulting statements or any occurring error.
-func ParseStmts(input string) (Statements, error) {
-	p := newParser(input)
-
-	stmts, err := p.parseStmts()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	err = p.typecheck(stmts)
-	return stmts, err
-}
-
 // ParseExpr returns the expression parsed from the input.
 func ParseExpr(input string) (Expr, error) {
 	p := newParser(input)
@@ -112,20 +100,6 @@ func newParser(input string) *parser {
 	return p
 }
 
-// parseStmts parses a sequence of statements from the input.
-func (p *parser) parseStmts() (stmts Statements, err error) {
-	defer p.recover(&err)
-	stmts = Statements{}
-
-	for p.peek().typ != itemEOF {
-		if p.peek().typ == itemComment {
-			continue
-		}
-		stmts = append(stmts, p.stmt())
-	}
-	return
-}
-
 // parseExpr parses a single expression from the input.
 func (p *parser) parseExpr() (expr Expr, err error) {
 	defer p.recover(&err)
@@ -365,93 +339,6 @@ func (p *parser) recover(errp *error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// stmt parses any statement.
-//
-// 		alertStatement | recordStatement
-//
-func (p *parser) stmt() Statement {
-	switch tok := p.peek(); tok.typ {
-	case itemAlert:
-		return p.alertStmt()
-	case itemIdentifier, itemMetricIdentifier:
-		return p.recordStmt()
-	}
-	p.errorf("no valid statement detected")
-	return nil
-}
-
-// alertStmt parses an alert rule.
-//
-//		ALERT name IF expr [FOR duration]
-//			[LABELS label_set]
-//			[ANNOTATIONS label_set]
-//
-func (p *parser) alertStmt() *AlertStmt {
-	const ctx = "alert statement"
-
-	p.expect(itemAlert, ctx)
-	name := p.expect(itemIdentifier, ctx)
-	// Alerts require a Vector typed expression.
-	p.expect(itemIf, ctx)
-	expr := p.expr()
-
-	// Optional for clause.
-	var (
-		duration time.Duration
-		err      error
-	)
-	if p.peek().typ == itemFor {
-		p.next()
-		dur := p.expect(itemDuration, ctx)
-		duration, err = parseDuration(dur.val)
-		if err != nil {
-			p.error(err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	var (
-		lset        labels.Labels
-		annotations labels.Labels
-	)
-	if p.peek().typ == itemLabels {
-		p.expect(itemLabels, ctx)
-		lset = p.labelSet()
-	}
-	if p.peek().typ == itemAnnotations {
-		p.expect(itemAnnotations, ctx)
-		annotations = p.labelSet()
-	}
-
-	return &AlertStmt{
-		Name:        name.val,
-		Expr:        expr,
-		Duration:    duration,
-		Labels:      lset,
-		Annotations: annotations,
-	}
-}
-
-// recordStmt parses a recording rule.
-func (p *parser) recordStmt() *RecordStmt {
-	const ctx = "record statement"
-
-	name := p.expectOneOf(itemIdentifier, itemMetricIdentifier, ctx).val
-
-	var lset labels.Labels
-	if p.peek().typ == itemLeftBrace {
-		lset = p.labelSet()
-	}
-
-	p.expect(itemAssign, ctx)
-	expr := p.expr()
-
-	return &RecordStmt{
-		Name:   name,
-		Labels: lset,
-		Expr:   expr,
-	}
-}
-
 // expr parses any expression.
 func (p *parser) expr() Expr {
 	// Parse the starting expression.
@@ -1009,9 +896,9 @@ func (p *parser) expectType(node Node, want ValueType, context string) {
 // them, but the costs are small and might reveal errors when making changes.
 func (p *parser) checkType(node Node) (typ ValueType) {
 	// For expressions the type is determined by their Type function.
-	// Statements and lists do not have a type but are not invalid either.
+	// Lists do not have a type but are not invalid either.
 	switch n := node.(type) {
-	case Statements, Expressions, Statement:
+	case Expressions:
 		typ = ValueTypeNone
 	case Expr:
 		typ = n.Type()
@@ -1022,25 +909,12 @@ func (p *parser) checkType(node Node) (typ ValueType) {
 	// Recursively check correct typing for child nodes and raise
 	// errors in case of bad typing.
 	switch n := node.(type) {
-	case Statements:
-		for _, s := range n {
-			p.expectType(s, ValueTypeNone, "statement list")
-		}
-	case *AlertStmt:
-		p.expectType(n.Expr, ValueTypeVector, "alert statement")
-
 	case *EvalStmt:
 		ty := p.checkType(n.Expr)
 		if ty == ValueTypeNone {
 			p.errorf("evaluation statement must have a valid expression type but got %s", documentedType(ty))
 		}
 
-	case *RecordStmt:
-		ty := p.checkType(n.Expr)
-		if ty != ValueTypeVector && ty != ValueTypeScalar {
-			p.errorf("record statement must have a valid expression of type instant vector or scalar but got %s", documentedType(ty))
-		}
-
 	case Expressions:
 		for _, e := range n {
 			ty := p.checkType(e)
diff --git a/promql/parse_test.go b/promql/parse_test.go
index 18b54b8246..f277015489 100644
--- a/promql/parse_test.go
+++ b/promql/parse_test.go
@@ -1341,10 +1341,6 @@ var testExpr = []struct {
 		input:  "e-+=/(0)",
 		fail:   true,
 		errMsg: `no valid expression found`,
-	}, {
-		input:  "-If",
-		fail:   true,
-		errMsg: `no valid expression found`,
 	},
 	// String quoting and escape sequence interpretation tests.
 	{
@@ -1445,241 +1441,6 @@ func TestNaNExpression(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-var testStatement = []struct {
-	input    string
-	expected Statements
-	fail     bool
-}{
-	{
-		// Test a file-like input.
-		input: `
-			# A simple test recording rule.
-			dc:http_request:rate5m = sum(rate(http_request_count[5m])) by (dc)
-
-			# A simple test alerting rule.
-			ALERT GlobalRequestRateLow IF(dc:http_request:rate5m < 10000) FOR 5m
-			  LABELS {
-			    service = "testservice"
-			    # ... more fields here ...
-			  }
-			  ANNOTATIONS {
-			    summary     = "Global request rate low",
-			    description = "The global request rate is low"
-			  }
-			  
-			foo = bar{label1="value1"}
-
-			ALERT BazAlert IF foo > 10
-			  ANNOTATIONS {
-			    description = "BazAlert",
-			    runbook     = "http://my.url",
-			    summary     = "Baz",
-			  }
-		`,
-		expected: Statements{
-			&RecordStmt{
-				Name: "dc:http_request:rate5m",
-				Expr: &AggregateExpr{
-					Op:       itemSum,
-					Grouping: []string{"dc"},
-					Expr: &Call{
-						Func: mustGetFunction("rate"),
-						Args: Expressions{
-							&MatrixSelector{
-								Name: "http_request_count",
-								LabelMatchers: []*labels.Matcher{
-									mustLabelMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, string(model.MetricNameLabel), "http_request_count"),
-								},
-								Range: 5 * time.Minute,
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				Labels: nil,
-			},
-			&AlertStmt{
-				Name: "GlobalRequestRateLow",
-				Expr: &ParenExpr{&BinaryExpr{
-					Op: itemLSS,
-					LHS: &VectorSelector{
-						Name: "dc:http_request:rate5m",
-						LabelMatchers: []*labels.Matcher{
-							mustLabelMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, string(model.MetricNameLabel), "dc:http_request:rate5m"),
-						},
-					},
-					RHS: &NumberLiteral{10000},
-				}},
-				Labels:   labels.FromStrings("service", "testservice"),
-				Duration: 5 * time.Minute,
-				Annotations: labels.FromStrings(
-					"summary", "Global request rate low",
-					"description", "The global request rate is low",
-				),
-			},
-			&RecordStmt{
-				Name: "foo",
-				Expr: &VectorSelector{
-					Name: "bar",
-					LabelMatchers: []*labels.Matcher{
-						mustLabelMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, "label1", "value1"),
-						mustLabelMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, string(model.MetricNameLabel), "bar"),
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			&AlertStmt{
-				Name: "BazAlert",
-				Expr: &BinaryExpr{
-					Op: itemGTR,
-					LHS: &VectorSelector{
-						Name: "foo",
-						LabelMatchers: []*labels.Matcher{
-							mustLabelMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, string(model.MetricNameLabel), "foo"),
-						},
-					},
-					RHS: &NumberLiteral{10},
-				},
-				Annotations: labels.FromStrings(
-					"summary", "Baz",
-					"description", "BazAlert",
-					"runbook", "http://my.url",
-				),
-			},
-		},
-	}, {
-		input: `foo{x="", a="z"} = bar{a="b", x=~"y"}`,
-		expected: Statements{
-			&RecordStmt{
-				Name: "foo",
-				Expr: &VectorSelector{
-					Name: "bar",
-					LabelMatchers: []*labels.Matcher{
-						mustLabelMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, "a", "b"),
-						mustLabelMatcher(labels.MatchRegexp, "x", "y"),
-						mustLabelMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, string(model.MetricNameLabel), "bar"),
-					},
-				},
-				Labels: labels.FromStrings("x", "", "a", "z"),
-			},
-		},
-	}, {
-		input: `ALERT SomeName IF some_metric > 1
-			LABELS {}
-			ANNOTATIONS {
-				summary = "Global request rate low",
-				description = "The global request rate is low",
-			}
-		`,
-		expected: Statements{
-			&AlertStmt{
-				Name: "SomeName",
-				Expr: &BinaryExpr{
-					Op: itemGTR,
-					LHS: &VectorSelector{
-						Name: "some_metric",
-						LabelMatchers: []*labels.Matcher{
-							mustLabelMatcher(labels.MatchEqual, string(model.MetricNameLabel), "some_metric"),
-						},
-					},
-					RHS: &NumberLiteral{1},
-				},
-				Labels: labels.Labels{},
-				Annotations: labels.FromStrings(
-					"summary", "Global request rate low",
-					"description", "The global request rate is low",
-				),
-			},
-		},
-	}, {
-		input: `
-			# A simple test alerting rule.
-			ALERT GlobalRequestRateLow IF(dc:http_request:rate5m < 10000) FOR 5
-			  LABELS {
-			    service = "testservice"
-			    # ... more fields here ...
-			  }
-			  ANNOTATIONS {
-			    summary = "Global request rate low"
-			    description = "The global request rate is low"
-			  }
-	  	`,
-		fail: true,
-	}, {
-		input:    "",
-		expected: Statements{},
-	}, {
-		input: "foo = time()",
-		expected: Statements{
-			&RecordStmt{
-				Name:   "foo",
-				Expr:   &Call{Func: mustGetFunction("time")},
-				Labels: nil,
-			}},
-	}, {
-		input: "foo = 1",
-		expected: Statements{
-			&RecordStmt{
-				Name:   "foo",
-				Expr:   &NumberLiteral{1},
-				Labels: nil,
-			}},
-	}, {
-		input: "foo = bar[5m]",
-		fail:  true,
-	}, {
-		input: `foo = "test"`,
-		fail:  true,
-	}, {
-		input: `foo = `,
-		fail:  true,
-	}, {
-		input: `foo{a!="b"} = bar`,
-		fail:  true,
-	}, {
-		input: `foo{a=~"b"} = bar`,
-		fail:  true,
-	}, {
-		input: `foo{a!~"b"} = bar`,
-		fail:  true,
-	},
-	// Fuzzing regression tests.
-	{
-		input: `I=-/`,
-		fail:  true,
-	},
-	{
-		input: `I=3E8/-=`,
-		fail:  true,
-	},
-	{
-		input: `M=-=-0-0`,
-		fail:  true,
-	},
-}
-
-func TestParseStatements(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, test := range testStatement {
-		stmts, err := ParseStmts(test.input)
-
-		// Unexpected errors are always caused by a bug.
-		if err == errUnexpected {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected error occurred")
-		}
-
-		if !test.fail && err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("error in input: \n\n%s\n", test.input)
-			t.Fatalf("could not parse: %s", err)
-		}
-		if test.fail && err != nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(stmts, test.expected) {
-			t.Errorf("error in input: \n\n%s\n", test.input)
-			t.Fatalf("no match\n\nexpected:\n%s\ngot: \n%s\n", Tree(test.expected), Tree(stmts))
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func mustLabelMatcher(mt labels.MatchType, name, val string) *labels.Matcher {
 	m, err := labels.NewMatcher(mt, name, val)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/promql/printer.go b/promql/printer.go
index 563adbe757..2a362dfdaa 100644
--- a/promql/printer.go
+++ b/promql/printer.go
@@ -34,30 +34,14 @@ func tree(node Node, level string) string {
 	}
 	typs := strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("%T", node), ".")[1]
 
-	var t string
-	// Only print the number of statements for readability.
-	if stmts, ok := node.(Statements); ok {
-		t = fmt.Sprintf("%s |---- %s :: %d\n", level, typs, len(stmts))
-	} else {
-		t = fmt.Sprintf("%s |---- %s :: %s\n", level, typs, node)
-	}
+	t := fmt.Sprintf("%s |---- %s :: %s\n", level, typs, node)
 
 	level += " · · ·"
 
 	switch n := node.(type) {
-	case Statements:
-		for _, s := range n {
-			t += tree(s, level)
-		}
-	case *AlertStmt:
-		t += tree(n.Expr, level)
-
 	case *EvalStmt:
 		t += tree(n.Expr, level)
 
-	case *RecordStmt:
-		t += tree(n.Expr, level)
-
 	case Expressions:
 		for _, e := range n {
 			t += tree(e, level)
@@ -87,41 +71,10 @@ func tree(node Node, level string) string {
 	return t
 }
 
-func (stmts Statements) String() (s string) {
-	if len(stmts) == 0 {
-		return ""
-	}
-	for _, stmt := range stmts {
-		s += stmt.String()
-		s += "\n\n"
-	}
-	return s[:len(s)-2]
-}
-
-func (node *AlertStmt) String() string {
-	s := fmt.Sprintf("ALERT %s", node.Name)
-	s += fmt.Sprintf("\n\tIF %s", node.Expr)
-	if node.Duration > 0 {
-		s += fmt.Sprintf("\n\tFOR %s", model.Duration(node.Duration))
-	}
-	if len(node.Labels) > 0 {
-		s += fmt.Sprintf("\n\tLABELS %s", node.Labels)
-	}
-	if len(node.Annotations) > 0 {
-		s += fmt.Sprintf("\n\tANNOTATIONS %s", node.Annotations)
-	}
-	return s
-}
-
 func (node *EvalStmt) String() string {
 	return "EVAL " + node.Expr.String()
 }
 
-func (node *RecordStmt) String() string {
-	s := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s = %s", node.Name, node.Labels, node.Expr)
-	return s
-}
-
 func (es Expressions) String() (s string) {
 	if len(es) == 0 {
 		return ""
diff --git a/promql/printer_test.go b/promql/printer_test.go
index da0bd9fe7b..9abb595577 100644
--- a/promql/printer_test.go
+++ b/promql/printer_test.go
@@ -15,40 +15,8 @@ package promql
 
 import (
 	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pkg/labels"
 )
 
-func TestStatementString(t *testing.T) {
-	in := &AlertStmt{
-		Name: "FooAlert",
-		Expr: &BinaryExpr{
-			Op: itemGTR,
-			LHS: &VectorSelector{
-				Name: "foo",
-				LabelMatchers: []*labels.Matcher{
-					{Type: labels.MatchEqual, Name: labels.MetricName, Value: "bar"},
-				},
-			},
-			RHS: &NumberLiteral{10},
-		},
-		Duration:    5 * time.Minute,
-		Labels:      labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar"),
-		Annotations: labels.FromStrings("notify", "team-a"),
-	}
-
-	expected := `ALERT FooAlert
-	IF foo > 10
-	FOR 5m
-	LABELS {foo="bar"}
-	ANNOTATIONS {notify="team-a"}`
-
-	if in.String() != expected {
-		t.Fatalf("expected:\n%s\ngot:\n%s\n", expected, in.String())
-	}
-}
-
 func TestExprString(t *testing.T) {
 	// A list of valid expressions that are expected to be
 	// returned as out when calling String(). If out is empty the output
@@ -129,35 +97,3 @@ func TestExprString(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestStmtsString(t *testing.T) {
-	// A list of valid statements that are expected to be returned as out when
-	// calling String(). If out is empty the output is expected to equal the
-	// input.
-	inputs := []struct {
-		in, out string
-	}{
-		{
-			in:  `ALERT foo IF up == 0 FOR 1m`,
-			out: "ALERT foo\n\tIF up == 0\n\tFOR 1m",
-		},
-		{
-			in:  `ALERT foo IF up == 0 FOR 1m ANNOTATIONS {summary="foo"}`,
-			out: "ALERT foo\n\tIF up == 0\n\tFOR 1m\n\tANNOTATIONS {summary=\"foo\"}",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range inputs {
-		expr, err := ParseStmts(test.in)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("parsing error for %q: %s", test.in, err)
-		}
-		exp := test.in
-		if test.out != "" {
-			exp = test.out
-		}
-		if expr.String() != exp {
-			t.Fatalf("expected %q to be returned as:\n%s\ngot:\n%s\n", test.in, exp, expr.String())
-		}
-	}
-}