diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/lib.rs
index 7f631cb71afa8..5436b1ef737f5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ mod tests;
 mod parse {
     #[cfg(test)]
     mod tests;
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    mod lexer {
-        #[cfg(test)]
-        mod tests;
-    }
 }
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tokenstream {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/parse/lexer/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/parse/lexer/tests.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 871844442839c..0000000000000
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/parse/lexer/tests.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,252 +0,0 @@
-use rustc_ast::ast::AttrStyle;
-use rustc_ast::token::{self, CommentKind, Token, TokenKind};
-use rustc_data_structures::sync::Lrc;
-use rustc_errors::{emitter::EmitterWriter, Handler};
-use rustc_parse::lexer::StringReader;
-use rustc_session::parse::ParseSess;
-use rustc_span::source_map::{FilePathMapping, SourceMap};
-use rustc_span::symbol::Symbol;
-use rustc_span::with_default_session_globals;
-use rustc_span::{BytePos, Span};
-
-use std::io;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
-fn mk_sess(sm: Lrc<SourceMap>) -> ParseSess {
-    let emitter = EmitterWriter::new(
-        Box::new(io::sink()),
-        Some(sm.clone()),
-        false,
-        false,
-        false,
-        None,
-        false,
-    );
-    ParseSess::with_span_handler(Handler::with_emitter(true, None, Box::new(emitter)), sm)
-}
-
-// Creates a string reader for the given string.
-fn setup<'a>(sm: &SourceMap, sess: &'a ParseSess, teststr: String) -> StringReader<'a> {
-    let sf = sm.new_source_file(PathBuf::from(teststr.clone()).into(), teststr);
-    StringReader::new(sess, sf, None)
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn t1() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        let mut string_reader = setup(
-            &sm,
-            &sh,
-            "/* my source file */ fn main() { println!(\"zebra\"); }\n".to_string(),
-        );
-        assert_eq!(string_reader.next_token(), token::Comment);
-        assert_eq!(string_reader.next_token(), token::Whitespace);
-        let tok1 = string_reader.next_token();
-        let tok2 = Token::new(mk_ident("fn"), Span::with_root_ctxt(BytePos(21), BytePos(23)));
-        assert_eq!(tok1.kind, tok2.kind);
-        assert_eq!(tok1.span, tok2.span);
-        assert_eq!(string_reader.next_token(), token::Whitespace);
-        // Read another token.
-        let tok3 = string_reader.next_token();
-        assert_eq!(string_reader.pos(), BytePos(28));
-        let tok4 = Token::new(mk_ident("main"), Span::with_root_ctxt(BytePos(24), BytePos(28)));
-        assert_eq!(tok3.kind, tok4.kind);
-        assert_eq!(tok3.span, tok4.span);
-
-        assert_eq!(string_reader.next_token(), token::OpenDelim(token::Paren));
-        assert_eq!(string_reader.pos(), BytePos(29))
-    })
-}
-
-// Checks that the given reader produces the desired stream
-// of tokens (stop checking after exhausting `expected`).
-fn check_tokenization(mut string_reader: StringReader<'_>, expected: Vec<TokenKind>) {
-    for expected_tok in &expected {
-        assert_eq!(&string_reader.next_token(), expected_tok);
-    }
-}
-
-// Makes the identifier by looking up the string in the interner.
-fn mk_ident(id: &str) -> TokenKind {
-    token::Ident(Symbol::intern(id), false)
-}
-
-fn mk_lit(kind: token::LitKind, symbol: &str, suffix: Option<&str>) -> TokenKind {
-    TokenKind::lit(kind, Symbol::intern(symbol), suffix.map(Symbol::intern))
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn doublecolon_parsing() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        check_tokenization(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "a b".to_string()),
-            vec![mk_ident("a"), token::Whitespace, mk_ident("b")],
-        );
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn doublecolon_parsing_2() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        check_tokenization(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "a::b".to_string()),
-            vec![mk_ident("a"), token::Colon, token::Colon, mk_ident("b")],
-        );
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn doublecolon_parsing_3() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        check_tokenization(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "a ::b".to_string()),
-            vec![mk_ident("a"), token::Whitespace, token::Colon, token::Colon, mk_ident("b")],
-        );
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn doublecolon_parsing_4() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        check_tokenization(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "a:: b".to_string()),
-            vec![mk_ident("a"), token::Colon, token::Colon, token::Whitespace, mk_ident("b")],
-        );
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn character_a() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        assert_eq!(setup(&sm, &sh, "'a'".to_string()).next_token(), mk_lit(token::Char, "a", None),);
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn character_space() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        assert_eq!(setup(&sm, &sh, "' '".to_string()).next_token(), mk_lit(token::Char, " ", None),);
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn character_escaped() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        assert_eq!(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "'\\n'".to_string()).next_token(),
-            mk_lit(token::Char, "\\n", None),
-        );
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn lifetime_name() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        assert_eq!(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "'abc".to_string()).next_token(),
-            token::Lifetime(Symbol::intern("'abc")),
-        );
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn raw_string() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        assert_eq!(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "r###\"\"#a\\b\x00c\"\"###".to_string()).next_token(),
-            mk_lit(token::StrRaw(3), "\"#a\\b\x00c\"", None),
-        );
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn literal_suffixes() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        macro_rules! test {
-            ($input: expr, $tok_type: ident, $tok_contents: expr) => {{
-                assert_eq!(
-                    setup(&sm, &sh, format!("{}suffix", $input)).next_token(),
-                    mk_lit(token::$tok_type, $tok_contents, Some("suffix")),
-                );
-                // with a whitespace separator
-                assert_eq!(
-                    setup(&sm, &sh, format!("{} suffix", $input)).next_token(),
-                    mk_lit(token::$tok_type, $tok_contents, None),
-                );
-            }};
-        }
-
-        test!("'a'", Char, "a");
-        test!("b'a'", Byte, "a");
-        test!("\"a\"", Str, "a");
-        test!("b\"a\"", ByteStr, "a");
-        test!("1234", Integer, "1234");
-        test!("0b101", Integer, "0b101");
-        test!("0xABC", Integer, "0xABC");
-        test!("1.0", Float, "1.0");
-        test!("1.0e10", Float, "1.0e10");
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "2us".to_string()).next_token(),
-            mk_lit(token::Integer, "2", Some("us")),
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "r###\"raw\"###suffix".to_string()).next_token(),
-            mk_lit(token::StrRaw(3), "raw", Some("suffix")),
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            setup(&sm, &sh, "br###\"raw\"###suffix".to_string()).next_token(),
-            mk_lit(token::ByteStrRaw(3), "raw", Some("suffix")),
-        );
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn nested_block_comments() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        let mut lexer = setup(&sm, &sh, "/* /* */ */'a'".to_string());
-        assert_eq!(lexer.next_token(), token::Comment);
-        assert_eq!(lexer.next_token(), mk_lit(token::Char, "a", None));
-    })
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn crlf_comments() {
-    with_default_session_globals(|| {
-        let sm = Lrc::new(SourceMap::new(FilePathMapping::empty()));
-        let sh = mk_sess(sm.clone());
-        let mut lexer = setup(&sm, &sh, "// test\r\n/// test\r\n".to_string());
-        let comment = lexer.next_token();
-        assert_eq!(comment.kind, token::Comment);
-        assert_eq!((comment.span.lo(), comment.span.hi()), (BytePos(0), BytePos(7)));
-        assert_eq!(lexer.next_token(), token::Whitespace);
-        assert_eq!(
-            lexer.next_token(),
-            token::DocComment(CommentKind::Line, AttrStyle::Outer, Symbol::intern(" test"))
-        );
-    })
-}
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/tests.rs
index a1ea5ceb1f612..94017b7b286e2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/tests.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,34 @@ fn check_lexing(src: &str, expect: Expect) {
     expect.assert_eq(&actual)
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn smoke_test() {
+    check_lexing(
+        "/* my source file */ fn main() { println!(\"zebra\"); }\n",
+        expect![[r#"
+            Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: None, terminated: true }, len: 20 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Ident, len: 2 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Ident, len: 4 }
+            Token { kind: OpenParen, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: CloseParen, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: OpenBrace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Ident, len: 7 }
+            Token { kind: Bang, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: OpenParen, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Str { terminated: true }, suffix_start: 7 }, len: 7 }
+            Token { kind: CloseParen, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Semi, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: CloseBrace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+        "#]],
+    )
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn comment_flavors() {
     check_lexing(
@@ -143,25 +171,117 @@ fn comment_flavors() {
 /*! inner doc block */
 ",
         expect![[r#"
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-                Token { kind: LineComment { doc_style: None }, len: 7 }
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-                Token { kind: LineComment { doc_style: None }, len: 17 }
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-                Token { kind: LineComment { doc_style: Some(Outer) }, len: 18 }
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-                Token { kind: LineComment { doc_style: Some(Inner) }, len: 18 }
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-                Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: None, terminated: true }, len: 11 }
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-                Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: None, terminated: true }, len: 4 }
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-                Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: None, terminated: true }, len: 18 }
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-                Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: Some(Outer), terminated: true }, len: 22 }
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-                Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: Some(Inner), terminated: true }, len: 22 }
-                Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
-            "#]],
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: LineComment { doc_style: None }, len: 7 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: LineComment { doc_style: None }, len: 17 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: LineComment { doc_style: Some(Outer) }, len: 18 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: LineComment { doc_style: Some(Inner) }, len: 18 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: None, terminated: true }, len: 11 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: None, terminated: true }, len: 4 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: None, terminated: true }, len: 18 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: Some(Outer), terminated: true }, len: 22 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: Some(Inner), terminated: true }, len: 22 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+        "#]],
+    )
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn nested_block_comments() {
+    check_lexing(
+        "/* /* */ */'a'",
+        expect![[r#"
+            Token { kind: BlockComment { doc_style: None, terminated: true }, len: 11 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Char { terminated: true }, suffix_start: 3 }, len: 3 }
+        "#]],
+    )
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn characters() {
+    check_lexing(
+        "'a' ' ' '\\n'",
+        expect![[r#"
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Char { terminated: true }, suffix_start: 3 }, len: 3 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Char { terminated: true }, suffix_start: 3 }, len: 3 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Char { terminated: true }, suffix_start: 4 }, len: 4 }
+        "#]],
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn lifetime() {
+    check_lexing(
+        "'abc",
+        expect![[r#"
+            Token { kind: Lifetime { starts_with_number: false }, len: 4 }
+        "#]],
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn raw_string() {
+    check_lexing(
+        "r###\"\"#a\\b\x00c\"\"###",
+        expect![[r#"
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: RawStr { n_hashes: 3, err: None }, suffix_start: 17 }, len: 17 }
+        "#]],
+    )
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn literal_suffixes() {
+    check_lexing(
+        r####"
+'a'
+b'a'
+"a"
+b"a"
+1234
+0b101
+0xABC
+1.0
+1.0e10
+2us
+r###"raw"###suffix
+br###"raw"###suffix
+"####,
+        expect![[r#"
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Char { terminated: true }, suffix_start: 3 }, len: 3 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Byte { terminated: true }, suffix_start: 4 }, len: 4 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Str { terminated: true }, suffix_start: 3 }, len: 3 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: ByteStr { terminated: true }, suffix_start: 4 }, len: 4 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Int { base: Decimal, empty_int: false }, suffix_start: 4 }, len: 4 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Int { base: Binary, empty_int: false }, suffix_start: 5 }, len: 5 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Int { base: Hexadecimal, empty_int: false }, suffix_start: 5 }, len: 5 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Float { base: Decimal, empty_exponent: false }, suffix_start: 3 }, len: 3 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Float { base: Decimal, empty_exponent: false }, suffix_start: 6 }, len: 6 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: Int { base: Decimal, empty_int: false }, suffix_start: 1 }, len: 3 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: RawStr { n_hashes: 3, err: None }, suffix_start: 12 }, len: 18 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+            Token { kind: Literal { kind: RawByteStr { n_hashes: 3, err: None }, suffix_start: 13 }, len: 19 }
+            Token { kind: Whitespace, len: 1 }
+        "#]],
     )
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
index a65d344681924..c4ef35bc30c70 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -439,10 +439,6 @@ impl<'a> StringReader<'a> {
         (lit_kind, id)
     }
 
-    pub fn pos(&self) -> BytePos {
-        self.pos
-    }
-
     #[inline]
     fn src_index(&self, pos: BytePos) -> usize {
         (pos - self.start_pos).to_usize()