diff --git a/mwparserfromhell/__init__.py b/mwparserfromhell/__init__.py
index e18000b..99bc0c2 100644
--- a/mwparserfromhell/__init__.py
+++ b/mwparserfromhell/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ __license__ = "MIT License"
 __version__ = "0.2.dev"
 __email__ = "ben.kurtovic@verizon.net"
 
-from . import nodes, parser, smart_list, string_mixin, wikicode
+from . import compat, nodes, parser, smart_list, string_mixin, utils, wikicode
 
-parse = lambda text: parser.Parser(text).parse()
-parse.__doc__ = "Short for :py:meth:`.Parser.parse`."
+parse = utils.parse_anything
diff --git a/mwparserfromhell/parser/__init__.py b/mwparserfromhell/parser/__init__.py
index 074b9ba..3f034f6 100644
--- a/mwparserfromhell/parser/__init__.py
+++ b/mwparserfromhell/parser/__init__.py
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ modules: the :py:mod:`~.tokenizer` and the :py:mod:`~.builder`. This module
 joins them together under one interface.
 """
 
-try:
-    from ._builder import CBuilder as Builder
-except ImportError:
-    from .builder import Builder
+from .builder import Builder
 try:
     from ._tokenizer import CTokenizer as Tokenizer
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.py b/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.py
index eead131..c02e353 100644
--- a/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.py
+++ b/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from math import log
 import re
-import string
 
 from . import contexts
 from . import tokens
@@ -377,9 +376,9 @@ class Tokenizer(object):
         else:
             numeric = hexadecimal = False
 
-        valid = string.hexdigits if hexadecimal else string.digits
+        valid = "0123456789abcdefABCDEF" if hexadecimal else "0123456789"
         if not numeric and not hexadecimal:
-            valid += string.ascii_letters
+            valid += "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
         if not all([char in valid for char in this]):
             self._fail_route()
 
diff --git a/mwparserfromhell/utils.py b/mwparserfromhell/utils.py
index 83264e2..b797419 100644
--- a/mwparserfromhell/utils.py
+++ b/mwparserfromhell/utils.py
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ from .smart_list import SmartList
 def parse_anything(value):
     """Return a :py:class:`~.Wikicode` for *value*, allowing multiple types.
 
-    This differs from :py:func:`mwparserfromhell.parse` in that we accept more
-    than just a string to be parsed. Unicode objects (strings in py3k), strings
-    (bytes in py3k), integers (converted to strings), ``None``, existing
+    This differs from :py:meth:`.Parser.parse` in that we accept more than just
+    a string to be parsed. Unicode objects (strings in py3k), strings (bytes in
+    py3k), integers (converted to strings), ``None``, existing
     :py:class:`~.Node` or :py:class:`~.Wikicode` objects, as well as an
     iterable of these types, are supported. This is used to parse input
     on-the-fly by various methods of :py:class:`~.Wikicode` and others like
     :py:class:`~.Template`, such as :py:meth:`wikicode.insert()
     <.Wikicode.insert>` or setting :py:meth:`template.name <.Template.name>`.
     """
-    from . import parse
+    from .parser import Parser
     from .wikicode import Wikicode
 
     if isinstance(value, Wikicode):
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ def parse_anything(value):
     elif isinstance(value, Node):
         return Wikicode(SmartList([value]))
     elif isinstance(value, str):
-        return parse(value)
+        return Parser(value).parse()
     elif isinstance(value, bytes):
-        return parse(value.decode("utf8"))
+        return Parser(value.decode("utf8")).parse()
     elif isinstance(value, int):
-        return parse(str(value))
+        return Parser(str(value)).parse()
     elif value is None:
         return Wikicode(SmartList())
     try: