diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index c31b2e5..922fc89 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -1933,22 +1933,11 @@ Element.prototype.parseContent = function() {
 
 // Convert `{red-fg}foo{/red-fg}` to `\x1b[31mfoo\x1b[39m`.
 Element.prototype._parseTags = function(text) {
-  if (!this.parseTags) return text;
-  var program = this.screen.program;
-  return text.replace(/{(\/?)([\w\-,;!#]*)}/g, function(tag, slash, color) {
-    if (!color) return slash ? '\x1b[m' : tag;
-    color = color.replace(/-/g, ' ');
-    var result = program._attr(color, !slash);
-    return result != null ? result : tag;
-  });
-};
-
-// Convert `{red-fg}foo{/red-fg}` to `\x1b[31mfoo\x1b[39m`.
-Element.prototype._parseTags_ = function(text) {
   if (!this.parseTags) return text;
   if (!/{\/?[\w\-,;!#]*}/.test(text)) return text;
 
-  var out = ''
+  var program = this.screen.program
+    , out = ''
     , state
     , bg = []
     , fg = []
@@ -1970,21 +1959,21 @@ Element.prototype._parseTags_ = function(text) {
 
       if (slash) {
         if (!param) {
-          out += this._attr('normal');
+          out += program._attr('normal');
           bg.length = 0;
           fg.length = 0;
           flag.length = 0;
         } else {
-          attr = this._attr(param, false);
+          attr = program._attr(param, false);
           if (attr == null) {
             out += cap[0];
           } else {
-            if (param !== state[state.length-1]) {
-              throw new Error('Misnested tags.');
-            }
+            // if (param !== state[state.length-1]) {
+            //   throw new Error('Misnested tags.');
+            // }
             state.pop();
             if (state.length) {
-              out += this._attr(state[state.length-1]);
+              out += program._attr(state[state.length-1]);
             } else {
               out += attr;
             }
@@ -1994,7 +1983,7 @@ Element.prototype._parseTags_ = function(text) {
         if (!param) {
           out += cap[0];
         } else {
-          attr = this._attr(param);
+          attr = program._attr(param);
           if (attr == null) {
             out += cap[0];
           } else {
@@ -2020,42 +2009,6 @@ Element.prototype._parseTags_ = function(text) {
   return out;
 };
 
-Element.prototype._attr = function(param, val) {
-  return this.screen.program._attr(param, val);
-};
-
-// If we want the resetting of attributes to the element's current style to
-// *only* be for tags, we can do this and set the codes above to start at 9000:
-Element.prototype._attr_ = function(param, val) {
-  var param = this.screen.program._attr(param, val)
-    , i
-    , c;
-
-  if (!param) return param;
-
-  param = param.slice(2, -1).split(';');
-  if (!param[0]) param[0] = '0';
-
-  for (i = 0; i < param.length; i++) {
-    c = +param[i] || 0;
-    switch (c) {
-      case 0: // reset
-      case 22: // reset bold
-      case 24: // reset underline
-      case 25: // reset blink
-      case 27: // reset inverse
-      case 28: // reset invisible
-      case 39: // reset fg
-      case 49: // reset bg
-      case 100: // reset fg/bg
-        param[i] = 9000 + c;
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return '\x1b[' + out.join(';') + 'm';
-};
-
 Element.prototype._parseAttr = function(lines) {
   var dattr = this.sattr(this.style, this.style.fg, this.style.bg)
     , attr = dattr