diff --git a/src/Record.cpp b/src/Record.cpp
index c0fd24d42..dd4964040 100644
--- a/src/Record.cpp
+++ b/src/Record.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Record::Record ()
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Record::Record (const std::string& input)
 {
-  parse (input);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -55,42 +54,3 @@ Record::~Record ()
 {
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// start --> [ --> Att --> ] --> end
-//              ^       |
-//              +-------+
-//
-void Record::parse (const std::string& input)
-{
-  clear ();
-
-  Nibbler n (input);
-  std::string line;
-  if (n.skip     ('[')       &&
-      n.getUntil (']', line) &&
-      n.skip     (']')       &&
-      n.depleted ())
-  {
-    if (line.length () == 0)
-      throw std::string (STRING_RECORD_EMPTY);
-
-    Nibbler nl (line);
-    Att a;
-    while (!nl.depleted ())
-    {
-      a.parse (nl);
-      (*this)[a.name ()] = a;
-      nl.skip (' ');
-    }
-
-    std::string remainder;
-    nl.getUntilEOS (remainder);
-    if (remainder.length ())
-      throw std::string (STRING_RECORD_JUNK_AT_EOL);
-  }
-  else
-    throw std::string (STRING_RECORD_NOT_FF4);
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/Record.h b/src/Record.h
index 51ca44e22..e3547d9a2 100644
--- a/src/Record.h
+++ b/src/Record.h
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ public:
   Record ();                         // Default constructor
   Record (const std::string&);       // Copy constructor
   virtual ~Record ();                // Destructor
-
-  void parse (const std::string&);
-
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Task.cpp b/src/Task.cpp
index b59012c09..c70a15bb1 100644
--- a/src/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/Task.cpp
@@ -271,17 +271,50 @@ void Task::setStatus (Task::status status)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Attempt an FF4 parse first, using Record::parse, and in the event of an error
 // try a legacy parse (F3, FF2).  Note that FF1 is no longer supported.
-void Task::parse (const std::string& line)
+//
+// start --> [ --> Att --> ] --> end
+//              ^       |
+//              +-------+
+//
+void Task::parse (const std::string& input)
 {
   std::string copy;
-  if (line[line.length () - 1] == '\n')
-    copy = line.substr (0, line.length () - 1);
+  if (input[input.length () - 1] == '\n')
+    copy = input.substr (0, input.length () - 1);
   else
-    copy = line;
+    copy = input;
 
   try
   {
-    Record::parse (copy);
+//    Record::parse (copy);
+    clear ();
+
+    Nibbler n (copy);
+    std::string line;
+    if (n.skip     ('[')       &&
+        n.getUntil (']', line) &&
+        n.skip     (']')       &&
+        n.depleted ())
+    {
+      if (line.length () == 0)
+        throw std::string (STRING_RECORD_EMPTY);
+
+      Nibbler nl (line);
+      Att a;
+      while (!nl.depleted ())
+      {
+        a.parse (nl);
+        (*this)[a.name ()] = a;
+        nl.skip (' ');
+      }
+
+      std::string remainder;
+      nl.getUntilEOS (remainder);
+      if (remainder.length ())
+        throw std::string (STRING_RECORD_JUNK_AT_EOL);
+    }
+    else
+      throw std::string (STRING_RECORD_NOT_FF4);
   }
 
   catch (std::string& e)