diff --git a/v2/parser.go b/v2/parser.go
index c04312ec..4591d899 100644
--- a/v2/parser.go
+++ b/v2/parser.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func readN(rd reader, n int) ([]byte, error) {
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-func ParseReq(rd reader) ([]string, error) {
+func parseReq(rd reader) ([]string, error) {
 	line, err := readLine(rd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/v2/parser_test.go b/v2/parser_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dee8e48..00000000
--- a/v2/parser_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package redis_test
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-
-	"github.com/vmihailenco/bufio"
-	. "launchpad.net/gocheck"
-
-	"github.com/vmihailenco/redis/v2"
-)
-
-type ParserTest struct{}
-
-var _ = Suite(&ParserTest{})
-
-func (t *ParserTest) TestParseReq(c *C) {
-	buf := bytes.NewBufferString("*3\r\n$3\r\nSET\r\n$3\r\nkey\r\n$5\r\nhello\r\n")
-	rd := bufio.NewReaderSize(buf, 1024)
-
-	args, err := redis.ParseReq(rd)
-	c.Check(err, IsNil)
-	c.Check(args, DeepEquals, []string{"SET", "key", "hello"})
-}