diff --git a/src/glxml.gleam b/src/glxml.gleam
index 5c417db..082a923 100644
--- a/src/glxml.gleam
+++ b/src/glxml.gleam
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ fn parse_reference(
         }
       }
     }
-    "&" as char <> tail -> {
+    "&" <> tail -> {
       use #(name, doc) <- result.try(parse_name(tail))
 
       case doc {