diff --git a/cli/src/repl.rs b/cli/src/repl.rs
index 97c2b81955..c0d7e03917 100644
--- a/cli/src/repl.rs
+++ b/cli/src/repl.rs
@@ -93,10 +93,12 @@ impl Validator for InputValidator {
             Ok(ValidationResult::Incomplete)
         } else {
             let arena = bumpalo::Bump::new();
-            match roc_parse::test_helpers::parse_expr_with(&arena, ctx.input()) {
+            let state = roc_parse::parser::State::new(ctx.input().trim().as_bytes());
+
+            match roc_parse::expr::parse_loc_expr(0, &arena, state) {
                 // Special case some syntax errors to allow for multi-line inputs
-                Err(SyntaxError::Expr(EExpr::DefMissingFinalExpr(_, _)))
-                | Err(SyntaxError::Expr(EExpr::DefMissingFinalExpr2(_, _, _))) => {
+                Err((_, EExpr::DefMissingFinalExpr(_, _), _))
+                | Err((_, EExpr::DefMissingFinalExpr2(_, _, _), _)) => {
                     Ok(ValidationResult::Incomplete)
                 }
                 _ => Ok(ValidationResult::Valid(None)),
diff --git a/compiler/parse/src/expr.rs b/compiler/parse/src/expr.rs
index e572dd88df..5483d2c278 100644
--- a/compiler/parse/src/expr.rs
+++ b/compiler/parse/src/expr.rs
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ fn parse_expr_end<'a>(
     }
 }
 
-fn parse_loc_expr<'a>(
+pub fn parse_loc_expr<'a>(
     min_indent: u16,
     arena: &'a Bump,
     state: State<'a>,