Index: src/build.c
==================================================================
--- src/build.c
+++ src/build.c
@@ -22,19 +22,10 @@
 **     COMMIT
 **     ROLLBACK
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
-/*
-** This routine is called when a new SQL statement is beginning to
-** be parsed.  Initialize the pParse structure as needed.
-*/
-void sqlite3BeginParse(Parse *pParse, int explainFlag){
-  pParse->explain = (u8)explainFlag;
-  pParse->nVar = 0;
-}
-
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_SHARED_CACHE
 /*
 ** The TableLock structure is only used by the sqlite3TableLock() and
 ** codeTableLocks() functions.
 */

Index: src/parse.y
==================================================================
--- src/parse.y
+++ src/parse.y
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@
 input ::= cmdlist.
 cmdlist ::= cmdlist ecmd.
 cmdlist ::= ecmd.
 ecmd ::= SEMI.
 ecmd ::= explain cmdx SEMI.
-explain ::= .           { sqlite3BeginParse(pParse, 0); }
+explain ::= .
 %ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_EXPLAIN
-explain ::= EXPLAIN.              { sqlite3BeginParse(pParse, 1); }
-explain ::= EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN.   { sqlite3BeginParse(pParse, 2); }
+explain ::= EXPLAIN.              { pParse->explain = 1; }
+explain ::= EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN.   { pParse->explain = 2; }
 %endif  SQLITE_OMIT_EXPLAIN
 cmdx ::= cmd.           { sqlite3FinishCoding(pParse); }
 
 ///////////////////// Begin and end transactions. ////////////////////////////
 //

Index: src/sqliteInt.h
==================================================================
--- src/sqliteInt.h
+++ src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -3338,11 +3338,10 @@
 int sqlite3InitCallback(void*, int, char**, char**);
 void sqlite3Pragma(Parse*,Token*,Token*,Token*,int);
 void sqlite3ResetAllSchemasOfConnection(sqlite3*);
 void sqlite3ResetOneSchema(sqlite3*,int);
 void sqlite3CollapseDatabaseArray(sqlite3*);
-void sqlite3BeginParse(Parse*,int);
 void sqlite3CommitInternalChanges(sqlite3*);
 void sqlite3DeleteColumnNames(sqlite3*,Table*);
 int sqlite3ColumnsFromExprList(Parse*,ExprList*,i16*,Column**);
 Table *sqlite3ResultSetOfSelect(Parse*,Select*);
 void sqlite3OpenMasterTable(Parse *, int);