diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index d6e56bd..b0e999f 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 struct SyntaxElement* parse(FILE* file) {
 	struct SyntaxElement* syntaxtree = se_create();
 	struct SyntaxElement* syntaxtreestart = syntaxtree;
-	syntaxtree->type = TOPTREE;
+	syntaxtree->type = TREE;
 	char symbol;
 	bool intree = false;
 	bool incomment = false;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct SyntaxElement* parse(FILE* file) {
 					syntaxtree = se_bottom(syntaxtree);
 					break;
 				case ')':
-					if (syntaxtree->top->type == TOPTREE) {
+					if (syntaxtree->top->type == TREE) {
 						intree = false;
 						syntaxtree = syntaxtree->top;
 						syntaxtree = se_next(syntaxtree);
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct SyntaxElement* parse(FILE* file) {
 					continue;
 				case '(':
 					intree = true;
-					syntaxtree->type = TOPTREE;
+					syntaxtree->type = TREE;
 					syntaxtree = se_bottom(syntaxtree);
 					syntaxtree->type = TREE;
 					continue;
diff --git a/src/printtree.c b/src/printtree.c
index 206e467..f7c02e5 100644
--- a/src/printtree.c
+++ b/src/printtree.c
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ void printtree(struct SyntaxElement* syntaxtree, int depth) {
 	for (int i = 1; i <= depth; i++)
 		putc(' ',stdout);
 	switch (syntaxtree->type) {
-		case TOPTREE:
-			printf("TOPTREE\n");
-			printtree((struct SyntaxElement*)syntaxtree->content, depth + 1);
-			break;
 		case TREE:
 			printf("TREE\n");
 			printtree((struct SyntaxElement*)syntaxtree->content, depth + 1);
diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index ca83d25..4e4971f 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ void se_free(struct SyntaxElement* syntaxtree) {
 			free(syntaxtree);
 			return;
 		case TREE:
-		case TOPTREE:
 			if (syntaxtree->content != NULL) {
 				se_free((struct SyntaxElement*)syntaxtree->content);
 			}
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ void se_clean(struct SyntaxElement* syntaxtree) {
 				break;
 		}
 	}
-	if (syntaxtree->content != NULL && (syntaxtree->type == TOPTREE || syntaxtree->type == TREE)) {
+	if (syntaxtree->content != NULL && (syntaxtree->type == TREE)) {
 		switch (((struct SyntaxElement*)syntaxtree->content)->type) {
 			case NONE:
 				free(syntaxtree->content);
diff --git a/src/syntax.h b/src/syntax.h
index eaac577..5a8b1e5 100644
--- a/src/syntax.h
+++ b/src/syntax.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef SYNTAX_H
 #define SYNTAX_H
 enum SyntaxElementType {
-	TOPTREE,
 	TREE,
 	TOKEN,
 	STRING,