diff --git a/examples/yaml_bench/yaml_bench.d b/examples/yaml_bench/yaml_bench.d
index bb8446e2..6bf6b1d6 100644
--- a/examples/yaml_bench/yaml_bench.d
+++ b/examples/yaml_bench/yaml_bench.d
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import std.range;
 import std.stdio;
 import std.string;
 import dyaml;
+import dyaml.reader;
+import dyaml.scanner;
 
 ///Get data out of every node.
 void extract(ref Node document) @safe
@@ -115,15 +117,21 @@ void main(string[] args) //@safe
             else       { fileWorkingCopy[] = fileInMemory[]; }
             void[] fileToLoad = reload ? fileInMemory : fileWorkingCopy;
 
-            auto loader        = Loader.fromBuffer(fileToLoad);
             if(scanOnly)
             {
-                loader.scanBench();
-                return;
+                auto reader = new Reader(cast(ubyte[])fileToLoad, "benchmark");
+                auto scanner = Scanner(reader);
+                while(!scanner.empty)
+                {
+                    scanner.popFront();
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                auto loader = Loader.fromBuffer(fileToLoad);
+                loader.resolver = resolver;
+                nodes = loader.array;
             }
-
-            loader.resolver = resolver;
-            nodes = loader.array;
         }
         void runDumpBenchmark() @safe
         {
diff --git a/source/dyaml/loader.d b/source/dyaml/loader.d
index 0569863e..c238134d 100644
--- a/source/dyaml/loader.d
+++ b/source/dyaml/loader.d
@@ -248,23 +248,6 @@ struct Loader
             }
             return currentNode;
         }
-
-        // Scan all tokens, throwing them away. Used for benchmarking.
-        void scanBench() @safe
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                while(!scanner_.empty)
-                {
-                    scanner_.popFront();
-                }
-            }
-            catch(YAMLException e)
-            {
-                throw new YAMLException("Unable to scan YAML from stream " ~
-                                        name_ ~ " : " ~ e.msg, e.file, e.line);
-            }
-        }
 }
 /// Load single YAML document from a file:
 @safe unittest