diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index 4e76758276..aee1efe656 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -235,10 +235,8 @@ pub mut:
 // root_ident returns the origin ident where the selector started.
 pub fn (e &SelectorExpr) root_ident() ?Ident {
 	mut root := e.expr
-	for root is SelectorExpr {
-		// TODO: remove this line
-		selector_expr := root as SelectorExpr
-		root = selector_expr.expr
+	for mut root is SelectorExpr {
+		root = root.expr
 	}
 	if root is Ident {
 		return root as Ident
@@ -1184,16 +1182,6 @@ pub:
 	pos      token.Position
 }
 
-// NB: &string(x) gets parsed as PrefixExpr{ right: CastExpr{...} }
-// TODO: that is very likely a parsing bug. It should get parsed as just
-// CastExpr{...}, where .typname is '&string' instead.
-// The current situation leads to special cases in vfmt and cgen
-// (see prefix_expr_cast_expr in fmt.v, and .is_amp in cgen.v)
-// .in_prexpr is also needed because of that, because the checker needs to
-// show warnings about the deprecated C->V conversions `string(x)` and
-// `string(x,y)`, while skipping the real pointer casts like `&string(x)`.
-// 2021/07/17: TODO: since 6edfb2c, the above is fixed at the parser level,
-// we need to remove the hacks/special cases in vfmt and the checker too.
 pub struct CastExpr {
 pub:
 	arg Expr // `n` in `string(buf, n)`
diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/table.v b/vlib/v/ast/table.v
index 08fcdd1780..96fb617bc1 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/table.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/table.v
@@ -1113,10 +1113,6 @@ pub fn (t &Table) value_type(typ Type) Type {
 		// bytes[0] is a byte, not byte*
 		return typ.deref()
 	}
-	// TODO: remove when map_string is removed
-	if typ_sym.name == 'map_string' {
-		return string_type
-	}
 	return void_type
 }
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
index 62297b98a1..8f4c9082eb 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/fmt.v
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) assign_stmt(node ast.AssignStmt) {
 	f.is_assign = true
 	f.write(' $node.op.str() ')
 	for i, val in node.right {
-		f.prefix_expr_cast_expr(val)
+		f.expr(val)
 		if i < node.right.len - 1 {
 			f.write(', ')
 		}
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) prefix_expr(node ast.PrefixExpr) {
 		}
 	}
 	f.write(node.op.str())
-	f.prefix_expr_cast_expr(node.right)
+	f.expr(node.right)
 	f.or_expr(node.or_block)
 }
 
@@ -2441,26 +2441,6 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) unsafe_expr(node ast.UnsafeExpr) {
 	f.write('}')
 }
 
-pub fn (mut f Fmt) prefix_expr_cast_expr(node ast.Expr) {
-	mut is_pe_amp_ce := false
-	if node is ast.PrefixExpr {
-		if node.right is ast.CastExpr && node.op == .amp {
-			mut ce := node.right
-			ce.typname = f.table.get_type_symbol(ce.typ).name
-			is_pe_amp_ce = true
-			f.expr(ce)
-		}
-	} else if node is ast.CastExpr {
-		last := f.out.cut_last(1)
-		if last != '&' {
-			f.out.write_string(last)
-		}
-	}
-	if !is_pe_amp_ce {
-		f.expr(node)
-	}
-}
-
 fn (mut f Fmt) trace(fbase string, message string) {
 	if f.file.path_base == fbase {
 		println('> f.trace | ${fbase:-10s} | $message')
diff --git a/vlib/v/fmt/struct.v b/vlib/v/fmt/struct.v
index 5efdfbd9e8..46af440a5d 100644
--- a/vlib/v/fmt/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/fmt/struct.v
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) struct_decl(node ast.StructDecl) {
 				f.indent++
 				inc_indent = true
 			}
-			f.prefix_expr_cast_expr(field.default_expr)
+			f.expr(field.default_expr)
 			if inc_indent {
 				f.indent--
 				inc_indent = false
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) struct_init(node ast.StructInit) {
 			f.write(', ')
 		}
 		for i, field in node.fields {
-			f.prefix_expr_cast_expr(field.expr)
+			f.expr(field.expr)
 			if i < node.fields.len - 1 {
 				f.write(', ')
 			}
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ pub fn (mut f Fmt) struct_init(node ast.StructInit) {
 			}
 			for i, field in node.fields {
 				f.write('$field.name: ')
-				f.prefix_expr_cast_expr(field.expr)
+				f.expr(field.expr)
 				f.comments(field.comments, inline: true, has_nl: false, level: .indent)
 				if single_line_fields {
 					if i < node.fields.len - 1 {