diff --git a/milli/src/error.rs b/milli/src/error.rs
index 3ae18165f..c0ce101c8 100644
--- a/milli/src/error.rs
+++ b/milli/src/error.rs
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ pub enum UserError {
     InvalidDocumentId { document_id: Value },
     InvalidFacetsDistribution { invalid_facets_name: HashSet<String> },
     InvalidGeoField { document_id: Value, object: Value },
-    InvalidFilterAttributeNom,
-    InvalidFilterValue,
-    InvalidFilterNom { input: String },
+    InvalidFilter { input: String },
     InvalidSortName { name: String },
     InvalidSortableAttribute { field: String, valid_fields: HashSet<String> },
     SortRankingRuleMissing,
@@ -209,10 +207,7 @@ impl StdError for InternalError {}
 impl fmt::Display for UserError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
-            //TODO
-            Self::InvalidFilterAttributeNom => write!(f, "parser error "),
-            Self::InvalidFilterValue => write!(f, "parser error "),
-            Self::InvalidFilterNom { input } => write!(f, "parser error {}", input),
+            Self::InvalidFilter { input } => write!(f, "parser error {}", input),
             Self::AttributeLimitReached => f.write_str("maximum number of attributes reached"),
             Self::CriterionError(error) => write!(f, "{}", error),
             Self::DocumentLimitReached => f.write_str("maximum number of documents reached"),
diff --git a/milli/src/search/facet/filter_condition.rs b/milli/src/search/facet/filter_condition.rs
index 2686e4a4b..0e98edd2c 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/facet/filter_condition.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/facet/filter_condition.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl FilterCondition {
                     nom::Err::Failure(x) => x,
                     _ => unreachable!(),
                 };
-                Err(Error::UserError(UserError::InvalidFilterNom {
+                Err(Error::UserError(UserError::InvalidFilter {
                     input: convert_error(expression, ve).to_string(),
                 }))
             }
diff --git a/milli/src/search/facet/filter_parser.rs b/milli/src/search/facet/filter_parser.rs
index 01e944a98..493c53920 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/facet/filter_parser.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/facet/filter_parser.rs
@@ -56,13 +56,12 @@ pub struct ParseContext<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> ParseContext<'a> {
-    fn parse_or_nom<E>(&'a self, input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, FilterCondition, E>
+    fn parse_or<E>(&'a self, input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, FilterCondition, E>
     where
         E: ParseError<&'a str> + ContextError<&'a str> + Debug,
     {
-        let (input, lhs) = self.parse_and_nom(input)?;
-        let (input, ors) =
-            many0(preceded(self.ws(tag("OR")), |c| Self::parse_or_nom(self, c)))(input)?;
+        let (input, lhs) = self.parse_and(input)?;
+        let (input, ors) = many0(preceded(self.ws(tag("OR")), |c| Self::parse_or(self, c)))(input)?;
 
         let expr = ors
             .into_iter()
@@ -70,25 +69,20 @@ impl<'a> ParseContext<'a> {
         Ok((input, expr))
     }
 
-    fn parse_and_nom<E>(&'a self, input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, FilterCondition, E>
+    fn parse_and<E>(&'a self, input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, FilterCondition, E>
     where
         E: ParseError<&'a str> + ContextError<&'a str> + Debug,
     {
-        let (input, lhs) = self.parse_not_nom(input)?;
-        // let (input, lhs) = alt((
-        //     delimited(self.ws(char('(')), |c| Self::parse_not_nom(self, c), self.ws(char(')'))),
-        //     |c| self.parse_not_nom(c),
-        // ))(input)?;
-
+        let (input, lhs) = self.parse_not(input)?;
         let (input, ors) =
-            many0(preceded(self.ws(tag("AND")), |c| Self::parse_and_nom(self, c)))(input)?;
+            many0(preceded(self.ws(tag("AND")), |c| Self::parse_and(self, c)))(input)?;
         let expr = ors
             .into_iter()
             .fold(lhs, |acc, branch| FilterCondition::And(Box::new(acc), Box::new(branch)));
         Ok((input, expr))
     }
 
-    fn parse_not_nom<E>(&'a self, input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, FilterCondition, E>
+    fn parse_not<E>(&'a self, input: &'a str) -> IResult<&'a str, FilterCondition, E>
     where
         E: ParseError<&'a str> + ContextError<&'a str> + Debug,
     {
@@ -307,7 +301,7 @@ impl<'a> ParseContext<'a> {
     where
         E: ParseError<&'a str> + ContextError<&'a str> + Debug,
     {
-        let a = self.parse_or_nom(input);
+        let a = self.parse_or(input);
         a
     }
 }
diff --git a/milli/src/search/facet/grammar.pest b/milli/src/search/facet/grammar.pest
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bfdeb667..000000000
--- a/milli/src/search/facet/grammar.pest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-key = _{reserved | quoted | word }
-value = _{quoted | word }
-quoted = _{ (PUSH("'") | PUSH("\"")) ~ string ~ POP  }
-string = {char*}
-word = ${(LETTER | NUMBER | "_" | "-" | ".")+}
-
-char =  _{ !(PEEK | "\\") ~ ANY
-    | "\\" ~ (PEEK | "\\" | "/" | "b" | "f" | "n" | "r" | "t")
-    | "\\" ~ ("u" ~ ASCII_HEX_DIGIT{4})}
-
-reserved = { "_geoDistance" | ("_geoPoint" ~ parameters) | "_geo" }
-// we deliberately choose to allow empty parameters to generate more specific error message later
-parameters = {("(" ~ (value ~ ",")* ~ value? ~ ")") | ""}
-condition = _{between | eq | greater | less | geq | leq | neq}
-between = {key ~ value ~ "TO" ~ value}
-geq = {key ~ ">=" ~ value}
-leq = {key ~ "<=" ~ value}
-neq = {key ~ "!=" ~ value}
-eq = {key ~ "=" ~ value}
-greater = {key ~ ">" ~ value}
-less = {key ~ "<" ~ value}
-geo_radius = {"_geoRadius" ~ parameters }
-
-prgm = {SOI ~ expr ~ EOI}
-expr = _{ ( term ~ (operation ~ term)* ) }
-term = { ("(" ~ expr ~ ")") | condition | not | geo_radius }
-operation = _{ and | or }
-and = {"AND"}
-or = {"OR"}
-
-not = {"NOT" ~ term}
-
-WHITESPACE = _{ " " }