diff --git a/include/Parsodus/driver.h b/include/Parsodus/driver.h
index a22a8d7..ace7822 100644
--- a/include/Parsodus/driver.h
+++ b/include/Parsodus/driver.h
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ namespace pds {
              * @param inputfile An istream which should be read to be used as token rules specifications
              * @param outputdir A string representing the directory where generated files should be places
              * @param language The language to generate output for (backends is queried for this language)
-             * @param lexername The name to give to the generated lexer that is used by the parser, this gets cleaned to only contains alphanumeric chars or underscore and start with a non-digit (AKA a valid identifier)
              * @param parsername The name to give to the generated parser, this gets cleaned to only contains alphanumeric chars or underscore and start with a non-digit (AKA a valid identifier)
              */
-            Driver(std::unique_ptr<BackendManager> backends, std::istream& inputfile, std::string outputdir, std::string language, std::string lexername, std::string parsername);
+            Driver(std::unique_ptr<BackendManager> backends, std::istream& inputfile, std::string outputdir, std::string language, std::string parsername);
 
             /**
              * Destructor
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ namespace pds {
             std::istream& m_inputfile;
             std::string m_outputdir;
             std::string m_language;
-            std::string m_lexername;
             std::string m_parsername;
     };
     
diff --git a/src/driver.cpp b/src/driver.cpp
index 71cc3f9..966aec2 100644
--- a/src/driver.cpp
+++ b/src/driver.cpp
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@ namespace {
 
 namespace pds {
     
-    Driver::Driver(std::unique_ptr<BackendManager> backends, std::istream& inputfile, std::string outputdir, std::string language, std::string lexername, std::string parsername):
-        m_backends(std::move(backends)), m_inputfile(inputfile), m_outputdir(outputdir), m_language(language), m_lexername(clean(lexername)), m_parsername(clean(parsername)) {
+    Driver::Driver(std::unique_ptr<BackendManager> backends, std::istream& inputfile, std::string outputdir, std::string language, std::string parsername):
+        m_backends(std::move(backends)), m_inputfile(inputfile), m_outputdir(outputdir), m_language(language), m_parsername(clean(parsername)) {
         }
 
     Driver::~Driver(){}
 
     int Driver::run() { 
-        if (!m_lexername.length()) throw DriverException("no valid lexer name possible"); 
         if (!m_parsername.length()) throw DriverException("no valid parser name possible"); 
         Config config = InputParser::parseInput(m_inputfile);       
         Backend* back = m_backends->findBackend(m_language, config.parserType);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index dfebf79..ee8bc1f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     auto backendManager = std::make_unique<pds::BackendManager>(pds::BackendManager());
     backendManager->registerLR<pds::backends::CppLRBackend>();
-    pds::Driver driver(std::move(backendManager), infile, options["outputdir"], options["language"], "TestLexer", "testParser"); 
+    pds::Driver driver(std::move(backendManager), infile, options["outputdir"], options["language"], "testParser"); 
 
     return driver.run();