diff --git a/components/style/counter_style/mod.rs b/components/style/counter_style/mod.rs
index 94b10aa0d33..2542dee3625 100644
--- a/components/style/counter_style/mod.rs
+++ b/components/style/counter_style/mod.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 use Atom;
 use cssparser::{AtRuleParser, DeclarationListParser, DeclarationParser};
 use cssparser::{CowRcStr, Parser, SourceLocation, Token};
-use error_reporting::{ContextualParseError, ParseErrorReporter};
-use parser::{Parse, ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use error_reporting::ContextualParseError;
+use parser::{Parse, ParserContext};
 use selectors::parser::SelectorParseErrorKind;
 use shared_lock::{SharedRwLockReadGuard, ToCssWithGuard};
 use std::fmt::{self, Write};
@@ -73,16 +73,12 @@ pub fn parse_counter_style_name_definition<'i, 't>(
 }
 
 /// Parse the body (inside `{}`) of an @counter-style rule
-pub fn parse_counter_style_body<'i, 't, R>(
+pub fn parse_counter_style_body<'i, 't>(
     name: CustomIdent,
     context: &ParserContext,
-    error_context: &ParserErrorContext<R>,
     input: &mut Parser<'i, 't>,
     location: SourceLocation,
-) -> Result<CounterStyleRuleData, ParseError<'i>>
-where
-    R: ParseErrorReporter,
-{
+) -> Result<CounterStyleRuleData, ParseError<'i>> {
     let start = input.current_source_location();
     let mut rule = CounterStyleRuleData::empty(name, location);
     {
@@ -98,7 +94,7 @@ where
                     slice,
                     error,
                 );
-                context.log_css_error(error_context, location, error)
+                context.log_css_error(location, error)
             }
         }
     }
@@ -134,7 +130,7 @@ where
         _ => None,
     };
     if let Some(error) = error {
-        context.log_css_error(error_context, start, error);
+        context.log_css_error(start, error);
         Err(input.new_custom_error(StyleParseErrorKind::UnspecifiedError))
     } else {
         Ok(rule)
diff --git a/components/style/error_reporting.rs b/components/style/error_reporting.rs
index 2af76be87b9..af1e7ba5b86 100644
--- a/components/style/error_reporting.rs
+++ b/components/style/error_reporting.rs
@@ -249,17 +249,3 @@ impl ParseErrorReporter for RustLogReporter {
         }
     }
 }
-
-/// Error reporter which silently forgets errors
-pub struct NullReporter;
-
-impl ParseErrorReporter for NullReporter {
-    fn report_error(
-        &self,
-        _url: &UrlExtraData,
-        _location: SourceLocation,
-        _error: ContextualParseError,
-    ) {
-        // do nothing
-    }
-}
diff --git a/components/style/font_face.rs b/components/style/font_face.rs
index 57c0f3b0b77..d7501c1cca7 100644
--- a/components/style/font_face.rs
+++ b/components/style/font_face.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use cssparser::{AtRuleParser, DeclarationListParser, DeclarationParser, Parser};
 use cssparser::{CowRcStr, SourceLocation};
 #[cfg(feature = "gecko")]
 use cssparser::UnicodeRange;
-use error_reporting::{ContextualParseError, ParseErrorReporter};
-use parser::{Parse, ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use error_reporting::ContextualParseError;
+use parser::{Parse, ParserContext};
 #[cfg(feature = "gecko")]
 use properties::longhands::font_language_override;
 use selectors::parser::SelectorParseErrorKind;
@@ -186,15 +186,11 @@ impl ToCss for FontStyle {
 /// Parse the block inside a `@font-face` rule.
 ///
 /// Note that the prelude parsing code lives in the `stylesheets` module.
-pub fn parse_font_face_block<R>(
+pub fn parse_font_face_block(
     context: &ParserContext,
-    error_context: &ParserErrorContext<R>,
     input: &mut Parser,
     location: SourceLocation,
-) -> FontFaceRuleData
-where
-    R: ParseErrorReporter,
-{
+) -> FontFaceRuleData {
     let mut rule = FontFaceRuleData::empty(location);
     {
         let parser = FontFaceRuleParser {
@@ -206,7 +202,7 @@ where
             if let Err((error, slice)) = declaration {
                 let location = error.location;
                 let error = ContextualParseError::UnsupportedFontFaceDescriptor(slice, error);
-                context.log_css_error(error_context, location, error)
+                context.log_css_error(location, error)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/components/style/media_queries/media_list.rs b/components/style/media_queries/media_list.rs
index 5243174e07f..122f18a0d5e 100644
--- a/components/style/media_queries/media_list.rs
+++ b/components/style/media_queries/media_list.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 use context::QuirksMode;
 use cssparser::{Delimiter, Parser};
 use cssparser::{ParserInput, Token};
-use error_reporting::{ContextualParseError, ParseErrorReporter};
-use parser::{ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use error_reporting::ContextualParseError;
+use parser::ParserContext;
 use super::{Device, MediaQuery, Qualifier};
 
 /// A type that encapsulates a media query list.
@@ -30,14 +30,10 @@ impl MediaList {
     /// "not all", see:
     ///
     /// <https://drafts.csswg.org/mediaqueries/#error-handling>
-    pub fn parse<R>(
+    pub fn parse(
         context: &ParserContext,
         input: &mut Parser,
-        error_reporter: &R,
-    ) -> MediaList
-    where
-        R: ParseErrorReporter,
-    {
+    ) -> Self {
         if input.is_exhausted() {
             return Self::empty();
         }
@@ -54,8 +50,7 @@ impl MediaList {
                     let location = err.location;
                     let error =
                         ContextualParseError::InvalidMediaRule(input.slice_from(start_position), err);
-                    let error_context = ParserErrorContext { error_reporter };
-                    context.log_css_error(&error_context, location, error);
+                    context.log_css_error(location, error);
                 },
             }
 
diff --git a/components/style/parser.rs b/components/style/parser.rs
index 6dbfe1cfa01..a4b7d816203 100644
--- a/components/style/parser.rs
+++ b/components/style/parser.rs
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ pub fn assert_parsing_mode_match() {
     }
 }
 
-/// The context required to report a parse error.
-pub struct ParserErrorContext<'a, R: 'a> {
-    /// An error reporter to report syntax errors.
-    pub error_reporter: &'a R,
-}
-
 /// The data that the parser needs from outside in order to parse a stylesheet.
 pub struct ParserContext<'a> {
     /// The `Origin` of the stylesheet, whether it's a user, author or
@@ -55,6 +49,8 @@ pub struct ParserContext<'a> {
     pub parsing_mode: ParsingMode,
     /// The quirks mode of this stylesheet.
     pub quirks_mode: QuirksMode,
+    /// The active error reporter, or none if error reporting is disabled.
+    error_reporter: Option<&'a ParseErrorReporter>,
     /// The currently active namespaces.
     pub namespaces: Option<&'a Namespaces>,
 }
@@ -68,6 +64,7 @@ impl<'a> ParserContext<'a> {
         rule_type: Option<CssRuleType>,
         parsing_mode: ParsingMode,
         quirks_mode: QuirksMode,
+        error_reporter: Option<&'a ParseErrorReporter>,
     ) -> Self {
         ParserContext {
             stylesheet_origin,
@@ -75,6 +72,7 @@ impl<'a> ParserContext<'a> {
             rule_type,
             parsing_mode,
             quirks_mode,
+            error_reporter,
             namespaces: None,
         }
     }
@@ -86,6 +84,7 @@ impl<'a> ParserContext<'a> {
         rule_type: Option<CssRuleType>,
         parsing_mode: ParsingMode,
         quirks_mode: QuirksMode,
+        error_reporter: Option<&'a ParseErrorReporter>,
     ) -> Self {
         Self::new(
             Origin::Author,
@@ -93,6 +92,7 @@ impl<'a> ParserContext<'a> {
             rule_type,
             parsing_mode,
             quirks_mode,
+            error_reporter,
         )
     }
 
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ impl<'a> ParserContext<'a> {
             parsing_mode: context.parsing_mode,
             quirks_mode: context.quirks_mode,
             namespaces: Some(namespaces),
+            error_reporter: context.error_reporter,
         }
     }
 
@@ -127,21 +128,17 @@ impl<'a> ParserContext<'a> {
     }
 
     /// Record a CSS parse error with this context’s error reporting.
-    pub fn log_css_error<R>(
+    pub fn log_css_error(
         &self,
-        context: &ParserErrorContext<R>,
         location: SourceLocation,
         error: ContextualParseError,
-    ) where
-        R: ParseErrorReporter,
-    {
-        let location = SourceLocation {
-            line: location.line,
-            column: location.column,
+    ) {
+        let error_reporter = match self.error_reporter {
+            Some(r) => r,
+            None => return,
         };
-        context
-            .error_reporter
-            .report_error(self.url_data, location, error)
+
+        error_reporter.report_error(self.url_data, location, error)
     }
 
     /// Returns whether chrome-only rules should be parsed.
diff --git a/components/style/properties/declaration_block.rs b/components/style/properties/declaration_block.rs
index cd89a4bbfbb..89c992f907d 100644
--- a/components/style/properties/declaration_block.rs
+++ b/components/style/properties/declaration_block.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use cssparser::{DeclarationListParser, parse_important, ParserInput, CowRcStr};
 use cssparser::{Parser, AtRuleParser, DeclarationParser, Delimiter, ParseErrorKind};
 use custom_properties::CustomPropertiesBuilder;
 use error_reporting::{ParseErrorReporter, ContextualParseError};
-use parser::{ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use parser::ParserContext;
 use properties::animated_properties::AnimationValue;
 use shared_lock::Locked;
 use smallbitvec::{self, SmallBitVec};
@@ -1077,50 +1077,49 @@ where
 
 /// A helper to parse the style attribute of an element, in order for this to be
 /// shared between Servo and Gecko.
-pub fn parse_style_attribute<R>(
+///
+/// Inline because we call this cross-crate.
+#[inline]
+pub fn parse_style_attribute(
     input: &str,
     url_data: &UrlExtraData,
-    error_reporter: &R,
+    error_reporter: Option<&ParseErrorReporter>,
     quirks_mode: QuirksMode,
-) -> PropertyDeclarationBlock
-where
-    R: ParseErrorReporter
-{
+) -> PropertyDeclarationBlock {
     let context = ParserContext::new(
         Origin::Author,
         url_data,
         Some(CssRuleType::Style),
         ParsingMode::DEFAULT,
         quirks_mode,
+        error_reporter,
     );
 
-    let error_context = ParserErrorContext { error_reporter: error_reporter };
     let mut input = ParserInput::new(input);
-    parse_property_declaration_list(&context, &error_context, &mut Parser::new(&mut input))
+    parse_property_declaration_list(&context, &mut Parser::new(&mut input))
 }
 
 /// Parse a given property declaration. Can result in multiple
 /// `PropertyDeclaration`s when expanding a shorthand, for example.
 ///
 /// This does not attempt to parse !important at all.
-pub fn parse_one_declaration_into<R>(
+#[inline]
+pub fn parse_one_declaration_into(
     declarations: &mut SourcePropertyDeclaration,
     id: PropertyId,
     input: &str,
     url_data: &UrlExtraData,
-    error_reporter: &R,
+    error_reporter: Option<&ParseErrorReporter>,
     parsing_mode: ParsingMode,
     quirks_mode: QuirksMode
-) -> Result<(), ()>
-where
-    R: ParseErrorReporter
-{
+) -> Result<(), ()> {
     let context = ParserContext::new(
         Origin::Author,
         url_data,
         Some(CssRuleType::Style),
         parsing_mode,
         quirks_mode,
+        error_reporter,
     );
 
     let mut input = ParserInput::new(input);
@@ -1131,9 +1130,10 @@ where
     }).map_err(|err| {
         let location = err.location;
         let error = ContextualParseError::UnsupportedPropertyDeclaration(
-            parser.slice_from(start_position), err);
-        let error_context = ParserErrorContext { error_reporter: error_reporter };
-        context.log_css_error(&error_context, location, error);
+            parser.slice_from(start_position),
+            err,
+        );
+        context.log_css_error(location, error);
     })
 }
 
@@ -1193,14 +1193,10 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i> DeclarationParser<'i> for PropertyDeclarationParser<'a, 'b> {
 
 /// Parse a list of property declarations and return a property declaration
 /// block.
-pub fn parse_property_declaration_list<R>(
+pub fn parse_property_declaration_list(
     context: &ParserContext,
-    error_context: &ParserErrorContext<R>,
     input: &mut Parser,
-) -> PropertyDeclarationBlock
-where
-    R: ParseErrorReporter
-{
+) -> PropertyDeclarationBlock {
     let mut declarations = SourcePropertyDeclaration::new();
     let mut block = PropertyDeclarationBlock::new();
     let parser = PropertyDeclarationParser {
@@ -1228,7 +1224,7 @@ where
 
                 let location = error.location;
                 let error = ContextualParseError::UnsupportedPropertyDeclaration(slice, error);
-                context.log_css_error(error_context, location, error);
+                context.log_css_error(location, error);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/components/style/properties/properties.mako.rs b/components/style/properties/properties.mako.rs
index 2ed1a4498b1..b6a8879e106 100644
--- a/components/style/properties/properties.mako.rs
+++ b/components/style/properties/properties.mako.rs
@@ -1442,6 +1442,7 @@ impl UnparsedValue {
                 None,
                 ParsingMode::DEFAULT,
                 quirks_mode,
+                None,
             );
 
             let mut input = ParserInput::new(&css);
diff --git a/components/style/stylesheets/font_feature_values_rule.rs b/components/style/stylesheets/font_feature_values_rule.rs
index 71fa8227928..8ce16e2ccf9 100644
--- a/components/style/stylesheets/font_feature_values_rule.rs
+++ b/components/style/stylesheets/font_feature_values_rule.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ use Atom;
 use cssparser::{AtRuleParser, AtRuleType, BasicParseErrorKind, CowRcStr};
 use cssparser::{DeclarationListParser, DeclarationParser, Parser};
 use cssparser::{QualifiedRuleParser, RuleListParser, SourceLocation, Token};
-use error_reporting::{ContextualParseError, ParseErrorReporter};
+use error_reporting::ContextualParseError;
 #[cfg(feature = "gecko")]
 use gecko_bindings::bindings::Gecko_AppendFeatureValueHashEntry;
 #[cfg(feature = "gecko")]
 use gecko_bindings::structs::{self, gfxFontFeatureValueSet, nsTArray};
-use parser::{Parse, ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use parser::{Parse, ParserContext};
 use shared_lock::{SharedRwLockReadGuard, ToCssWithGuard};
 use std::fmt::{self, Write};
 use str::CssStringWriter;
@@ -267,27 +267,24 @@ macro_rules! font_feature_values_blocks {
             }
 
             /// Parses a `FontFeatureValuesRule`.
-            pub fn parse<R>(context: &ParserContext,
-                            error_context: &ParserErrorContext<R>,
-                            input: &mut Parser,
-                            family_names: Vec<FamilyName>,
-                            location: SourceLocation)
-                            -> FontFeatureValuesRule
-                where R: ParseErrorReporter
-            {
+            pub fn parse(
+                context: &ParserContext,
+                input: &mut Parser,
+                family_names: Vec<FamilyName>,
+                location: SourceLocation,
+            ) -> Self {
                 let mut rule = FontFeatureValuesRule::new(family_names, location);
 
                 {
                     let mut iter = RuleListParser::new_for_nested_rule(input, FontFeatureValuesRuleParser {
                         context: context,
-                        error_context: error_context,
                         rule: &mut rule,
                     });
                     while let Some(result) = iter.next() {
                         if let Err((error, slice)) = result {
                             let location = error.location;
                             let error = ContextualParseError::UnsupportedRule(slice, error);
-                            context.log_css_error(error_context, location, error);
+                            context.log_css_error(location, error);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -398,20 +395,19 @@ macro_rules! font_feature_values_blocks {
         /// }
         /// <feature-type> = @stylistic | @historical-forms | @styleset |
         /// @character-variant | @swash | @ornaments | @annotation
-        struct FontFeatureValuesRuleParser<'a, R: 'a> {
+        struct FontFeatureValuesRuleParser<'a> {
             context: &'a ParserContext<'a>,
-            error_context: &'a ParserErrorContext<'a, R>,
             rule: &'a mut FontFeatureValuesRule,
         }
 
         /// Default methods reject all qualified rules.
-        impl<'a, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for FontFeatureValuesRuleParser<'a, R> {
+        impl<'a, 'i> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for FontFeatureValuesRuleParser<'a> {
             type Prelude = ();
             type QualifiedRule = ();
             type Error = StyleParseErrorKind<'i>;
         }
 
-        impl<'a, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for FontFeatureValuesRuleParser<'a, R> {
+        impl<'a, 'i> AtRuleParser<'i> for FontFeatureValuesRuleParser<'a> {
             type PreludeNoBlock = ();
             type PreludeBlock = BlockType;
             type AtRule = ();
@@ -450,7 +446,7 @@ macro_rules! font_feature_values_blocks {
                                     let error = ContextualParseError::UnsupportedKeyframePropertyDeclaration(
                                         slice, error
                                     );
-                                    self.context.log_css_error(self.error_context, location, error);
+                                    self.context.log_css_error(location, error);
                                 }
                             }
                         },
diff --git a/components/style/stylesheets/keyframes_rule.rs b/components/style/stylesheets/keyframes_rule.rs
index 5f39267ac7b..a0cb5fa0b1d 100644
--- a/components/style/stylesheets/keyframes_rule.rs
+++ b/components/style/stylesheets/keyframes_rule.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 use cssparser::{AtRuleParser, CowRcStr, Parser, ParserInput, QualifiedRuleParser, RuleListParser};
 use cssparser::{parse_one_rule, DeclarationListParser, DeclarationParser, SourceLocation, Token};
-use error_reporting::{ContextualParseError, NullReporter, ParseErrorReporter};
-use parser::{ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use error_reporting::ContextualParseError;
+use parser::ParserContext;
 use properties::{DeclarationSource, Importance, PropertyDeclaration};
 use properties::{LonghandId, PropertyDeclarationBlock, PropertyId};
 use properties::{PropertyDeclarationId, SourcePropertyDeclaration};
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ impl Keyframe {
         lock: &SharedRwLock,
     ) -> Result<Arc<Locked<Self>>, ParseError<'i>> {
         let url_data = parent_stylesheet_contents.url_data.read();
-        let error_reporter = NullReporter;
         let namespaces = parent_stylesheet_contents.namespaces.read();
         let mut context = ParserContext::new(
             parent_stylesheet_contents.origin,
@@ -219,10 +218,8 @@ impl Keyframe {
             Some(CssRuleType::Keyframe),
             ParsingMode::DEFAULT,
             parent_stylesheet_contents.quirks_mode,
+            None,
         );
-        let error_context = ParserErrorContext {
-            error_reporter: &error_reporter,
-        };
         context.namespaces = Some(&*namespaces);
         let mut input = ParserInput::new(css);
         let mut input = Parser::new(&mut input);
@@ -230,7 +227,6 @@ impl Keyframe {
         let mut declarations = SourcePropertyDeclaration::new();
         let mut rule_parser = KeyframeListParser {
             context: &context,
-            error_context: &error_context,
             shared_lock: &lock,
             declarations: &mut declarations,
         };
@@ -477,23 +473,18 @@ impl KeyframesAnimation {
 /// 40%, 60%, 100% {
 ///     width: 100%;
 /// }
-struct KeyframeListParser<'a, R: 'a> {
+struct KeyframeListParser<'a> {
     context: &'a ParserContext<'a>,
-    error_context: &'a ParserErrorContext<'a, R>,
     shared_lock: &'a SharedRwLock,
     declarations: &'a mut SourcePropertyDeclaration,
 }
 
 /// Parses a keyframe list from CSS input.
-pub fn parse_keyframe_list<R>(
+pub fn parse_keyframe_list(
     context: &ParserContext,
-    error_context: &ParserErrorContext<R>,
     input: &mut Parser,
     shared_lock: &SharedRwLock,
-) -> Vec<Arc<Locked<Keyframe>>>
-where
-    R: ParseErrorReporter,
-{
+) -> Vec<Arc<Locked<Keyframe>>> {
     debug_assert!(
         context.namespaces.is_some(),
         "Parsing a keyframe list from a context without namespaces?"
@@ -504,7 +495,6 @@ where
         input,
         KeyframeListParser {
             context: context,
-            error_context: error_context,
             shared_lock: shared_lock,
             declarations: &mut declarations,
         },
@@ -512,7 +502,7 @@ where
         .collect()
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'i, R> AtRuleParser<'i> for KeyframeListParser<'a, R> {
+impl<'a, 'i> AtRuleParser<'i> for KeyframeListParser<'a> {
     type PreludeNoBlock = ();
     type PreludeBlock = ();
     type AtRule = Arc<Locked<Keyframe>>;
@@ -525,7 +515,7 @@ struct KeyframeSelectorParserPrelude {
     source_location: SourceLocation,
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for KeyframeListParser<'a, R> {
+impl<'a, 'i> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for KeyframeListParser<'a> {
     type Prelude = KeyframeSelectorParserPrelude;
     type QualifiedRule = Arc<Locked<Keyframe>>;
     type Error = StyleParseErrorKind<'i>;
@@ -547,8 +537,7 @@ impl<'a, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for KeyframeListPars
                     input.slice_from(start_position),
                     e.clone(),
                 );
-                self.context
-                    .log_css_error(self.error_context, location, error);
+                self.context.log_css_error(location, error);
                 Err(e)
             },
         }
@@ -585,7 +574,7 @@ impl<'a, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for KeyframeListPars
                     let location = error.location;
                     let error =
                         ContextualParseError::UnsupportedKeyframePropertyDeclaration(slice, error);
-                    context.log_css_error(self.error_context, location, error);
+                    context.log_css_error(location, error);
                 },
             }
             // `parse_important` is not called here, `!important` is not allowed in keyframe blocks.
diff --git a/components/style/stylesheets/mod.rs b/components/style/stylesheets/mod.rs
index 2d6539c08b4..0a9e5fdb9e2 100644
--- a/components/style/stylesheets/mod.rs
+++ b/components/style/stylesheets/mod.rs
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ pub mod supports_rule;
 pub mod viewport_rule;
 
 use cssparser::{parse_one_rule, Parser, ParserInput};
-use error_reporting::NullReporter;
 #[cfg(feature = "gecko")]
 use malloc_size_of::{MallocSizeOfOps, MallocUnconditionalShallowSizeOf};
-use parser::{ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use parser::ParserContext;
 use servo_arc::Arc;
 use shared_lock::{DeepCloneParams, DeepCloneWithLock, Locked};
 use shared_lock::{SharedRwLock, SharedRwLockReadGuard, ToCssWithGuard};
@@ -228,13 +227,13 @@ impl CssRule {
         loader: Option<&StylesheetLoader>,
     ) -> Result<Self, RulesMutateError> {
         let url_data = parent_stylesheet_contents.url_data.read();
-        let error_reporter = NullReporter;
         let context = ParserContext::new(
             parent_stylesheet_contents.origin,
             &url_data,
             None,
             ParsingMode::DEFAULT,
             parent_stylesheet_contents.quirks_mode,
+            None,
         );
 
         let mut input = ParserInput::new(css);
@@ -246,9 +245,6 @@ impl CssRule {
         let mut rule_parser = TopLevelRuleParser {
             stylesheet_origin: parent_stylesheet_contents.origin,
             context,
-            error_context: ParserErrorContext {
-                error_reporter: &error_reporter,
-            },
             shared_lock: &shared_lock,
             loader,
             state,
diff --git a/components/style/stylesheets/rule_parser.rs b/components/style/stylesheets/rule_parser.rs
index 259130dd89b..41d87aa07a4 100644
--- a/components/style/stylesheets/rule_parser.rs
+++ b/components/style/stylesheets/rule_parser.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ use {Namespace, Prefix};
 use counter_style::{parse_counter_style_body, parse_counter_style_name_definition};
 use cssparser::{AtRuleParser, AtRuleType, Parser, QualifiedRuleParser, RuleListParser};
 use cssparser::{BasicParseError, BasicParseErrorKind, CowRcStr, SourceLocation};
-use error_reporting::{ContextualParseError, ParseErrorReporter};
+use error_reporting::ContextualParseError;
 use font_face::parse_font_face_block;
 use media_queries::MediaList;
-use parser::{Parse, ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use parser::{Parse, ParserContext};
 use properties::parse_property_declaration_list;
 use selector_parser::{SelectorImpl, SelectorParser};
 use selectors::SelectorList;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub struct InsertRuleContext<'a> {
 }
 
 /// The parser for the top-level rules in a stylesheet.
-pub struct TopLevelRuleParser<'a, R: 'a> {
+pub struct TopLevelRuleParser<'a> {
     /// The origin of the stylesheet we're parsing.
     pub stylesheet_origin: Origin,
     /// A reference to the lock we need to use to create rules.
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ pub struct TopLevelRuleParser<'a, R: 'a> {
     /// This won't contain any namespaces, and only nested parsers created with
     /// `ParserContext::new_with_rule_type` will.
     pub context: ParserContext<'a>,
-    /// The context required for reporting parse errors.
-    pub error_context: ParserErrorContext<'a, R>,
     /// The current state of the parser.
     pub state: State,
     /// Whether we have tried to parse was invalid due to being in the wrong
@@ -68,13 +66,12 @@ pub struct TopLevelRuleParser<'a, R: 'a> {
     pub insert_rule_context: Option<InsertRuleContext<'a>>,
 }
 
-impl<'b, R> TopLevelRuleParser<'b, R> {
-    fn nested<'a: 'b>(&'a self) -> NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b, R> {
+impl<'b> TopLevelRuleParser<'b> {
+    fn nested<'a: 'b>(&'a self) -> NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b> {
         NestedRuleParser {
             stylesheet_origin: self.stylesheet_origin,
             shared_lock: self.shared_lock,
             context: &self.context,
-            error_context: &self.error_context,
             namespaces: &self.namespaces,
         }
     }
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ pub enum AtRuleNonBlockPrelude {
     Namespace(Option<Prefix>, Namespace, SourceLocation),
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for TopLevelRuleParser<'a, R> {
+impl<'a, 'i> AtRuleParser<'i> for TopLevelRuleParser<'a> {
     type PreludeNoBlock = AtRuleNonBlockPrelude;
     type PreludeBlock = AtRuleBlockPrelude;
     type AtRule = CssRule;
@@ -197,11 +194,7 @@ impl<'a, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for TopLevelRuleParser<'a,
                 let url_string = input.expect_url_or_string()?.as_ref().to_owned();
                 let url = CssUrl::parse_from_string(url_string, &self.context);
 
-                let media = MediaList::parse(
-                    &self.context,
-                    input,
-                    self.error_context.error_reporter,
-                );
+                let media = MediaList::parse(&self.context, input);
                 let media = Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(media));
 
                 let prelude = AtRuleNonBlockPrelude::Import(url, media, location);
@@ -296,7 +289,7 @@ pub struct QualifiedRuleParserPrelude {
     source_location: SourceLocation,
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for TopLevelRuleParser<'a, R> {
+impl<'a, 'i> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for TopLevelRuleParser<'a> {
     type Prelude = QualifiedRuleParserPrelude;
     type QualifiedRule = CssRule;
     type Error = StyleParseErrorKind<'i>;
@@ -327,27 +320,29 @@ impl<'a, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for TopLevelRulePars
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)] // shallow, relatively cheap .clone
-struct NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b: 'a, R: 'b> {
+struct NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b: 'a> {
     stylesheet_origin: Origin,
     shared_lock: &'a SharedRwLock,
     context: &'a ParserContext<'b>,
-    error_context: &'a ParserErrorContext<'b, R>,
     namespaces: &'a Namespaces,
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'b, R: ParseErrorReporter> NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b, R> {
+impl<'a, 'b> NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b> {
     fn parse_nested_rules(
         &mut self,
         input: &mut Parser,
         rule_type: CssRuleType,
     ) -> Arc<Locked<CssRules>> {
-        let context = ParserContext::new_with_rule_type(self.context, rule_type, self.namespaces);
+        let context = ParserContext::new_with_rule_type(
+            self.context,
+            rule_type,
+            self.namespaces,
+        );
 
         let nested_parser = NestedRuleParser {
             stylesheet_origin: self.stylesheet_origin,
             shared_lock: self.shared_lock,
             context: &context,
-            error_context: &self.error_context,
             namespaces: self.namespaces,
         };
 
@@ -359,8 +354,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, R: ParseErrorReporter> NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b, R> {
                 Err((error, slice)) => {
                     let location = error.location;
                     let error = ContextualParseError::InvalidRule(slice, error);
-                    self.context
-                        .log_css_error(self.error_context, location, error);
+                    self.context.log_css_error(location, error);
                 },
             }
         }
@@ -368,7 +362,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, R: ParseErrorReporter> NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b, R> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b, R> {
+impl<'a, 'b, 'i> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b> {
     type PreludeNoBlock = AtRuleNonBlockPrelude;
     type PreludeBlock = AtRuleBlockPrelude;
     type AtRule = CssRule;
@@ -383,11 +377,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a
 
         match_ignore_ascii_case! { &*name,
             "media" => {
-                let media_queries = MediaList::parse(
-                    self.context,
-                    input,
-                    self.error_context.error_reporter,
-                );
+                let media_queries = MediaList::parse(self.context, input);
                 let arc = Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(media_queries));
                 Ok(AtRuleType::WithBlock(AtRuleBlockPrelude::Media(arc, location)))
             },
@@ -473,7 +463,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a
                 );
 
                 Ok(CssRule::FontFace(Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(
-                    parse_font_face_block(&context, self.error_context, input, location).into(),
+                    parse_font_face_block(&context, input, location).into(),
                 ))))
             },
             AtRuleBlockPrelude::FontFeatureValues(family_names, location) => {
@@ -486,7 +476,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a
                 Ok(CssRule::FontFeatureValues(Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(
                     FontFeatureValuesRule::parse(
                         &context,
-                        self.error_context,
                         input,
                         family_names,
                         location,
@@ -505,7 +494,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a
                         parse_counter_style_body(
                             name,
                             &context,
-                            self.error_context,
                             input,
                             location,
                         )?.into(),
@@ -544,7 +532,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a
                 );
 
                 Ok(CssRule::Viewport(Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(
-                    ViewportRule::parse(&context, self.error_context, input)?,
+                    ViewportRule::parse(&context, input)?,
                 ))))
             },
             AtRuleBlockPrelude::Keyframes(name, vendor_prefix, source_location) => {
@@ -559,7 +547,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a
                         name,
                         keyframes: parse_keyframe_list(
                             &context,
-                            self.error_context,
                             input,
                             self.shared_lock,
                         ),
@@ -576,7 +563,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a
                 );
 
                 let declarations =
-                    parse_property_declaration_list(&context, self.error_context, input);
+                    parse_property_declaration_list(&context, input);
                 Ok(CssRule::Page(Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(PageRule {
                     block: Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(declarations)),
                     source_location,
@@ -598,7 +585,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> AtRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b, R> {
+impl<'a, 'b, 'i> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for NestedRuleParser<'a, 'b> {
     type Prelude = QualifiedRuleParserPrelude;
     type QualifiedRule = CssRule;
     type Error = StyleParseErrorKind<'i>;
@@ -627,7 +614,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'i, R: ParseErrorReporter> QualifiedRuleParser<'i> for NestedRulePa
         let context =
             ParserContext::new_with_rule_type(self.context, CssRuleType::Style, self.namespaces);
 
-        let declarations = parse_property_declaration_list(&context, self.error_context, input);
+        let declarations = parse_property_declaration_list(&context, input);
         Ok(CssRule::Style(Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(StyleRule {
             selectors: prelude.selectors,
             block: Arc::new(self.shared_lock.wrap(declarations)),
diff --git a/components/style/stylesheets/stylesheet.rs b/components/style/stylesheets/stylesheet.rs
index b33875a149c..5312826bd29 100644
--- a/components/style/stylesheets/stylesheet.rs
+++ b/components/style/stylesheets/stylesheet.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use invalidation::media_queries::{MediaListKey, ToMediaListKey};
 use malloc_size_of::{MallocSizeOfOps, MallocUnconditionalShallowSizeOf};
 use media_queries::{Device, MediaList};
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
-use parser::{ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use parser::ParserContext;
 use servo_arc::Arc;
 use shared_lock::{DeepCloneParams, DeepCloneWithLock, Locked, SharedRwLock, SharedRwLockReadGuard};
 use std::mem;
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ pub struct StylesheetContents {
 impl StylesheetContents {
     /// Parse a given CSS string, with a given url-data, origin, and
     /// quirks mode.
-    pub fn from_str<R: ParseErrorReporter>(
+    pub fn from_str(
         css: &str,
         url_data: UrlExtraData,
         origin: Origin,
         shared_lock: &SharedRwLock,
         stylesheet_loader: Option<&StylesheetLoader>,
-        error_reporter: &R,
+        error_reporter: Option<&ParseErrorReporter>,
         quirks_mode: QuirksMode,
         line_number_offset: u32,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -306,18 +306,16 @@ impl StylesheetInDocument for DocumentStyleSheet {
 
 impl Stylesheet {
     /// Updates an empty stylesheet from a given string of text.
-    pub fn update_from_str<R>(
+    pub fn update_from_str(
         existing: &Stylesheet,
         css: &str,
         url_data: UrlExtraData,
         stylesheet_loader: Option<&StylesheetLoader>,
-        error_reporter: &R,
+        error_reporter: Option<&ParseErrorReporter>,
         line_number_offset: u32,
-    ) where
-        R: ParseErrorReporter,
-    {
+    ) {
         let namespaces = RwLock::new(Namespaces::default());
-        let (rules, source_map_url, source_url) = Stylesheet::parse_rules(
+        let (rules, source_map_url, source_url) = Self::parse_rules(
             css,
             &url_data,
             existing.contents.origin,
@@ -342,14 +340,14 @@ impl Stylesheet {
         *existing.contents.source_url.write() = source_url;
     }
 
-    fn parse_rules<R: ParseErrorReporter>(
+    fn parse_rules(
         css: &str,
         url_data: &UrlExtraData,
         origin: Origin,
         namespaces: &mut Namespaces,
         shared_lock: &SharedRwLock,
         stylesheet_loader: Option<&StylesheetLoader>,
-        error_reporter: &R,
+        error_reporter: Option<&ParseErrorReporter>,
         quirks_mode: QuirksMode,
         line_number_offset: u32,
     ) -> (Vec<CssRule>, Option<String>, Option<String>) {
@@ -357,16 +355,20 @@ impl Stylesheet {
         let mut input = ParserInput::new_with_line_number_offset(css, line_number_offset);
         let mut input = Parser::new(&mut input);
 
-        let context = ParserContext::new(origin, url_data, None, ParsingMode::DEFAULT, quirks_mode);
-
-        let error_context = ParserErrorContext { error_reporter };
+        let context = ParserContext::new(
+            origin,
+            url_data,
+            None,
+            ParsingMode::DEFAULT,
+            quirks_mode,
+            error_reporter,
+        );
 
         let rule_parser = TopLevelRuleParser {
             stylesheet_origin: origin,
             shared_lock,
             loader: stylesheet_loader,
             context,
-            error_context,
             state: State::Start,
             dom_error: None,
             insert_rule_context: None,
@@ -390,7 +392,6 @@ impl Stylesheet {
                         let location = error.location;
                         let error = ContextualParseError::InvalidRule(slice, error);
                         iter.parser.context.log_css_error(
-                            &iter.parser.error_context,
                             location,
                             error,
                         );
@@ -409,17 +410,17 @@ impl Stylesheet {
     ///
     /// Effectively creates a new stylesheet and forwards the hard work to
     /// `Stylesheet::update_from_str`.
-    pub fn from_str<R: ParseErrorReporter>(
+    pub fn from_str(
         css: &str,
         url_data: UrlExtraData,
         origin: Origin,
         media: Arc<Locked<MediaList>>,
         shared_lock: SharedRwLock,
         stylesheet_loader: Option<&StylesheetLoader>,
-        error_reporter: &R,
+        error_reporter: Option<&ParseErrorReporter>,
         quirks_mode: QuirksMode,
         line_number_offset: u32,
-    ) -> Stylesheet {
+    ) -> Self {
         let contents = StylesheetContents::from_str(
             css,
             url_data,
diff --git a/components/style/stylesheets/viewport_rule.rs b/components/style/stylesheets/viewport_rule.rs
index b159b65d35b..1fc6a988c7c 100644
--- a/components/style/stylesheets/viewport_rule.rs
+++ b/components/style/stylesheets/viewport_rule.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ use app_units::Au;
 use context::QuirksMode;
 use cssparser::{parse_important, AtRuleParser, DeclarationListParser, DeclarationParser, Parser};
 use cssparser::CowRcStr;
-use error_reporting::{ContextualParseError, ParseErrorReporter};
+use error_reporting::ContextualParseError;
 use euclid::TypedSize2D;
 use font_metrics::get_metrics_provider_for_product;
 use media_queries::Device;
-use parser::{ParserContext, ParserErrorContext};
+use parser::ParserContext;
 use properties::StyleBuilder;
 use rule_cache::RuleCacheConditions;
 use selectors::parser::SelectorParseErrorKind;
@@ -355,15 +355,13 @@ fn is_whitespace_separator_or_equals(c: &char) -> bool {
 
 impl ViewportRule {
     /// Parse a single @viewport rule.
-    pub fn parse<'i, 't, R>(
+    ///
+    /// TODO(emilio): This could use the `Parse` trait now.
+    pub fn parse<'i, 't>(
         context: &ParserContext,
-        error_context: &ParserErrorContext<R>,
         input: &mut Parser<'i, 't>,
-    ) -> Result<Self, ParseError<'i>>
-    where
-        R: ParseErrorReporter,
-    {
-        let parser = ViewportRuleParser { context: context };
+    ) -> Result<Self, ParseError<'i>> {
+        let parser = ViewportRuleParser { context };
 
         let mut cascade = Cascade::new();
         let mut parser = DeclarationListParser::new(input, parser);
@@ -380,7 +378,7 @@ impl ViewportRule {
                         slice,
                         error,
                     );
-                    context.log_css_error(error_context, location, error);
+                    context.log_css_error(location, error);
                 },
             }
         }