diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_rules.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_rules.rs
index c02680b77fb15..6c7063ca28b35 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_rules.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/macro_rules.rs
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ fn try_match_macro<'matcher, T: Tracker<'matcher>>(
     // hacky, but speeds up the `html5ever` benchmark significantly. (Issue
     // 68836 suggests a more comprehensive but more complex change to deal with
     // this situation.)
-    // FIXME(Nilstrieb): Stop recovery from happening on this parser and retry later with recovery if the macro failed to match.
     let parser = parser_from_cx(sess, arg.clone(), T::recovery());
     // Try each arm's matchers.
     let mut tt_parser = TtParser::new(name);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
index 9f680a60613ff..fe7401786a029 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
@@ -2078,12 +2078,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
         if self.token.kind == TokenKind::Semi
             && matches!(self.token_cursor.frame.delim_sp, Some((Delimiter::Parenthesis, _)))
-            // HACK: This is needed so we can detect whether we're inside a macro,
-            // where regular assumptions about what tokens can follow other tokens
-            // don't necessarily apply.
             && self.may_recover()
-            // FIXME(Nilstrieb): Remove this check once `may_recover` actually stops recovery
-            && self.subparser_name.is_none()
         {
             // It is likely that the closure body is a block but where the
             // braces have been removed. We will recover and eat the next