diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d616133528..8af8f825b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ members = [ "tools", "cli", "libeditor" ]
 unicode-xid = "0.1.0"
 text_unit = "0.1.2"
 itertools = "0.7.5"
+drop_bomb = "0.1.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 testutils = { path = "./tests/testutils" }
diff --git a/src/drop_bomb.rs b/src/drop_bomb.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 750904a013..0000000000
--- a/src/drop_bomb.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-use std::borrow::Cow;
-
-pub struct DropBomb {
-    msg: Cow<'static, str>,
-    defused: bool,
-}
-
-impl DropBomb {
-    pub fn new(msg: impl Into<Cow<'static, str>>) -> DropBomb {
-        DropBomb { msg: msg.into(), defused: false }
-    }
-    pub fn defuse(&mut self) { self.defused = true }
-}
-
-impl Drop for DropBomb {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if !self.defused && !::std::thread::panicking() {
-            panic!("{}", self.msg)
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d9572912cc..a7705ab66b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 extern crate itertools;
 extern crate text_unit;
 extern crate unicode_xid;
+extern crate drop_bomb;
 
 pub mod algo;
 pub mod ast;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ mod lexer;
 mod parser_api;
 mod grammar;
 mod parser_impl;
-mod drop_bomb;
 
 mod syntax_kinds;
 /// Utilities for simple uses of the parser.
diff --git a/src/parser_api.rs b/src/parser_api.rs
index 3cad91976c..95394e39d0 100644
--- a/src/parser_api.rs
+++ b/src/parser_api.rs
@@ -18,24 +18,14 @@ impl TokenSet {
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! token_set {
-    ($($t:ident),*) => {
-        TokenSet($(1u128 << ($t as usize))|*)
-    };
-
-    ($($t:ident),* ,) => {
-        token_set!($($t),*)
-    };
+    ($($t:ident),*) => { TokenSet($(1u128 << ($t as usize))|*) };
+    ($($t:ident),* ,) => { token_set!($($t),*) };
 }
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! token_set_union {
-    ($($ts:expr),*) => {
-        TokenSet($($ts.0)|*)
-    };
-
-    ($($ts:expr),* ,) => {
-        token_set_union!($($ts),*)
-    };
+    ($($ts:expr),*) => { TokenSet($($ts.0)|*) };
+    ($($ts:expr),* ,) => { token_set_union!($($ts),*) };
 }
 
 /// `Parser` struct provides the low-level API for
@@ -141,7 +131,7 @@ impl Marker {
     fn new(pos: u32) -> Marker {
         Marker {
             pos,
-            bomb: DropBomb::new("Marker must be either completed or abandoned")
+            bomb: DropBomb::new("Marker must be either completed or abandoned"),
         }
     }