diff --git a/src/parse/mod.rs b/src/parse/mod.rs
index 001183f..59f3cb3 100644
--- a/src/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parse/mod.rs
@@ -459,7 +459,13 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         found_whitespace
     }
 
-    fn read_until_newline(&mut self) {
+    /// Eat tokens until a newline
+    ///
+    /// This exists largely to eat silent comments, "//"
+    /// We only have to check for \n as the lexing step normalizes all newline characters
+    ///
+    /// The newline is consumed
+    pub fn read_until_newline(&mut self) {
         while let Some(tok) = self.toks.next() {
             if tok.kind == '\n' {
                 break;
diff --git a/src/parse/variable.rs b/src/parse/variable.rs
index 40428f4..3de8565 100644
--- a/src/parse/variable.rs
+++ b/src/parse/variable.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ use codemap::Spanned;
 use crate::{
     common::Identifier,
     error::SassResult,
-    utils::{
-        peek_ident_no_interpolation, read_until_closing_paren, read_until_closing_quote,
-        read_until_newline,
-    },
+    utils::{peek_ident_no_interpolation, read_until_closing_paren, read_until_closing_quote},
     value::Value,
     Token,
 };
@@ -124,7 +121,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 '/' => {
                     let next = self.toks.next().unwrap();
                     match self.toks.peek() {
-                        Some(Token { kind: '/', .. }) => read_until_newline(self.toks),
+                        Some(Token { kind: '/', .. }) => self.read_until_newline(),
                         Some(..) | None => val_toks.push(next),
                     };
                     continue;