diff --git a/src/selector/extend/functions.rs b/src/selector/extend/functions.rs
index ba288e2..ccd1383 100644
--- a/src/selector/extend/functions.rs
+++ b/src/selector/extend/functions.rs
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ fn first_if_root(queue: &mut VecDeque<ComplexSelectorComponent>) -> Option<Compo
 fn has_root(compound: &CompoundSelector) -> bool {
     compound.components.iter().any(|simple| {
         if let SimpleSelector::Pseudo(pseudo) = simple {
-            pseudo.is_class && &*pseudo.normalized_name == "root"
+            pseudo.is_class && pseudo.normalized_name() == "root"
         } else {
             false
         }
diff --git a/src/selector/extend/mod.rs b/src/selector/extend/mod.rs
index 73327c1..a0b2f37 100644
--- a/src/selector/extend/mod.rs
+++ b/src/selector/extend/mod.rs
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ impl Extender {
         // writing. We can keep them if either the original selector had a complex
         // selector, or the result of extending has only complex selectors, because
         // either way we aren't breaking anything that isn't already broken.
-        let mut complexes = if &*pseudo.normalized_name == "not"
+        let mut complexes = if pseudo.normalized_name() == "not"
             && !pseudo
                 .selector
                 .clone()
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ impl Extender {
                     return vec![complex];
                 }
 
-                match &*pseudo.normalized_name {
+                match pseudo.normalized_name() {
                     "not" => {
                         // In theory, if there's a `:not` nested within another `:not`, the
                         // inner `:not`'s contents should be unified with the return value.
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ impl Extender {
                         // become `.foo:not(.bar)`. However, this is a narrow edge case and
                         // supporting it properly would make this code and the code calling it
                         // a lot more complicated, so it's not supported for now.
-                        if &*inner_pseudo.normalized_name == "matches" {
+                        if inner_pseudo.normalized_name() == "matches" {
                             inner_pseudo.selector.clone().unwrap().components
                         } else {
                             Vec::new()
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ impl Extender {
         // Older browsers support `:not`, but only with a single complex selector.
         // In order to support those browsers, we break up the contents of a `:not`
         // unless it originally contained a selector list.
-        if &*pseudo.normalized_name == "not"
+        if pseudo.normalized_name() == "not"
             && pseudo.selector.clone().unwrap().components.len() == 1
         {
             let result = complexes
diff --git a/src/selector/parse.rs b/src/selector/parse.rs
index cab9324..7b454ba 100644
--- a/src/selector/parse.rs
+++ b/src/selector/parse.rs
@@ -295,8 +295,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b> SelectorParser<'a, 'b> {
             Some(Token { kind: '(', .. }) => self.parser.toks.next(),
             _ => {
                 return Ok(SimpleSelector::Pseudo(Pseudo {
-                    // todo: we can store the reference to this
-                    normalized_name: unvendor(&name.node).to_string().into_boxed_str(),
                     is_class: !element && !is_fake_pseudo_element(&name),
                     name: name.node,
                     selector: None,
@@ -353,7 +351,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b> SelectorParser<'a, 'b> {
         }
 
         Ok(SimpleSelector::Pseudo(Pseudo {
-            normalized_name: unvendor(&name.node).to_string().into_boxed_str(),
             is_class: !element && !is_fake_pseudo_element(&name),
             name: name.node,
             selector,
diff --git a/src/selector/simple.rs b/src/selector/simple.rs
index 26f8c45..8fb0fc5 100644
--- a/src/selector/simple.rs
+++ b/src/selector/simple.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use codemap::Span;
 
-use crate::error::SassResult;
+use crate::{common::unvendor, error::SassResult};
 
 use super::{
     Attribute, ComplexSelector, ComplexSelectorComponent, CompoundSelector, Namespace,
@@ -353,11 +353,11 @@ impl SimpleSelector {
             }
             if let SimpleSelector::Pseudo(Pseudo {
                 selector: Some(sel),
-                normalized_name,
+                name,
                 ..
             }) = their_simple
             {
-                if SUBSELECTOR_PSEUDOS.contains(&&**normalized_name) {
+                if SUBSELECTOR_PSEUDOS.contains(&unvendor(&name)) {
                     return sel.components.iter().all(|complex| {
                         if complex.components.len() != 1 {
                             return false;
@@ -384,9 +384,6 @@ pub(crate) struct Pseudo {
     /// The name of this selector.
     pub name: String,
 
-    /// Like `name`, but without any vendor prefixes.
-    pub normalized_name: Box<str>,
-
     /// Whether this is a pseudo-class selector.
     ///
     /// If this is false, this is a pseudo-element selector
@@ -489,7 +486,7 @@ impl Pseudo {
         parents: Option<Vec<ComplexSelectorComponent>>,
     ) -> bool {
         debug_assert!(self.selector.is_some());
-        match &*self.normalized_name {
+        match self.normalized_name() {
             "matches" | "any" => {
                 let pseudos = selector_pseudos_named(compound.clone(), &self.name, true);
                 pseudos.iter().any(move |pseudo2| {
@@ -647,6 +644,11 @@ impl Pseudo {
             Specificity { min, max }
         }
     }
+
+    /// Like `name`, but without any vendor prefixes.
+    pub fn normalized_name(&self) -> &str {
+        unvendor(&self.name)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Returns all pseudo selectors in `compound` that have a selector argument,