diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index c408bd35..1363d1c0 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 
 	antlr "github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr/v4"
 
@@ -299,53 +298,21 @@ type parser struct {
 	enableVariadicOperatorASTs       bool
 }
 
-var (
-	_ gen.CELVisitor = (*parser)(nil)
-
-	lexerPool *sync.Pool = &sync.Pool{
-		New: func() any {
-			l := gen.NewCELLexer(nil)
-			l.RemoveErrorListeners()
-			return l
-		},
-	}
-
-	parserPool *sync.Pool = &sync.Pool{
-		New: func() any {
-			p := gen.NewCELParser(nil)
-			p.RemoveErrorListeners()
-			return p
-		},
-	}
-)
+var _ gen.CELVisitor = (*parser)(nil)
 
 func (p *parser) parse(expr runes.Buffer, desc string) ast.Expr {
-	// TODO: get rid of these pools once https://github.com/antlr/antlr4/pull/3571 is in a release
-	lexer := lexerPool.Get().(*gen.CELLexer)
-	prsr := parserPool.Get().(*gen.CELParser)
+	lexer := gen.NewCELLexer(newCharStream(expr, desc))
+	lexer.RemoveErrorListeners()
+	lexer.AddErrorListener(p)
+
+	prsr := gen.NewCELParser(antlr.NewCommonTokenStream(lexer, 0))
+	prsr.RemoveErrorListeners()
 
 	prsrListener := &recursionListener{
 		maxDepth:      p.maxRecursionDepth,
 		ruleTypeDepth: map[int]*int{},
 	}
 
-	defer func() {
-		// Unfortunately ANTLR Go runtime is missing (*antlr.BaseParser).RemoveParseListeners,
-		// so this is good enough until that is exported.
-		// Reset the lexer and parser before putting them back in the pool.
-		lexer.RemoveErrorListeners()
-		prsr.RemoveParseListener(prsrListener)
-		prsr.RemoveErrorListeners()
-		lexer.SetInputStream(nil)
-		prsr.SetInputStream(nil)
-		lexerPool.Put(lexer)
-		parserPool.Put(prsr)
-	}()
-
-	lexer.SetInputStream(newCharStream(expr, desc))
-	prsr.SetInputStream(antlr.NewCommonTokenStream(lexer, 0))
-
-	lexer.AddErrorListener(p)
 	prsr.AddErrorListener(p)
 	prsr.AddParseListener(prsrListener)