diff --git a/src/parse.rs b/src/parse.rs
index afdbba38e5..1e811b8b69 100644
--- a/src/parse.rs
+++ b/src/parse.rs
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ fn find_class(classes: NamedClasses, name: &str) -> Option<Vec<(char, char)>> {
 }
 
 type Class = &'static [(char, char)];
-type NamedClasses = &'static [(&'static str, &'static Class)];
+type NamedClasses = &'static [(&'static str, Class)];
 
 static ASCII_CLASSES: NamedClasses = &[
     // Classes must be in alphabetical order so that bsearch works.
diff --git a/src/re.rs b/src/re.rs
index 81e48344a8..50736c2da1 100644
--- a/src/re.rs
+++ b/src/re.rs
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ impl<'r, 't> Iterator for FindMatches<'r, 't> {
     }
 }
 
-struct RegexSearcher<'r, 't> {
+pub struct RegexSearcher<'r, 't> {
     it: FindMatches<'r, 't>,
     last_step_end: usize,
     next_match: Option<(usize, usize)>,