diff --git a/src/Parser.js b/src/Parser.js
index 7649128d..045c2bfe 100644
--- a/src/Parser.js
+++ b/src/Parser.js
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ export default class Parser {
      * \textrm, where instead of keeping a style we just pretend that there is an
      * implicit grouping after it until the end of the group. E.g.
      *   small text {\Large large text} small text again
-     * It is also used for \left and \right to get the correct grouping.
      */
     parseImplicitGroup(breakOnTokenText?: "]" | "}" | "$"): ?ParseNode {
         const start = this.parseSymbol();
@@ -497,25 +496,6 @@ export default class Parser {
                 style: "text",
                 value: body,
             }, "math");
-        } else if (func === "\\left") {
-            // If we see a left:
-            // Parse the entire left function (including the delimiter)
-            const left = this.parseGivenFunction(start);
-            // Parse out the implicit body
-            ++this.leftrightDepth;
-            const body = this.parseExpression(false);
-            --this.leftrightDepth;
-            // Check the next token
-            this.expect("\\right", false);
-            const right = this.parseFunction();
-            if (!right) {
-                throw new ParseError('failed to parse function after \\right');
-            }
-            return new ParseNode("leftright", {
-                body: body,
-                left: left.value.value,
-                right: right.value.value,
-            }, this.mode);
         } else if (func === "\\begin") {
             // begin...end is similar to left...right
             const begin = this.parseGivenFunction(start);
diff --git a/src/functions/delimsizing.js b/src/functions/delimsizing.js
index 9e5a8b30..a7782984 100644
--- a/src/functions/delimsizing.js
+++ b/src/functions/delimsizing.js
@@ -128,12 +128,34 @@ defineFunction({
     handler: (context, args) => {
         const delim = checkDelimiter(args[0], context);
 
-        // \left and \right are caught somewhere in Parser.js, which is
-        // why this data doesn't match what is in buildHTML.
-        return {
-            type: "leftright",
-            value: delim.value,
-        };
+        if (context.funcName === "\\left") {
+            const parser = context.parser;
+            // Parse out the implicit body
+            ++parser.leftrightDepth;
+            // parseExpression stops before '\\right'
+            const body = parser.parseExpression(false);
+            --parser.leftrightDepth;
+            // Check the next token
+            parser.expect("\\right", false);
+            const right = parser.parseFunction();
+            if (!right) {
+                throw new ParseError('failed to parse function after \\right');
+            }
+            return {
+                type: "leftright",
+                body: body,
+                left: delim.value,
+                right: right.value.value,
+            };
+        } else {
+            // This is a little weird. We return this object which gets turned
+            // into a ParseNode which gets returned by
+            // `const right = parser.parseFunction();` up above.
+            return {
+                type: "leftright",
+                value: delim.value,
+            };
+        }
     },
     htmlBuilder: (group, options) => {
         // Build the inner expression