diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser.rs
index 1438753d625..0eb49ae975a 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ use crate::ast::{
 };
 use crate::lexer::Lexer;
 use crate::parser::{force, ignore_then_commit, statement_recovery};
-use crate::token::{Keyword, SecondaryAttribute, Token, TokenKind};
+use crate::token::{Keyword, Token, TokenKind};
 use acvm::AcirField;
 
 use chumsky::prelude::*;
@@ -535,30 +535,27 @@ where
 
 fn let_statement<'a, P>(
     expr_parser: P,
-) -> impl NoirParser<(Vec<SecondaryAttribute>, Pattern, UnresolvedType, Expression)> + 'a
+) -> impl NoirParser<((Pattern, UnresolvedType), Expression)> + 'a
 where
     P: ExprParser + 'a,
 {
-    let p = attributes();
-    let p = p.then_ignore(keyword(Keyword::Let).labelled(ParsingRuleLabel::Statement));
-    let p = then_commit(p, pattern());
+    let p =
+        ignore_then_commit(keyword(Keyword::Let).labelled(ParsingRuleLabel::Statement), pattern());
     let p = p.then(optional_type_annotation());
     let p = then_commit_ignore(p, just(Token::Assign));
-    let p = then_commit(p, expr_parser);
-    p.validate(|(((attributes, pattern), typ), expr), span, emit| {
-        let attributes = attributes::validate_secondary_attributes(attributes, span, emit);
-
-        (attributes, pattern, typ, expr)
-    })
+    then_commit(p, expr_parser)
 }
 
 fn declaration<'a, P>(expr_parser: P) -> impl NoirParser<StatementKind> + 'a
 where
     P: ExprParser + 'a,
 {
-    let_statement(expr_parser).map(|(attributes, pattern, typ, expr)| {
-        StatementKind::new_let(pattern, typ, expr, attributes)
-    })
+    attributes().then(let_statement(expr_parser)).validate(
+        |(attributes, ((pattern, typ), expr)), span, emit| {
+            let attributes = attributes::validate_secondary_attributes(attributes, span, emit);
+            StatementKind::new_let(pattern, typ, expr, attributes)
+        },
+    )
 }
 
 pub fn pattern() -> impl NoirParser<Pattern> {
diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser/traits.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser/traits.rs
index ce8a201707f..b95319f6da0 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser/traits.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/parser/traits.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ fn trait_implementation_body() -> impl NoirParser<Vec<Documented<TraitImplItem>>
         .map(|(name, alias)| TraitImplItemKind::Type { name, alias });
 
     let let_statement = let_statement(expression()).then_ignore(just(Token::Semicolon)).try_map(
-        |(_attributes, pattern, typ, expr), span| match pattern {
+        |((pattern, typ), expr), span| match pattern {
             Pattern::Identifier(ident) => Ok(TraitImplItemKind::Constant(ident, typ, expr)),
             _ => Err(ParserError::with_reason(
                 ParserErrorReason::PatternInTraitFunctionParameter,