diff --git a/pkg/analysis_server/tool/spec/from_html.dart b/pkg/analysis_server/tool/spec/from_html.dart
index 5dee0bf..856d74b 100644
--- a/pkg/analysis_server/tool/spec/from_html.dart
+++ b/pkg/analysis_server/tool/spec/from_html.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import 'package:analyzer_utilities/html_dom.dart' as dom;
 import 'package:analyzer_utilities/html_generator.dart';
+import 'package:analyzer_utilities/html_parser.dart' as parser;
 import 'package:path/path.dart';
 
 import 'api.dart';
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@
   Api readApi() {
     var file = File(filePath);
     var htmlContents = file.readAsStringSync();
-    var document = dom.parse(htmlContents, file.uri);
+    var document = parser.parse(htmlContents, file.uri);
     var htmlElement = document.children
         .singleWhere((element) => element.name.toLowerCase() == 'html');
     return apiFromHtml(htmlElement);
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer_plugin/tool/spec/from_html.dart b/pkg/analyzer_plugin/tool/spec/from_html.dart
index 11a80fe..6e9bb32 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer_plugin/tool/spec/from_html.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer_plugin/tool/spec/from_html.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import 'package:analyzer_utilities/html_dom.dart' as dom;
 import 'package:analyzer_utilities/html_generator.dart';
+import 'package:analyzer_utilities/html_parser.dart' as parser;
 import 'package:path/path.dart';
 
 import 'api.dart';
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@
   Api readApi() {
     var file = File(filePath);
     var htmlContents = file.readAsStringSync();
-    var document = dom.parse(htmlContents, file.uri);
+    var document = parser.parse(htmlContents, file.uri);
     var htmlElement = document.children
         .singleWhere((element) => element.name.toLowerCase() == 'html');
     return apiFromHtml(htmlElement);
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer_utilities/lib/html_dom.dart b/pkg/analyzer_utilities/lib/html_dom.dart
index f08d986..87cd410 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer_utilities/lib/html_dom.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer_utilities/lib/html_dom.dart
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-/// A lightweight html parser and DOM model.
+/// A lightweight DOM model.
 
 import 'dart:convert';
 
-// ignore: implementation_imports
-import 'package:analyzer/src/manifest/manifest_validator.dart';
-
 const _htmlEscape = HtmlEscape(HtmlEscapeMode.element);
 
 abstract class Node {
@@ -109,71 +106,3 @@
     return buf.toString();
   }
 }
-
-/// Given HTML text, return a parsed HTML tree.
-Document parse(String htmlContents, Uri uri) {
-  final RegExp commentRegex = RegExp(r'<!--[^>]+-->');
-
-  Element createElement(XmlElement xmlElement) {
-    // element
-    var element = Element.tag(xmlElement.name);
-
-    // attributes
-    for (var key in xmlElement.attributes.keys) {
-      element.attributes[key] = xmlElement.attributes[key]!.value;
-    }
-
-    // From the immediate children, determine where the text between the tags is
-    // report any such non empty text as Text nodes.
-    var text = xmlElement.sourceSpan?.text ?? '';
-
-    if (!text.endsWith('/>')) {
-      var indices = <int>[];
-      var offset = xmlElement.sourceSpan!.start.offset;
-
-      indices.add(text.indexOf('>') + 1);
-      for (var child in xmlElement.children) {
-        var childSpan = child.sourceSpan!;
-        indices.add(childSpan.start.offset - offset);
-        indices.add(childSpan.end.offset - offset);
-      }
-      indices.add(text.lastIndexOf('<'));
-
-      var textNodes = <Text>[];
-      for (var index = 0; index < indices.length; index += 2) {
-        var start = indices[index];
-        var end = indices[index + 1];
-        // Remove html comments (<!--  -->) from text.
-        textNodes.add(
-          Text(text.substring(start, end).replaceAll(commentRegex, '')),
-        );
-      }
-
-      element.append(textNodes.removeAt(0));
-
-      for (var child in xmlElement.children) {
-        element.append(createElement(child));
-        element.append(textNodes.removeAt(0));
-      }
-
-      element.nodes.removeWhere((node) => node is Text && node.text.isEmpty);
-    }
-
-    return element;
-  }
-
-  var parser = ManifestParser.general(htmlContents, uri: uri);
-  var result = parser.parseXmlTag();
-
-  while (result.parseResult != ParseTagResult.eof.parseResult) {
-    if (result.element != null) {
-      var document = Document();
-      document.append(createElement(result.element!));
-      return document;
-    }
-
-    result = parser.parseXmlTag();
-  }
-
-  throw 'parse error - element not found';
-}
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer_utilities/lib/html_parser.dart b/pkg/analyzer_utilities/lib/html_parser.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7847c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/analyzer_utilities/lib/html_parser.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/// A lightweight HTML parser.
+
+// ignore: implementation_imports
+import 'package:analyzer/src/manifest/manifest_validator.dart';
+
+import 'html_dom.dart';
+
+/// Given HTML text, return a parsed HTML tree.
+Document parse(String htmlContents, Uri uri) {
+  final RegExp commentRegex = RegExp(r'<!--[^>]+-->');
+
+  Element createElement(XmlElement xmlElement) {
+    // element
+    var element = Element.tag(xmlElement.name);
+
+    // attributes
+    for (var key in xmlElement.attributes.keys) {
+      element.attributes[key] = xmlElement.attributes[key]!.value;
+    }
+
+    // From the immediate children, determine where the text between the tags is
+    // report any such non empty text as Text nodes.
+    var text = xmlElement.sourceSpan?.text ?? '';
+
+    if (!text.endsWith('/>')) {
+      var indices = <int>[];
+      var offset = xmlElement.sourceSpan!.start.offset;
+
+      indices.add(text.indexOf('>') + 1);
+      for (var child in xmlElement.children) {
+        var childSpan = child.sourceSpan!;
+        indices.add(childSpan.start.offset - offset);
+        indices.add(childSpan.end.offset - offset);
+      }
+      indices.add(text.lastIndexOf('<'));
+
+      var textNodes = <Text>[];
+      for (var index = 0; index < indices.length; index += 2) {
+        var start = indices[index];
+        var end = indices[index + 1];
+        // Remove html comments (<!--  -->) from text.
+        textNodes.add(
+          Text(text.substring(start, end).replaceAll(commentRegex, '')),
+        );
+      }
+
+      element.append(textNodes.removeAt(0));
+
+      for (var child in xmlElement.children) {
+        element.append(createElement(child));
+        element.append(textNodes.removeAt(0));
+      }
+
+      element.nodes.removeWhere((node) => node is Text && node.text.isEmpty);
+    }
+
+    return element;
+  }
+
+  var parser = ManifestParser.general(htmlContents, uri: uri);
+  var result = parser.parseXmlTag();
+
+  while (result.parseResult != ParseTagResult.eof.parseResult) {
+    if (result.element != null) {
+      var document = Document();
+      document.append(createElement(result.element!));
+      return document;
+    }
+
+    result = parser.parseXmlTag();
+  }
+
+  throw 'parse error - element not found';
+}