diff --git a/vunit/com/codec_vhdl_package.py b/vunit/com/codec_vhdl_package.py
index e543c62d2..74d6b312f 100644
--- a/vunit/com/codec_vhdl_package.py
+++ b/vunit/com/codec_vhdl_package.py
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ class CodecVHDLPackage(VHDLPackage):
     """Class derived from VHDLPackage to provide codec generator functionality for the data types definied
     in the package."""
 
-    def __init__(self, identifier, constant_declarations,  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+    def __init__(self, identifier,
                  enumeration_types, record_types, array_types):
         super(CodecVHDLPackage, self).__init__(identifier,
-                                               constant_declarations,
                                                enumeration_types,
                                                record_types,
                                                array_types)
@@ -35,12 +34,11 @@ def parse(cls, code):
         """
         # Extract identifier
         identifier = cls._package_start_re.match(code).group('id')
-        constant_declarations = cls._find_constant_declarations(code)
         enumeration_types = [e for e in CodecVHDLEnumerationType.find(code)]
         record_types = [r for r in CodecVHDLRecordType.find(code)]
         array_types = [a for a in CodecVHDLArrayType.find(code)]
 
-        return cls(identifier, constant_declarations, enumeration_types, record_types, array_types)
+        return cls(identifier, enumeration_types, record_types, array_types)
 
     @classmethod
     def find_named_package(cls, code, name):
diff --git a/vunit/test/unit/test_vhdl_parser.py b/vunit/test/unit/test_vhdl_parser.py
index 18ac2432b..ae0420f0b 100644
--- a/vunit/test/unit/test_vhdl_parser.py
+++ b/vunit/test/unit/test_vhdl_parser.py
@@ -222,23 +222,6 @@ def test_parsing_simple_package(self):
 """)
         self.assertEqual(package.identifier, "simple")
 
-    def test_parsing_package_with_constants(self):
-        package = self.parse_single_package("""\
-package name is
-  constant foo : integer := 15 - 1 * 2;
-  constant bar : boolean := false or true;
-end package;
-""")
-        self.assertEqual(package.identifier, "name")
-        constants = package.constant_declarations
-        self.assertEqual(len(constants), 2)
-        self.assertEqual(constants[0].identifier, "foo")
-        self.assertEqual(constants[0].expression, "15 - 1 * 2")
-        self.assertEqual(constants[0].subtype_indication.type_mark, "integer")
-        self.assertEqual(constants[1].identifier, "bar")
-        self.assertEqual(constants[1].expression, "false or true")
-        self.assertEqual(constants[1].subtype_indication.type_mark, "boolean")
-
     def test_parsing_context(self):
         context = self.parse_single_context("""\
 context foo is
diff --git a/vunit/vhdl_parser.py b/vunit/vhdl_parser.py
index cf834e5fc..2d9939cc6 100644
--- a/vunit/vhdl_parser.py
+++ b/vunit/vhdl_parser.py
@@ -207,10 +207,9 @@ class VHDLPackage(object):
     """
     Representation of a VHDL package
     """
-    def __init__(self, identifier, constant_declarations,  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+    def __init__(self, identifier,
                  enumeration_types, record_types, array_types):
         self.identifier = identifier
-        self.constant_declarations = constant_declarations
         self.enumeration_types = enumeration_types
         self.record_types = record_types
         self.array_types = array_types
@@ -251,34 +250,11 @@ def parse(cls, code):
         """
         # Extract identifier
         identifier = cls._package_start_re.match(code).group('id')
-        constant_declarations = cls._find_constant_declarations(code)
         enumeration_types = [e for e in VHDLEnumerationType.find(code)]
         record_types = [r for r in VHDLRecordType.find(code)]
         array_types = [a for a in VHDLArrayType.find(code)]
 
-        return cls(identifier, constant_declarations, enumeration_types, record_types, array_types)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _find_constant_declarations(cls, code):
-        """
-        Append all constant declarations found within the code to constant_declarations list
-        """
-        re_flags = re.MULTILINE | re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE
-        constant_start = re.compile(r"""
-            ^                             # Beginning of line
-            [\s]*                         # Potential whitespaces
-            constant                      # constant keyword
-            \s+                           # At least one whitespace
-            (?P<id>[a-zA-Z][\w]*)         # An identifier
-            [\s]*                         # Potential whitespaces
-            :                             # Colon
-            """, re_flags)
-
-        constant_declarations = []
-        for constant in constant_start.finditer(code):
-            sub_code = code[constant.start():].strip().splitlines()[0].strip()
-            constant_declarations.append(VHDLConstantDeclaration.parse(sub_code))
-        return constant_declarations
+        return cls(identifier, enumeration_types, record_types, array_types)
 
 
 class VHDLEntity(object):