diff --git a/src/compare/compare_field.rs b/src/compare/compare_field.rs
index e7361700..c922b635 100644
--- a/src/compare/compare_field.rs
+++ b/src/compare/compare_field.rs
@@ -23,35 +23,10 @@ pub(crate) fn compare_noop<'b, 's, 'x>(
     Ok(None)
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn compare_property_quoted_string_required_value<'b, 's, 'x>(
+pub(crate) fn compare_property_quoted_string<'b, 's, 'x, R, RG: Fn(R) -> Option<&'s str>>(
     emacs: &'b Token<'s>,
-    emacs_field: &'x str,
-    rust_value: &'s str,
-) -> Result<Option<(DiffStatus, Option<String>)>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let value = get_property_quoted_string(emacs, emacs_field)?;
-    if value.as_ref().map(String::as_str) != Some(rust_value) {
-        let this_status = DiffStatus::Bad;
-        let message = Some(format!(
-            "{} mismatch (emacs != rust) {:?} != {:?}",
-            emacs_field, value, rust_value
-        ));
-        Ok(Some((this_status, message)))
-    } else {
-        Ok(None)
-    }
-}
-
-pub(crate) fn compare_property_quoted_string<
-    'b,
-    's,
-    'x,
-    R,
-    RV: Debug + for<'a> PartialEq<Option<&'a str>>,
-    RG: Fn(R) -> RV,
->(
-    emacs: &'b Token<'s>,
-    emacs_field: &'x str,
     rust_node: R,
+    emacs_field: &'x str,
     rust_value_getter: RG,
 ) -> Result<Option<(DiffStatus, Option<String>)>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let value = get_property_quoted_string(emacs, emacs_field)?;
diff --git a/src/compare/diff.rs b/src/compare/diff.rs
index 4b3a670d..af12011a 100644
--- a/src/compare/diff.rs
+++ b/src/compare/diff.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
+use super::compare_field::compare_property_quoted_string;
 use super::compare_field::compare_property_quoted_string_required_value;
 use super::elisp_fact::ElispFact;
 use super::elisp_fact::GetElispFact;
@@ -2659,9 +2660,10 @@ fn compare_verbatim<'b, 's>(
 
     if let Some((new_status, new_message)) = compare_properties!(
         emacs,
+        rust,
         EmacsField::Required(":value"),
-        rust.contents,
-        compare_property_quoted_string_required_value
+        |r| Some(r.contents),
+        compare_property_quoted_string
     )? {
         this_status = new_status;
         message = new_message;
@@ -2688,9 +2690,10 @@ fn compare_code<'b, 's>(
 
     if let Some((new_status, new_message)) = compare_properties!(
         emacs,
+        rust,
         EmacsField::Required(":value"),
-        rust.contents,
-        compare_property_quoted_string_required_value
+        |r| Some(r.contents),
+        compare_property_quoted_string
     )? {
         this_status = new_status;
         message = new_message;
diff --git a/src/compare/macros.rs b/src/compare/macros.rs
index 0e14012e..c40c719a 100644
--- a/src/compare/macros.rs
+++ b/src/compare/macros.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// Create iterators for ast nodes where it only has to iterate over children
 macro_rules! compare_properties {
-    ($emacs:expr, $($emacs_field:expr, $rust_value:expr, $compare_fn: ident),+) => {
+    ($emacs:expr, $rust:expr, $($emacs_field:expr, $rust_value_getter:expr, $compare_fn: ident),+) => {
         {
             let mut this_status = DiffStatus::Good;
             let mut message: Option<String> = None;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ macro_rules! compare_properties {
                     name
                 },
             };
-            let result = $compare_fn($emacs, emacs_name, $rust_value)?;
+            let result = $compare_fn($emacs, $rust, emacs_name, $rust_value_getter)?;
             match result {
                 Some((DiffStatus::Good, _)) => unreachable!("No comparison functions should return Some() when DiffStatus is good."),
                 Some((status, msg)) => {