diff --git a/libpathod/language/base.py b/libpathod/language/base.py
index f91add752..5b9e99f6c 100644
--- a/libpathod/language/base.py
+++ b/libpathod/language/base.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ class Token(object):
         """
             Resolves this token to ready it for transmission. This means that
             the calculated offsets of actions are fixed.
+
+            settings: a language.Settings instance
+            msg: The containing message
         """
         return self
 
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ class _ValueLiteral(Token):
         self.val = val.decode("string_escape")
 
     def get_generator(self, settings):
-        return generators.LiteralGenerator(self.val)
+        return self.val
 
     def freeze(self, settings):
         return self
@@ -215,13 +218,14 @@ Offset = pp.MatchFirst(
 class _Component(Token):
     """
         A value component of the primary specification of an message.
+        Components produce byte values desribe the bytes of the message.
     """
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def values(self, settings): # pragma: no cover
         """
-           A sequence of value objects.
+           A sequence of values, which can either be strings or generators.
         """
-        return None
+        pass
 
     def string(self, settings=None):
         """
@@ -361,7 +365,7 @@ class Integer(_Component):
         return e.setParseAction(lambda x: klass(*x))
 
     def values(self, settings):
-        return [generators.LiteralGenerator(self.value)]
+        return self.value
 
     def spec(self):
         return "%s"%(self.value)
diff --git a/libpathod/language/generators.py b/libpathod/language/generators.py
index 58be7130d..07b0be06a 100644
--- a/libpathod/language/generators.py
+++ b/libpathod/language/generators.py
@@ -43,23 +43,6 @@ class TransformGenerator:
         return "'transform(%s)'"%self.gen
 
 
-class LiteralGenerator:
-    def __init__(self, s):
-        self.s = s
-
-    def __len__(self):
-        return len(self.s)
-
-    def __getitem__(self, x):
-        return self.s.__getitem__(x)
-
-    def __getslice__(self, a, b):
-        return self.s.__getslice__(a, b)
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "'%s'"%self.s
-
-
 class RandomGenerator:
     def __init__(self, dtype, length):
         self.dtype = dtype
diff --git a/libpathod/language/http.py b/libpathod/language/http.py
index c1c2ae96e..f926a8cf1 100644
--- a/libpathod/language/http.py
+++ b/libpathod/language/http.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ShortcutUserAgent(_HeaderMixin, base.OptionsOrValue):
                 self.value.val.lower()
             )[2]
         else:
-            value = self.value
+            value = self.value.val
         return self.format_header(
             self.key.get_generator(settings),
             value
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class _HTTPMessage(message.Message):
             vals.extend(h.values(settings))
         vals.append("\r\n")
         if self.body:
-            vals.append(self.body.value.get_generator(settings))
+            vals.extend(self.body.values(settings))
         return vals
 
 
@@ -169,11 +169,9 @@ class Response(_HTTPMessage):
             l.extend(self.reason.values(settings))
         else:
             l.append(
-                generators.LiteralGenerator(
-                    http_status.RESPONSES.get(
-                        code,
-                        "Unknown code"
-                    )
+                http_status.RESPONSES.get(
+                    code,
+                    "Unknown code"
                 )
             )
         return l
@@ -205,7 +203,9 @@ class Response(_HTTPMessage):
                 if not self.body:
                     length = 0
                 else:
-                    length = len(self.body.value.get_generator(settings))
+                    length = sum(
+                        len(i) for i in self.body.values(settings)
+                    )
                 tokens.append(
                     Header(
                         base.ValueLiteral("Content-Length"),
@@ -301,7 +301,9 @@ class Request(_HTTPMessage):
         if not self.raw:
             if not get_header("Content-Length", self.headers):
                 if self.body:
-                    length = len(self.body.value.get_generator(settings))
+                    length = sum(
+                        len(i) for i in self.body.values(settings)
+                    )
                     tokens.append(
                         Header(
                             base.ValueLiteral("Content-Length"),
diff --git a/test/test_language_base.py b/test/test_language_base.py
index deb333176..65c253da5 100644
--- a/test/test_language_base.py
+++ b/test/test_language_base.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class TestMisc:
         assert e.freeze({})
         assert e.values({})
 
-    def test_value(self):
+    def test_prevalue(self):
         class TT(base.PreValue):
             preamble = "m"
         e = TT.expr()
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ class TestMisc:
 
 class TKeyValue(base.KeyValue):
     preamble = "h"
+
     def values(self, settings):
         return [
             self.key.get_generator(settings),
diff --git a/test/test_language_generators.py b/test/test_language_generators.py
index 854b84857..945560c33 100644
--- a/test/test_language_generators.py
+++ b/test/test_language_generators.py
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ def test_randomgenerator():
     assert g[0]
 
 
-def test_literalgenerator():
-    g = generators.LiteralGenerator("one")
-    assert repr(g)
-    assert g[:] == "one"
-    assert g[1] == "n"
-
-
 def test_filegenerator():
     with tutils.tmpdir() as t:
         path = os.path.join(t, "foo")
@@ -41,7 +34,7 @@ def test_filegenerator():
 def test_transform_generator():
     def trans(offset, data):
         return "a" * len(data)
-    g = generators.LiteralGenerator("one")
+    g = "one"
     t = generators.TransformGenerator(g, trans)
     assert len(t) == len(g)
     assert t[0] == "a"
diff --git a/test/test_language_http.py b/test/test_language_http.py
index f9d2cf24b..512ad2772 100644
--- a/test/test_language_http.py
+++ b/test/test_language_http.py
@@ -309,11 +309,11 @@ def test_shortcuts():
 def test_user_agent():
     e = http.ShortcutUserAgent.expr()
     v = e.parseString("ua")[0]
-    assert "Android" in str(v.values({})[2])
+    assert "Android" in v.string()
 
     e = http.ShortcutUserAgent.expr()
     v = e.parseString("u'a'")[0]
-    assert "Android" not in str(v.values({})[2])
+    assert "Android" not in v.string()
 
     v = e.parseString("u@100'")[0]
     assert len(str(v.freeze({}).value)) > 100