diff --git a/crates/ide-completion/src/completions/postfix.rs b/crates/ide-completion/src/completions/postfix.rs
index 7b936f0ff77..cc2a4437000 100644
--- a/crates/ide-completion/src/completions/postfix.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-completion/src/completions/postfix.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mod format_like;
 use hir::{Documentation, HasAttrs};
 use ide_db::{imports::insert_use::ImportScope, ty_filter::TryEnum, SnippetCap};
 use syntax::{
-    ast::{self, AstNode, AstToken},
+    ast::{self, AstNode, LiteralKind},
     SyntaxKind::{EXPR_STMT, STMT_LIST},
     TextRange, TextSize,
 };
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pub(crate) fn complete_postfix(acc: &mut Completions, ctx: &CompletionContext) {
     }
 
     if let ast::Expr::Literal(literal) = dot_receiver.clone() {
-        if let Some(literal_text) = ast::String::cast(literal.token()) {
+        if let LiteralKind::String(literal_text) = literal.kind() {
             add_format_like_completions(acc, ctx, &dot_receiver, cap, &literal_text);
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/ide-completion/src/patterns.rs b/crates/ide-completion/src/patterns.rs
index 6fdec783854..c1db8ce4a6c 100644
--- a/crates/ide-completion/src/patterns.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-completion/src/patterns.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ pub(crate) fn determine_location(
                 let receiver = find_in_original_file(it.expr(), original_file);
                 let receiver_is_ambiguous_float_literal = if let Some(ast::Expr::Literal(l)) = &receiver {
                     match l.kind() {
-                        ast::LiteralKind::FloatNumber { .. } => l.token().text().ends_with('.'),
+                        ast::LiteralKind::FloatNumber { .. } => l.to_string().ends_with('.'),
                         _ => false,
                     }
                 } else {
diff --git a/crates/syntax/src/ast/expr_ext.rs b/crates/syntax/src/ast/expr_ext.rs
index 17785152bc5..23b1145a774 100644
--- a/crates/syntax/src/ast/expr_ext.rs
+++ b/crates/syntax/src/ast/expr_ext.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::{
         operators::{ArithOp, BinaryOp, CmpOp, LogicOp, Ordering, RangeOp, UnaryOp},
         support, AstChildren, AstNode,
     },
-    AstToken,
+    AstToken, SyntaxElement,
     SyntaxKind::*,
     SyntaxNode, SyntaxToken, T,
 };
@@ -289,16 +289,17 @@ pub enum LiteralKind {
 }
 
 impl ast::Literal {
-    pub fn token(&self) -> SyntaxToken {
+    pub fn value(&self) -> SyntaxElement {
         self.syntax()
             .children_with_tokens()
             .find(|e| e.kind() != ATTR && !e.kind().is_trivia())
-            .and_then(|e| e.into_token())
             .unwrap()
     }
-
     pub fn kind(&self) -> LiteralKind {
-        let token = self.token();
+        let token = match self.value() {
+            rowan::NodeOrToken::Node(_node) => unreachable!(),
+            rowan::NodeOrToken::Token(token) => token,
+        };
 
         if let Some(t) = ast::IntNumber::cast(token.clone()) {
             return LiteralKind::IntNumber(t);
@@ -364,7 +365,7 @@ impl ast::BlockExpr {
 fn test_literal_with_attr() {
     let parse = ast::SourceFile::parse(r#"const _: &str = { #[attr] "Hello" };"#);
     let lit = parse.tree().syntax().descendants().find_map(ast::Literal::cast).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(lit.token().text(), r#""Hello""#);
+    assert_eq!(lit.value().to_string(), r#""Hello""#);
 }
 
 impl ast::RecordExprField {
diff --git a/crates/syntax/src/validation.rs b/crates/syntax/src/validation.rs
index c2c2c82e11f..3edca3eb8f9 100644
--- a/crates/syntax/src/validation.rs
+++ b/crates/syntax/src/validation.rs
@@ -119,8 +119,15 @@ fn validate_literal(literal: ast::Literal, acc: &mut Vec<SyntaxError>) {
         text.rfind(end_delimiter).and_then(|end| text.get(prefix_len..end))
     }
 
-    let token = literal.token();
-    let text = token.text();
+    let token = literal.value();
+    let text;
+    let text = match &token {
+        rowan::NodeOrToken::Node(node) => {
+            text = node.text().to_string();
+            &*text
+        }
+        rowan::NodeOrToken::Token(token) => token.text(),
+    };
 
     // FIXME: lift this lambda refactor to `fn` (https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/pull/2834#discussion_r366199205)
     let mut push_err = |prefix_len, (off, err): (usize, unescape::EscapeError)| {