diff --git a/lib/coffee-script.js b/lib/coffee-script.js
index 6d613841..e05eb1b6 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (function() {
   var Lexer, compile, helpers, lexer, parser, path, processScripts;
-  if (typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null) {
+  if ((typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null)) {
     path = require('path');
     Lexer = require('./lexer').Lexer;
     parser = require('./parser').parser;
diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index af94f522..1a80b5ef 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (function() {
   var compact, count, del, ends, extend, flatten, helpers, include, indexOf, merge, starts;
-  if (!(typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null)) {
+  if (!((typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null))) {
     this.exports = this;
   }
   helpers = (exports.helpers = {});
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     _a = []; _b = properties;
     for (key in _b) {
       val = _b[key];
-      _a.push(object[key] = val);
+      _a.push((object[key] = val));
     }
     return _a;
   });
diff --git a/lib/lexer.js b/lib/lexer.js
index acc6a9e4..8cf3c9bf 100644
--- a/lib/lexer.js
+++ b/lib/lexer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (function() {
   var ASSIGNED, CALLABLE, CODE, COFFEE_ALIASES, COFFEE_KEYWORDS, COMMENT, CONVERSIONS, HEREDOC, HEREDOC_INDENT, IDENTIFIER, JS_CLEANER, JS_FORBIDDEN, JS_KEYWORDS, LAST_DENT, LAST_DENTS, LINE_BREAK, Lexer, MULTILINER, MULTI_DENT, NEXT_CHARACTER, NOT_REGEX, NO_NEWLINE, NUMBER, OPERATOR, REGEX_END, REGEX_ESCAPE, REGEX_INTERPOLATION, REGEX_START, RESERVED, Rewriter, STRING_NEWLINES, WHITESPACE, _a, _b, _c, compact, count, helpers, include, starts;
   var __slice = Array.prototype.slice;
-  if (typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null) {
+  if ((typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null)) {
     _a = require('./rewriter');
     Rewriter = _a.Rewriter;
     _b = require('./helpers');
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
       if (!(tok = this.prev(index))) {
         return null;
       }
-      if (typeof newTag !== "undefined" && newTag !== null) {
+      if ((typeof newTag !== "undefined" && newTag !== null)) {
         return (tok[0] = newTag);
       }
       return tok[0];
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
       if (!(tok = this.prev(index))) {
         return null;
       }
-      if (typeof val !== "undefined" && val !== null) {
+      if ((typeof val !== "undefined" && val !== null)) {
         return (tok[1] = val);
       }
       return tok[1];
diff --git a/lib/nodes.js b/lib/nodes.js
index f64ef318..10cbe8c1 100644
--- a/lib/nodes.js
+++ b/lib/nodes.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function() {
-  var AccessorNode, ArrayNode, AssignNode, BaseNode, CallNode, ClassNode, ClosureNode, CodeNode, CommentNode, DOUBLE_PARENS, ExistenceNode, Expressions, ExtendsNode, ForNode, IDENTIFIER, IS_STRING, IfNode, InNode, IndexNode, LiteralNode, NUMBER, ObjectNode, OpNode, ParamNode, ParentheticalNode, PushNode, RangeNode, ReturnNode, SIMPLENUM, Scope, SliceNode, SplatNode, TAB, TRAILING_WHITESPACE, ThrowNode, TryNode, UTILITIES, ValueNode, WhileNode, _a, compact, del, ends, flatten, helpers, include, indexOf, literal, merge, starts, utility;
+  var AccessorNode, ArrayNode, AssignNode, BaseNode, CallNode, ClassNode, ClosureNode, CodeNode, CommentNode, ExistenceNode, Expressions, ExtendsNode, ForNode, IDENTIFIER, IS_STRING, IfNode, InNode, IndexNode, LiteralNode, NUMBER, ObjectNode, OpNode, ParamNode, ParentheticalNode, PushNode, RangeNode, ReturnNode, SIMPLENUM, Scope, SliceNode, SplatNode, TAB, TRAILING_WHITESPACE, ThrowNode, TryNode, UTILITIES, ValueNode, WhileNode, _a, compact, del, ends, flatten, helpers, include, indexOf, literal, merge, starts, utility;
   var __extends = function(child, parent) {
     var ctor = function(){};
     ctor.prototype = parent.prototype;
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     if (typeof parent.extended === "function") parent.extended(child);
     child.__superClass__ = parent.prototype;
   };
-  if (typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null) {
+  if ((typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null)) {
     Scope = require('./scope').Scope;
     helpers = require('./helpers').helpers;
   } else {
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@
       o.scope = new Scope(null, this, null);
       code = this.compileWithDeclarations(o);
       code = code.replace(TRAILING_WHITESPACE, '');
-      code = code.replace(DOUBLE_PARENS, '($1)');
       return o.noWrap ? code : ("(function() {\n" + (code) + "\n})();\n");
     };
     Expressions.prototype.compileWithDeclarations = function(o) {
@@ -1776,7 +1775,6 @@
   };
   TAB = '  ';
   TRAILING_WHITESPACE = /[ \t]+$/gm;
-  DOUBLE_PARENS = /\(\(([^\(\)\n]*)\)\)/g;
   IDENTIFIER = /^[a-zA-Z\$_](\w|\$)*$/;
   NUMBER = /^(((\b0(x|X)[0-9a-fA-F]+)|((\b[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?|\.[0-9]+)(e[+\-]?[0-9]+)?)))\b$/i;
   SIMPLENUM = /^-?\d+/;
diff --git a/lib/rewriter.js b/lib/rewriter.js
index 025ded1b..4b3853d2 100644
--- a/lib/rewriter.js
+++ b/lib/rewriter.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   var __bind = function(func, context) {
     return function(){ return func.apply(context, arguments); };
   }, __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
-  if (typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null) {
+  if ((typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null)) {
     _a = require('./helpers');
     helpers = _a.helpers;
   } else {
diff --git a/lib/scope.js b/lib/scope.js
index 7c66cd6a..01eadef7 100644
--- a/lib/scope.js
+++ b/lib/scope.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (function() {
   var Scope;
   var __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
-  if (!(typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null)) {
+  if (!((typeof process !== "undefined" && process !== null))) {
     this.exports = this;
   }
   exports.Scope = (function() {
diff --git a/src/nodes.coffee b/src/nodes.coffee
index d6e94512..2784aa3d 100644
--- a/src/nodes.coffee
+++ b/src/nodes.coffee
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ exports.Expressions = class Expressions extends BaseNode
     o.scope   = new Scope(null, this, null)
     code      = @compileWithDeclarations(o)
     code      = code.replace(TRAILING_WHITESPACE, '')
-    code      = code.replace(DOUBLE_PARENS, '($1)')
     if o.noWrap then code else "(function() {\n#{code}\n})();\n"
 
   # Compile the expressions body for the contents of a function, with
@@ -1539,9 +1538,6 @@ TAB = '  '
 # with Git.
 TRAILING_WHITESPACE = /[ \t]+$/gm
 
-# Obvious redundant parentheses should be removed.
-DOUBLE_PARENS = /\(\(([^\(\)\n]*)\)\)/g
-
 # Keep these identifier regexes in sync with the Lexer.
 IDENTIFIER = /^[a-zA-Z\$_](\w|\$)*$/
 NUMBER     = /^(((\b0(x|X)[0-9a-fA-F]+)|((\b[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?|\.[0-9]+)(e[+\-]?[0-9]+)?)))\b$/i
diff --git a/test/test_literals.coffee b/test/test_literals.coffee
index 095de6f5..7c7f6e43 100644
--- a/test/test_literals.coffee
+++ b/test/test_literals.coffee
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ trailingComma = {k1: "v1", k2: 4, k3: (-> true),}
 ok trailingComma.k3() and (trailingComma.k2 is 4) and (trailingComma.k1 is "v1")
 
 
-money$ = 'dollars'
+money$ = '(((dollars)))'
 
-ok money$ is 'dollars'
+ok money$ is '\(\(\(dollars\)\)\)'
 
 
 multiline = "one