diff --git a/library/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParserTest.java b/library/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParserTest.java
index c5d1465b21..a959ff7019 100644
--- a/library/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParserTest.java
+++ b/library/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParserTest.java
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ import android.text.style.UnderlineSpan;
 public final class WebvttCueParserTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
 
   public void testParseStrictValidClassesAndTrailingTokens() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("<v.first.loud Esme>"
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("<v.first.loud Esme>"
         + "This <u.style1.style2 some stuff>is</u> text with <b.foo><i.bar>html</i></b> tags");
 
     assertEquals("This is text with html tags", text.toString());
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ public final class WebvttCueParserTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testParseStrictValidUnsupportedTagsStrippedOut() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse(
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse(
         "<v.first.loud Esme>This <unsupported>is</unsupported> text with "
         + "<notsupp><invalid>html</invalid></notsupp> tags");
 
@@ -60,8 +58,7 @@ public final class WebvttCueParserTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testParseWellFormedUnclosedEndAtCueEnd() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse(
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse(
         "An <u some trailing stuff>unclosed u tag with <i>italic</i> inside");
 
     assertEquals("An unclosed u tag with italic inside", text.toString());
@@ -79,8 +76,7 @@ public final class WebvttCueParserTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testParseWellFormedUnclosedEndAtParent() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse(
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse(
         "An unclosed u tag with <i><u>underline and italic</i> inside");
 
     assertEquals("An unclosed u tag with underline and italic inside", text.toString());
@@ -99,8 +95,7 @@ public final class WebvttCueParserTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testParseMalformedNestedElements() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse(
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse(
         "<b><u>An unclosed u tag with <i>italic</u> inside</i></b>");
     assertEquals("An unclosed u tag with italic inside", text.toString());
 
@@ -126,8 +121,7 @@ public final class WebvttCueParserTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testParseCloseNonExistingTag() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("blah<b>blah</i>blah</b>blah");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("blah<b>blah</i>blah</b>blah");
     assertEquals("blahblahblahblah", text.toString());
 
     StyleSpan[] spans = getSpans(text, StyleSpan.class);
@@ -138,50 +132,42 @@ public final class WebvttCueParserTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testParseEmptyTagName() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("An unclosed u tag with <>italic inside");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("An unclosed u tag with <>italic inside");
     assertEquals("An unclosed u tag with italic inside", text.toString());
   }
 
   public void testParseEntities() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("&amp; &gt; &lt; &nbsp;");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("&amp; &gt; &lt; &nbsp;");
     assertEquals("& > <  ", text.toString());
   }
 
   public void testParseEntitiesUnsupported() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("&noway; &sure;");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("&noway; &sure;");
     assertEquals(" ", text.toString());
   }
 
   public void testParseEntitiesNotTerminated() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("&amp here comes text");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("&amp here comes text");
     assertEquals("& here comes text", text.toString());
   }
 
   public void testParseEntitiesNotTerminatedUnsupported() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("&surenot here comes text");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("&surenot here comes text");
     assertEquals(" here comes text", text.toString());
   }
 
   public void testParseEntitiesNotTerminatedNoSpace() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("&surenot");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("&surenot");
     assertEquals("&surenot", text.toString());
   }
 
   public void testParseVoidTag() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("here comes<br/> text<br/>");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("here comes<br/> text<br/>");
     assertEquals("here comes text", text.toString());
   }
 
   public void testParseMultipleTagsOfSameKind() {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("blah <b>blah</b> blah <b>foo</b>");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("blah <b>blah</b> blah <b>foo</b>");
 
     assertEquals("blah blah blah foo", text.toString());
     StyleSpan[] spans = getSpans(text, StyleSpan.class);
@@ -195,8 +181,7 @@ public final class WebvttCueParserTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testParseInvalidVoidSlash() {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse("blah <b/.st1.st2 trailing stuff> blah");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse("blah <b/.st1.st2 trailing stuff> blah");
 
     assertEquals("blah  blah", text.toString());
     StyleSpan[] spans = getSpans(text, StyleSpan.class);
@@ -204,39 +189,37 @@ public final class WebvttCueParserTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testParseMonkey() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse(
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse(
         "< u>An unclosed u tag with <<<<< i>italic</u></u></u></u    ></i><u><u> inside");
     assertEquals("An unclosed u tag with italic inside", text.toString());
-    text = parser.parse(">>>>>>>>>An unclosed u tag with <<<<< italic</u></u></u></u  >"
+    text = WebvttCueParser.parse(">>>>>>>>>An unclosed u tag with <<<<< italic</u></u></u></u  >"
         + "</i><u><u> inside");
     assertEquals(">>>>>>>>>An unclosed u tag with  inside", text.toString());
   }
 
   public void testParseCornerCases() throws Exception {
-    WebvttCueParser parser = new WebvttCueParser();
-    Spanned text = parser.parse(">");
+    Spanned text = WebvttCueParser.parse(">");
     assertEquals(">", text.toString());
 
-    text = parser.parse("<");
+    text = WebvttCueParser.parse("<");
     assertEquals("", text.toString());
 
-    text = parser.parse("<b.st1.st2 annotation");
+    text = WebvttCueParser.parse("<b.st1.st2 annotation");
     assertEquals("", text.toString());
 
-    text = parser.parse("<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<");
+    text = WebvttCueParser.parse("<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<");
     assertEquals("", text.toString());
 
-    text = parser.parse("<<<<<<>><<<<<<<<<<");
+    text = WebvttCueParser.parse("<<<<<<>><<<<<<<<<<");
     assertEquals(">", text.toString());
 
-    text = parser.parse("<>");
+    text = WebvttCueParser.parse("<>");
     assertEquals("", text.toString());
 
-    text = parser.parse("&");
+    text = WebvttCueParser.parse("&");
     assertEquals("&", text.toString());
 
-    text = parser.parse("&&&&&&&");
+    text = WebvttCueParser.parse("&&&&&&&");
     assertEquals("&&&&&&&", text.toString());
   }
 
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParser.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParser.java
index 89eedf5bf9..e459978d77 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParser.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttCueParser.java
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ import java.util.Stack;
 
   private static final String TAG = "WebvttCueParser";
 
-  public Spanned parse(String markup) {
+  private WebvttCueParser() {}
+
+  public static Spanned parse(String markup) {
     SpannableStringBuilder spannedText = new SpannableStringBuilder();
     Stack<StartTag> startTagStack = new Stack<>();
     String[] tagTokens;
@@ -126,12 +128,12 @@ import java.util.Stack;
    * @param startPos the position from where to start searching for the end of tag.
    * @return the position of the end of tag plus 1 (one).
    */
-  private int findEndOfTag(String markup, int startPos) {
+  private static int findEndOfTag(String markup, int startPos) {
     int idx = markup.indexOf(CHAR_GREATER_THAN, startPos);
     return idx == -1 ? markup.length() : idx + 1;
   }
 
-  private void applyEntity(String entity, SpannableStringBuilder spannedText) {
+  private static void applyEntity(String entity, SpannableStringBuilder spannedText) {
     switch (entity) {
       case ENTITY_LESS_THAN:
         spannedText.append('<');
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ import java.util.Stack;
     }
   }
 
-  private boolean isSupportedTag(String tagName) {
+  private static boolean isSupportedTag(String tagName) {
     switch (tagName) {
       case TAG_BOLD:
       case TAG_CLASS:
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ import java.util.Stack;
     }
   }
 
-  private void applySpansForTag(StartTag startTag, SpannableStringBuilder spannedText) {
+  private static void applySpansForTag(StartTag startTag, SpannableStringBuilder spannedText) {
     switch(startTag.name) {
       case TAG_BOLD:
         spannedText.setSpan(new StyleSpan(STYLE_BOLD), startTag.position,
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ import java.util.Stack;
    * @return an array of <code>String</code>s with the tag name at pos 0 followed by style classes
    *    or null if it's an empty tag: '&lt;&gt;'
    */
-  private String[] tokenizeTag(String fullTagExpression) {
+  private static String[] tokenizeTag(String fullTagExpression) {
     fullTagExpression = fullTagExpression.replace("\\s+", " ").trim();
     if (fullTagExpression.length() == 0) {
       return null;
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttParser.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttParser.java
index 200ba2b437..cedbfa9736 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttParser.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer/text/webvtt/WebvttParser.java
@@ -40,12 +40,10 @@ public final class WebvttParser implements SubtitleParser {
 
   private static final Pattern CUE_SETTING = Pattern.compile("(\\S+?):(\\S+)");
 
-  private final WebvttCueParser cueParser;
   private final PositionHolder positionHolder;
   private final StringBuilder textBuilder;
 
   public WebvttParser() {
-    this.cueParser = new WebvttCueParser();
     positionHolder = new PositionHolder();
     textBuilder = new StringBuilder();
   }
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ public final class WebvttParser implements SubtitleParser {
         textBuilder.append(line.trim());
       }
 
-      CharSequence cueText = cueParser.parse(textBuilder.toString());
+      CharSequence cueText = WebvttCueParser.parse(textBuilder.toString());
 
       WebvttCue cue = new WebvttCue(cueStartTime, cueEndTime, cueText, cueTextAlignment, cueLine,
           cueLineType, cueLineAnchor, cuePosition, cuePositionAnchor, cueWidth);