diff --git a/src/rules/hasMacroNameInMend.ts b/src/rules/hasMacroNameInMend.ts
index 1a7c829..e88f8f5 100644
--- a/src/rules/hasMacroNameInMend.ts
+++ b/src/rules/hasMacroNameInMend.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { FileLintRule } from '../types/LintRule'
 import { LintRuleType } from '../types/LintRuleType'
 import { Severity } from '../types/Severity'
 import { trimComments } from '../utils/trimComments'
-import { getLineNumber } from '../utils/getLineNumber'
 import { getColumnNumber } from '../utils/getColumnNumber'
 
 const name = 'hasMacroNameInMend'
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
 
   const declaredMacros: { name: string; lineNumber: number }[] = []
   let isCommentStarted = false
-  lines.forEach((line, index) => {
+  lines.forEach((line, lineIndex) => {
     const { statement: trimmedLine, commentStarted } = trimComments(
       line,
       isCommentStarted
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
           .split('(')[0]
         declaredMacros.push({
           name: macroName,
-          lineNumber: getLineNumber(lines, index + 1)
+          lineNumber: lineIndex + 1
         })
       } else if (trimmedStatement.startsWith('%mend')) {
         const declaredMacro = declaredMacros.pop()
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
             message: `%mend statement is missing macro name - ${
               declaredMacro!.name
             }`,
-            lineNumber: getLineNumber(lines, index + 1),
+            lineNumber: lineIndex + 1,
             startColumnNumber: getColumnNumber(line, '%mend'),
             endColumnNumber: getColumnNumber(line, '%mend') + 6,
             severity: Severity.Warning
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
             message: `%mend statement has mismatched macro name, it should be '${
               declaredMacro!.name
             }'`,
-            lineNumber: getLineNumber(lines, index + 1),
+            lineNumber: lineIndex + 1,
             startColumnNumber: getColumnNumber(line, macroName),
             endColumnNumber:
               getColumnNumber(line, macroName) + macroName.length - 1,
diff --git a/src/rules/hasMacroParentheses.ts b/src/rules/hasMacroParentheses.ts
index 6e67340..5053ca0 100644
--- a/src/rules/hasMacroParentheses.ts
+++ b/src/rules/hasMacroParentheses.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { FileLintRule } from '../types/LintRule'
 import { LintRuleType } from '../types/LintRuleType'
 import { Severity } from '../types/Severity'
 import { trimComments } from '../utils/trimComments'
-import { getLineNumber } from '../utils/getLineNumber'
 import { getColumnNumber } from '../utils/getColumnNumber'
 
 const name = 'hasMacroParentheses'
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
 
   const lines: string[] = value ? value.split('\n') : []
   let isCommentStarted = false
-  lines.forEach((line, index) => {
+  lines.forEach((line, lineIndex) => {
     const { statement: trimmedLine, commentStarted } = trimComments(
       line,
       isCommentStarted
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
         if (!macroName)
           diagnostics.push({
             message: 'Macro definition contains space(s)',
-            lineNumber: getLineNumber(lines, index + 1),
+            lineNumber: lineIndex + 1,
             startColumnNumber: getColumnNumber(line, '%macro'),
             endColumnNumber:
               getColumnNumber(line, '%macro') + trimmedStatement.length,
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
         else if (macroNameDefinitionParts.length === 1)
           diagnostics.push({
             message,
-            lineNumber: getLineNumber(lines, index + 1),
+            lineNumber: lineIndex + 1,
             startColumnNumber: getColumnNumber(line, macroNameDefinition),
             endColumnNumber:
               getColumnNumber(line, macroNameDefinition) +
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
         else if (macroName !== macroName.trim())
           diagnostics.push({
             message: 'Macro definition contains space(s)',
-            lineNumber: getLineNumber(lines, index + 1),
+            lineNumber: lineIndex + 1,
             startColumnNumber: getColumnNumber(line, macroNameDefinition),
             endColumnNumber:
               getColumnNumber(line, macroNameDefinition) +
diff --git a/src/rules/noNestedMacros.ts b/src/rules/noNestedMacros.ts
index a8cec22..69568a7 100644
--- a/src/rules/noNestedMacros.ts
+++ b/src/rules/noNestedMacros.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { FileLintRule } from '../types/LintRule'
 import { LintRuleType } from '../types/LintRuleType'
 import { Severity } from '../types/Severity'
 import { trimComments } from '../utils/trimComments'
-import { getLineNumber } from '../utils/getLineNumber'
 import { getColumnNumber } from '../utils/getColumnNumber'
 
 const name = 'noNestedMacros'
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
 
   const lines: string[] = value ? value.split('\n') : []
   let isCommentStarted = false
-  lines.forEach((line, index) => {
+  lines.forEach((line, lineIndex) => {
     const { statement: trimmedLine, commentStarted } = trimComments(
       line,
       isCommentStarted
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ const test = (value: string) => {
             message: message
               .replace('{macro}', macroName)
               .replace('{parent}', parentMacro!),
-            lineNumber: getLineNumber(lines, index + 1),
+            lineNumber: lineIndex + 1,
             startColumnNumber: getColumnNumber(line, '%macro'),
             endColumnNumber:
               getColumnNumber(line, '%macro') + trimmedStatement.length - 1,
diff --git a/src/utils/getColumnNumber.spec.ts b/src/utils/getColumnNumber.spec.ts
index 7a4e405..85a0c1a 100644
--- a/src/utils/getColumnNumber.spec.ts
+++ b/src/utils/getColumnNumber.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('getColumnNumber', () => {
 
   it('should throw an error when the specified string is not found within the text', () => {
     expect(() => getColumnNumber('foo bar', 'baz')).toThrowError(
-      "String 'baz' was not found in statement 'foo bar'"
+      "String 'baz' was not found in line 'foo bar'"
     )
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/utils/getColumnNumber.ts b/src/utils/getColumnNumber.ts
index 8d42dfd..1361c5a 100644
--- a/src/utils/getColumnNumber.ts
+++ b/src/utils/getColumnNumber.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-export const getColumnNumber = (statement: string, text: string): number => {
-  const index = (statement.split('\n').pop() as string).indexOf(text)
+export const getColumnNumber = (line: string, text: string): number => {
+  const index = (line.split('\n').pop() as string).indexOf(text)
   if (index < 0) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `String '${text}' was not found in statement '${statement}'`
-    )
+    throw new Error(`String '${text}' was not found in line '${line}'`)
   }
-  return (statement.split('\n').pop() as string).indexOf(text) + 1
+  return (line.split('\n').pop() as string).indexOf(text) + 1
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/getLineNumber.ts b/src/utils/getLineNumber.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d988e7..0000000
--- a/src/utils/getLineNumber.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-export const getLineNumber = (lines: string[], index: number): number => {
-  const combinedCode = lines.slice(0, index).join('\n')
-  return (combinedCode.match(/\n/g) || []).length + 1
-}