diff --git a/src/components/main/layout/wrapper.rs b/src/components/main/layout/wrapper.rs
index 63205ed1da8..75bc94e5b85 100644
--- a/src/components/main/layout/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/layout/wrapper.rs
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ impl<'le> TElement for LayoutElement<'le> {
         unsafe { self.element.get_attr_val_for_layout(namespace, name) }
     }
 
-    fn get_link(&self) -> Option<~str> {
+    fn get_link(&self) -> Option<&'static str> {
         // FIXME: This is HTML only.
         match self.element.node.type_id {
             // http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/selectors.html#
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ impl<'le> TElement for LayoutElement<'le> {
             ElementNodeTypeId(HTMLAreaElementTypeId) |
             ElementNodeTypeId(HTMLLinkElementTypeId) => {
                 unsafe { self.element.get_attr_val_for_layout(&namespace::Null, "href") }
-                .map(|val| val.to_owned())
             }
             _ => None,
         }
diff --git a/src/components/style/namespaces.rs b/src/components/style/namespaces.rs
index 762b5f7ab0a..a7b2f79deac 100644
--- a/src/components/style/namespaces.rs
+++ b/src/components/style/namespaces.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub fn parse_namespace_rule(rule: AtRule, namespaces: &mut NamespaceMap) {
             },
             URL(value) | String(value) => {
                 if ns.is_some() { syntax_error!() }
-                ns = Some(Namespace::from_str(value.as_slice()));
+                ns = Some(Namespace::from_str(value));
                 break
             },
             _ => syntax_error!(),
diff --git a/src/components/style/node.rs b/src/components/style/node.rs
index 2e22ac0cb89..dc6df8427bd 100644
--- a/src/components/style/node.rs
+++ b/src/components/style/node.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub trait TNode<E:TElement> : Clone {
 
 pub trait TElement {
     fn get_attr(&self, namespace: &Namespace, attr: &str) -> Option<&'static str>;
-    fn get_link(&self) -> Option<~str>;
+    fn get_link(&self) -> Option<&'static str>;
     fn get_local_name<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str;
     fn get_namespace<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a Namespace;
 }