diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 70f090910b6..fb1e0982b0b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -743,9 +743,6 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "dom_struct"
 version = "0.0.1"
-dependencies = [
- "quote 0.3.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "domobject_derive"
diff --git a/components/dom_struct/Cargo.toml b/components/dom_struct/Cargo.toml
index 4f3593db66b..7a76375ac06 100644
--- a/components/dom_struct/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/dom_struct/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "lib.rs"
 proc-macro = true
-
-[dependencies]
-quote = "0.3.15"
diff --git a/components/dom_struct/lib.rs b/components/dom_struct/lib.rs
index f74427789db..33801de8c8d 100644
--- a/components/dom_struct/lib.rs
+++ b/components/dom_struct/lib.rs
@@ -5,24 +5,19 @@
 #![feature(proc_macro)]
 
 extern crate proc_macro;
-#[macro_use] extern crate quote;
 
-use proc_macro::TokenStream;
+use proc_macro::{TokenStream, quote};
+use std::iter;
 
 #[proc_macro_attribute]
 pub fn dom_struct(args: TokenStream, input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    if !args.to_string().is_empty() {
+    if !args.is_empty() {
         panic!("#[dom_struct] takes no arguments");
     }
-    expand_string(&input.to_string()).parse().unwrap()
-}
-
-fn expand_string(input: &str) -> String {
-    let mut tokens = quote! {
+    let attributes = quote! {
         #[derive(DenyPublicFields, DomObject, HeapSizeOf, JSTraceable)]
         #[must_root]
         #[repr(C)]
     };
-    tokens.append(input);
-    tokens.to_string()
+    iter::once(attributes).chain(iter::once(input)).collect()
 }