diff --git a/src/components/main/layout/layout_task.rs b/src/components/main/layout/layout_task.rs
index e21cd7a52c8..ea4cd79c1ea 100644
--- a/src/components/main/layout/layout_task.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/layout/layout_task.rs
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ impl LayoutTask {
                     }
                 }
 
-                let mut boxes = vec!();
+                let mut boxes = Vec::new();
                 match self.display_list {
                     None => fail!("no display list!"),
                     Some(ref display_list) => {