diff --git a/ports/cef/string_list.rs b/ports/cef/string_list.rs
index 2c1d4be17be..e10df59bc56 100644
--- a/ports/cef/string_list.rs
+++ b/ports/cef/string_list.rs
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ use types::{cef_string_list_t,cef_string_t};
 
 use rustc_unicode::str::Utf16Encoder;
 
-fn string_list_to_vec(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t) -> *mut Vec<String> {
-    lt as *mut Vec<String>
-}
-
 //cef_string_list
 
 #[no_mangle]
@@ -26,8 +22,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_alloc() -> *mut cef_string_list_t {
 pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_size(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t) -> c_int {
     unsafe {
         if lt.is_null() { return 0; }
-        let v = string_list_to_vec(lt);
-        (*v).len() as c_int
+        (*lt).len() as c_int
     }
 }
 
@@ -35,8 +30,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_size(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t) -> c_int {
 pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_append(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t, value: *const cef_string_t) {
     unsafe {
         if lt.is_null() { return; }
-        let v = string_list_to_vec(lt);
-        (*v).push(String::from_utf16(slice::from_raw_parts((*value).str, (*value).length as usize)).unwrap());
+        (*lt).push(String::from_utf16(slice::from_raw_parts((*value).str, (*value).length as usize)).unwrap());
     }
 }
 
@@ -44,9 +38,8 @@ pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_append(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t, value: *con
 pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_value(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t, index: c_int, value: *mut cef_string_t) -> c_int {
     unsafe {
         if index < 0 || lt.is_null() { return 0; }
-        let v = string_list_to_vec(lt);
-        if index as usize > (*v).len() - 1 { return 0; }
-        let ref string = (*v)[index as usize];
+        if index as usize > (*lt).len() - 1 { return 0; }
+        let ref string = (*lt)[index as usize];
         let utf16_chars: Vec<u16> = Utf16Encoder::new(string.chars()).collect();
         cef_string_utf16_set(mem::transmute(utf16_chars.as_ptr()), utf16_chars.len() as u64, value, 1)
     }
@@ -56,8 +49,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_value(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t, index: c_int
 pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_clear(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t) {
     unsafe {
         if lt.is_null() { return; }
-        let v = string_list_to_vec(lt);
-        (*v).clear();
+        (*lt).clear();
     }
 }
 
@@ -74,8 +66,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_free(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t) {
 pub extern "C" fn cef_string_list_copy(lt: *mut cef_string_list_t) -> *mut cef_string_list_t {
     unsafe {
         if lt.is_null() { return 0 as *mut cef_string_list_t; }
-        let v = string_list_to_vec(lt);
-        let copy = (*v).clone();
+        let copy = (*lt).clone();
         boxed::into_raw(box copy)
     }
 }