diff --git a/src/components/gfx/font_list.rs b/src/components/gfx/font_list.rs
index ceda9619eb5..686d72d1ad6 100644
--- a/src/components/gfx/font_list.rs
+++ b/src/components/gfx/font_list.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub type FontFamilyMap = HashMap<~str, FontFamily>;
 trait FontListHandleMethods {
     fn get_available_families(&self, fctx: &FontContextHandle) -> FontFamilyMap;
     fn load_variations_for_family(&self, family: &mut FontFamily);
-    fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> ~[~str];
+    fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> Vec<~str>;
 }
 
 /// The platform-independent font list abstraction.
@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@ impl FontList {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> ~[~str] {
-        let last_resort = FontListHandle::get_last_resort_font_families();
-        last_resort
+    pub fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> Vec<~str> {
+        FontListHandle::get_last_resort_font_families()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/gfx/platform/android/font_list.rs b/src/components/gfx/platform/android/font_list.rs
index 90bfcf0e481..8d5649096b7 100644
--- a/src/components/gfx/platform/android/font_list.rs
+++ b/src/components/gfx/platform/android/font_list.rs
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ impl FontListHandle {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> ~[~str] {
-        ~["Roboto".to_owned()]
+    pub fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> Vec<~str> {
+        vec!("Roboto".to_owned())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/gfx/platform/linux/font_list.rs b/src/components/gfx/platform/linux/font_list.rs
index cb3bcc5ed16..d64c90e9db9 100644
--- a/src/components/gfx/platform/linux/font_list.rs
+++ b/src/components/gfx/platform/linux/font_list.rs
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ impl FontListHandle {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> ~[~str] {
-        ~["Arial".to_owned()]
+    pub fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> Vec<~str> {
+        vec!("Arial".to_owned())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/gfx/platform/macos/font_list.rs b/src/components/gfx/platform/macos/font_list.rs
index a260cf23c4f..9171bd3d0f6 100644
--- a/src/components/gfx/platform/macos/font_list.rs
+++ b/src/components/gfx/platform/macos/font_list.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl FontListHandle {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> ~[~str] {
-        ~["Arial Unicode MS".to_owned(),"Arial".to_owned()]
+    pub fn get_last_resort_font_families() -> Vec<~str> {
+        vec!("Arial Unicode MS".to_owned(), "Arial".to_owned())
     }
 }