diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/document.rs b/src/components/script/dom/document.rs
index 4b026fdf1b9..442f07a29d1 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/document.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/document.rs
@@ -386,10 +386,9 @@ impl Document {
                     }
                 });
         });
-        let v: ~[&str] = title.words().collect();
-        title = v.connect(" ");
-        title = title.trim().to_owned();
-        title
+        let v: Vec<&str> = title.words().collect();
+        let title = v.connect(" ");
+        title.trim().to_owned()
     }
 
     // http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#document.title
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/element.rs b/src/components/script/dom/element.rs
index 54aa1206efa..0e94f3663a0 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/element.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/element.rs
@@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ pub fn get_attribute_parts(name: DOMString) -> (Option<~str>, ~str) {
     //FIXME: Throw for XML-invalid names
     //FIXME: Throw for XMLNS-invalid names
     let (prefix, local_name) = if name.contains(":")  {
-        let parts: ~[&str] = name.splitn(':', 1).collect();
-        (Some(parts[0].to_owned()), parts[1].to_owned())
+        let mut parts = name.splitn(':', 1);
+        (Some(parts.next().unwrap().to_owned()), parts.next().unwrap().to_owned())
     } else {
         (None, name)
     };
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/htmlcollection.rs b/src/components/script/dom/htmlcollection.rs
index 5d5f7de0ae0..48b523e4fc2 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/htmlcollection.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/htmlcollection.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl HTMLCollection {
     pub fn by_class_name(window: &JS<Window>, root: &JS<Node>, classes: DOMString)
                          -> JS<HTMLCollection> {
         struct ClassNameFilter {
-            classes: ~[DOMString]
+            classes: Vec<DOMString>
         }
         impl CollectionFilter for ClassNameFilter {
             fn filter(&self, elem: &JS<Element>, _root: &JS<Node>) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index e6347f459ae..13cececb86a 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub struct JSFile {
     pub url: Url
 }
 
-pub type JSResult = ~[JSFile];
+pub type JSResult = Vec<JSFile>;
 
 enum CSSMessage {
     CSSTaskNewFile(StylesheetProvenance),
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ spawned, collates them, and sends them to the given result channel.
 */
 fn css_link_listener(to_parent: Sender<HtmlDiscoveryMessage>,
                      from_parent: Receiver<CSSMessage>) {
-    let mut result_vec = ~[];
+    let mut result_vec = vec!();
 
     loop {
         match from_parent.recv_opt() {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fn css_link_listener(to_parent: Sender<HtmlDiscoveryMessage>,
 fn js_script_listener(to_parent: Sender<HtmlDiscoveryMessage>,
                       from_parent: Receiver<JSMessage>,
                       resource_task: ResourceTask) {
-    let mut result_vec = ~[];
+    let mut result_vec = vec!();
 
     loop {
         match from_parent.recv_opt() {
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ pub fn parse_html(page: &Page,
                         js_chan2.send(JSTaskNewFile(new_url));
                     }
                     None => {
-                        let mut data = ~[];
+                        let mut data = vec!();
                         let scriptnode: JS<Node> = NodeCast::from(&script);
                         debug!("iterating over children {:?}", scriptnode.first_child());
                         for child in scriptnode.children() {
diff --git a/src/components/script/script_task.rs b/src/components/script/script_task.rs
index 49b26affa63..43d1fd49b26 100644
--- a/src/components/script/script_task.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/script_task.rs
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ impl ScriptTask {
     fn handle_msgs(&self) -> bool {
         // Handle pending resize events.
         // Gather them first to avoid a double mut borrow on self.
-        let mut resizes = ~[];
+        let mut resizes = vec!();
 
         {
             let mut page_tree = self.page_tree.borrow_mut();
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ impl ScriptTask {
         }
 
         // Store new resizes, and gather all other events.
-        let mut sequential = ~[];
+        let mut sequential = vec!();
 
         // Receive at least one message so we don't spinloop.
         let mut event = self.port.recv();