diff --git a/components/gfx/display_list/mod.rs b/components/gfx/display_list/mod.rs
index 9dacfd41b72..2b5b8707780 100644
--- a/components/gfx/display_list/mod.rs
+++ b/components/gfx/display_list/mod.rs
@@ -109,14 +109,12 @@ impl DisplayList {
     /// `other` in the process.
     #[inline]
     pub fn append_from(&mut self, other: &mut DisplayList) {
-        servo_dlist::append_from(&mut self.background_and_borders,
-                                 &mut other.background_and_borders);
-        servo_dlist::append_from(&mut self.block_backgrounds_and_borders,
-                                 &mut other.block_backgrounds_and_borders);
-        servo_dlist::append_from(&mut self.floats, &mut other.floats);
-        servo_dlist::append_from(&mut self.content, &mut other.content);
-        servo_dlist::append_from(&mut self.outlines, &mut other.outlines);
-        servo_dlist::append_from(&mut self.children, &mut other.children);
+        self.background_and_borders.append(&mut other.background_and_borders);
+        self.block_backgrounds_and_borders.append(&mut other.block_backgrounds_and_borders);
+        self.floats.append(&mut other.floats);
+        self.content.append(&mut other.content);
+        self.outlines.append(&mut other.outlines);
+        self.children.append(&mut other.children);
     }
 
     /// Merges all display items from all non-float stacking levels to the `float` stacking level.
diff --git a/components/util/dlist.rs b/components/util/dlist.rs
index f22c07268ba..f6df1b3d127 100644
--- a/components/util/dlist.rs
+++ b/components/util/dlist.rs
@@ -71,55 +71,9 @@ pub fn split<T>(list: &mut DList<T>) -> DList<T> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Appends the items in the other list to this one, leaving the other list empty.
-#[inline]
-pub fn append_from<T>(this: &mut DList<T>, other: &mut DList<T>) {
-    unsafe {
-        let this = mem::transmute::<&mut DList<T>,&mut RawDList<T>>(this);
-        let other = mem::transmute::<&mut DList<T>,&mut RawDList<T>>(other);
-        if this.length == 0 {
-            this.head = mem::replace(&mut other.head, ptr::null_mut());
-            this.tail = mem::replace(&mut other.tail, ptr::null_mut());
-            this.length = mem::replace(&mut other.length, 0);
-            return
-        }
-
-        let old_other_head = mem::replace(&mut other.head, ptr::null_mut());
-        if old_other_head.is_null() {
-            return
-        }
-        (*old_other_head).prev = this.tail;
-        (*this.tail).next = old_other_head;
-
-        this.tail = mem::replace(&mut other.tail, ptr::null_mut());
-        this.length += other.length;
-        other.length = 0;
-    }
-}
-
 /// Prepends the items in the other list to this one, leaving the other list empty.
 #[inline]
 pub fn prepend_from<T>(this: &mut DList<T>, other: &mut DList<T>) {
-    unsafe {
-        let this = mem::transmute::<&mut DList<T>,&mut RawDList<T>>(this);
-        let other = mem::transmute::<&mut DList<T>,&mut RawDList<T>>(other);
-        if this.length == 0 {
-            this.head = mem::replace(&mut other.head, ptr::null_mut());
-            this.tail = mem::replace(&mut other.tail, ptr::null_mut());
-            this.length = mem::replace(&mut other.length, 0);
-            return
-        }
-
-        let old_other_tail = mem::replace(&mut other.tail, ptr::null_mut());
-        if old_other_tail.is_null() {
-            return
-        }
-        (*old_other_tail).next = this.head;
-        (*this.head).prev = old_other_tail;
-
-        this.head = mem::replace(&mut other.head, ptr::null_mut());
-        this.length += other.length;
-        other.length = 0;
-    }
+    other.append(this);
+    mem::swap(this, other);
 }
-