diff --git a/components/script/script_thread.rs b/components/script/script_thread.rs
index a576af4407e..3062f57e8b5 100644
--- a/components/script/script_thread.rs
+++ b/components/script/script_thread.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, Select, Sender, channel};
 use std::thread;
 use style::context::ReflowGoal;
 use style::thread_state;
-use task_source::dom_manipulation::{DOMManipulationTask, DOMManipulationTaskSource};
+use task_source::dom_manipulation::DOMManipulationTaskSource;
 use task_source::file_reading::FileReadingTaskSource;
 use task_source::history_traversal::HistoryTraversalTaskSource;
 use task_source::networking::NetworkingTaskSource;
@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ pub enum MainThreadScriptMsg {
     /// dispatched to ScriptThread). Allows for a replace bool to be passed. If true,
     /// the current entry will be replaced instead of a new entry being added.
     Navigate(PipelineId, LoadData, bool),
-    /// Tasks that originate from the DOM manipulation task source
-    DOMManipulation(DOMManipulationTask),
     /// Tasks that originate from the user interaction task source
     UserInteraction(UserInteractionTask),
     /// Notifies the script thread that a new worklet has been loaded, and thus the page should be
@@ -1298,8 +1296,6 @@ impl ScriptThread {
                 self.collect_reports(reports_chan),
             MainThreadScriptMsg::WorkletLoaded(pipeline_id) =>
                 self.handle_worklet_loaded(pipeline_id),
-            MainThreadScriptMsg::DOMManipulation(task) =>
-                task.handle_task(self),
             MainThreadScriptMsg::UserInteraction(task) =>
                 task.handle_task(self),
         }
diff --git a/components/script/task_source/dom_manipulation.rs b/components/script/task_source/dom_manipulation.rs
index 2ba5e297ade..18721539693 100644
--- a/components/script/task_source/dom_manipulation.rs
+++ b/components/script/task_source/dom_manipulation.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use dom::bindings::refcounted::Trusted;
 use dom::event::{EventBubbles, EventCancelable, EventRunnable, SimpleEventRunnable};
 use dom::eventtarget::EventTarget;
 use dom::window::Window;
-use script_thread::{MainThreadScriptMsg, Runnable, RunnableWrapper, ScriptThread};
+use script_runtime::{CommonScriptMsg, ScriptThreadEventCategory};
+use script_thread::{MainThreadScriptMsg, Runnable, RunnableWrapper};
 use servo_atoms::Atom;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::result::Result;
@@ -29,8 +30,11 @@ impl TaskSource for DOMManipulationTaskSource {
                              wrapper: &RunnableWrapper)
                              -> Result<(), ()>
                              where T: Runnable + Send + 'static {
-        let msg = DOMManipulationTask(wrapper.wrap_runnable(msg));
-        self.0.send(MainThreadScriptMsg::DOMManipulation(msg)).map_err(|_| ())
+        let msg = MainThreadScriptMsg::Common(CommonScriptMsg::RunnableMsg(
+            ScriptThreadEventCategory::ScriptEvent,
+            wrapper.wrap_runnable(msg),
+        ));
+        self.0.send(msg).map_err(|_| ())
     }
 }
 
@@ -60,17 +64,3 @@ impl DOMManipulationTaskSource {
         let _ = self.queue(runnable, window.upcast());
     }
 }
-
-pub struct DOMManipulationTask(pub Box<Runnable + Send>);
-
-impl fmt::Debug for DOMManipulationTask {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "DOMManipulationTask(...)")
-    }
-}
-
-impl DOMManipulationTask {
-    pub fn handle_task(self, script_thread: &ScriptThread) {
-        self.0.main_thread_handler(script_thread);
-    }
-}