diff --git a/src/components/main/platform/common/glut_windowing.rs b/src/components/main/platform/common/glut_windowing.rs
index 00e3128e81a..9f9e59df101 100644
--- a/src/components/main/platform/common/glut_windowing.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/platform/common/glut_windowing.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl Drop for Application {
 pub struct Window {
     pub glut_window: glut::Window,
 
-    pub event_queue: RefCell<~[WindowEvent]>,
+    pub event_queue: RefCell<Vec<WindowEvent>>,
 
     pub drag_origin: Point2D<c_int>,
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl WindowMethods<Application> for Window {
         let window = Window {
             glut_window: glut_window,
 
-            event_queue: RefCell::new(~[]),
+            event_queue: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
 
             drag_origin: Point2D(0 as c_int, 0),