diff --git a/components/script/dom/htmlinputelement.rs b/components/script/dom/htmlinputelement.rs
index d0facdaa1a5..e02d43c8278 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/htmlinputelement.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/htmlinputelement.rs
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ impl VirtualMethods for HTMLInputElement {
                 self.radio_group_updated(
                     mutation.new_value(attr).as_ref().map(|value| &***value));
             },
-            name if name == &Atom::from_slice("placeholder") => {
+            &atom!(placeholder) => {
                 let mut placeholder = self.placeholder.borrow_mut();
                 placeholder.clear();
                 if let AttributeMutation::Set(_) = mutation {
diff --git a/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs b/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs
index c70a0d3541b..815ef46ea64 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ use net_traits::{Metadata, AsyncResponseListener, AsyncResponseTarget};
 use std::cell::{RefCell, Cell};
 use std::mem;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use string_cache::Atom;
 use url::{Url, UrlParser};
 use util::str::{DOMString, HTML_SPACE_CHARACTERS, StaticStringVec};
 
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ impl HTMLScriptElement {
 
         // Step 12.
         let for_attribute = element.get_attribute(&ns!(""), &atom!("for"));
-        let event_attribute = element.get_attribute(&ns!(""), &Atom::from_slice("event"));
+        let event_attribute = element.get_attribute(&ns!(""), &atom!("event"));
         match (for_attribute.r(), event_attribute.r()) {
             (Some(for_attribute), Some(event_attribute)) => {
                 let for_value = for_attribute.value().to_ascii_lowercase();
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@ impl HTMLScriptElement {
         }
 
         // Step 13.
-        if let Some(ref charset) = element.get_attribute(&ns!(""), &Atom::from_slice("charset")) {
+        if let Some(ref charset) = element.get_attribute(&ns!(""), &atom!("charset")) {
             if let Some(encodingRef) = encoding_from_whatwg_label(&charset.r().Value()) {
                 *self.block_character_encoding.borrow_mut() = encodingRef;
             }
diff --git a/components/style/properties.mako.rs b/components/style/properties.mako.rs
index 879a2aea195..5b4d765fa08 100644
--- a/components/style/properties.mako.rs
+++ b/components/style/properties.mako.rs
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ pub mod longhands {
 
         #[inline]
         pub fn get_initial_value() -> computed_value::T {
-            computed_value::T(vec![FontFamily::FamilyName(Atom::from_slice("serif"))])
+            computed_value::T(vec![FontFamily::FamilyName(atom!("serif"))])
         }
         /// <family-name>#
         /// <family-name> = <string> | [ <ident>+ ]