diff --git a/src/components/net/resource_task.rs b/src/components/net/resource_task.rs
index 68a8e7d4981..c7c152d8e4d 100644
--- a/src/components/net/resource_task.rs
+++ b/src/components/net/resource_task.rs
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ pub fn start_sending(start_chan: Sender<LoadResponse>,
 
 /// Convenience function for synchronously loading a whole resource.
 pub fn load_whole_resource(resource_task: &ResourceTask, url: Url)
-        -> Result<(Metadata, ~[u8]), ()> {
+        -> Result<(Metadata, Vec<u8>), ()> {
     let (start_chan, start_port) = channel();
     resource_task.send(Load(url, start_chan));
     let response = start_port.recv();
 
-    let mut buf = ~[];
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
     loop {
         match response.progress_port.recv() {
             Payload(data) => buf.push_all(data.as_slice()),
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index b094dd4a280..927cefc284f 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ fn js_script_listener(to_parent: Sender<HtmlDiscoveryMessage>,
                     }
                     Ok((metadata, bytes)) => {
                         result_vec.push(JSFile {
-                            data: str::from_utf8(bytes).unwrap().to_owned(),
+                            data: str::from_utf8(bytes.as_slice()).unwrap().to_owned(),
                             url: metadata.final_url,
                         });
                     }