diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
index 12038898a9d..84d6ebd83c7 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
@@ -227,12 +227,11 @@ mod test {
     use super::*;
     use std::serialize::Encodable;
     use std;
-    use core::dvec;
     use core::str;
     use util::testing::*;
 
     #[test] fn to_json_str (val: Encodable<std::json::Encoder>) -> ~str {
-        let bw = @io::BytesWriter {bytes: dvec::DVec(), pos: 0};
+        let bw = @io::BytesWriter();
         val.encode(~std::json::Encoder(bw as io::Writer));
         str::from_bytes(bw.bytes.data)
     }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 41ccf39e2ce..c9ca28768db 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ use print::pprust::expr_to_str;
 use util::interner::Interner;
 
 use core::cmp;
-use core::dvec::DVec;
-use core::dvec;
 use core::either::{Either, Left, Right};
 use core::either;
 use core::result::Result;
@@ -1323,11 +1321,11 @@ pub impl Parser {
     }
 
     fn parse_all_token_trees() -> ~[token_tree] {
-        let tts = DVec();
+        let mut tts = ~[];
         while self.token != token::EOF {
             tts.push(self.parse_token_tree());
         }
-        tts.get()
+        tts
     }
 
     fn parse_matchers() -> ~[matcher] {
@@ -3954,7 +3952,7 @@ pub impl Parser {
             VIEW_ITEMS_AND_ITEMS_ALLOWED | IMPORTS_AND_ITEMS_ALLOWED => false
         };
 
-        let (view_items, items, foreign_items) = (DVec(), DVec(), DVec());
+        let mut (view_items, items, foreign_items) = (~[], ~[], ~[]);
         loop {
             match self.parse_item_or_view_item(attrs, items_allowed,
                                                foreign_items_allowed,
@@ -3986,9 +3984,9 @@ pub impl Parser {
         }
 
         {attrs_remaining: attrs,
-         view_items: dvec::unwrap(move view_items),
-         items: dvec::unwrap(move items),
-         foreign_items: dvec::unwrap(move foreign_items)}
+         view_items: view_items,
+         items: items,
+         foreign_items: foreign_items}
     }
 
     // Parses a source module as a crate