diff --git a/src/examples/server/apache_fake/main.rs b/src/examples/server/apache_fake/main.rs
index cecd3d2..619fe3f 100644
--- a/src/examples/server/apache_fake/main.rs
+++ b/src/examples/server/apache_fake/main.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 extern crate time;
 extern crate http;
 
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
-
 use std::io::net::ip::{SocketAddr, Ipv4Addr};
 use std::io::Writer;
 
diff --git a/src/examples/server/hello_world/main.rs b/src/examples/server/hello_world/main.rs
index a5ff7ec..3cdb66a 100644
--- a/src/examples/server/hello_world/main.rs
+++ b/src/examples/server/hello_world/main.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 extern crate time;
 extern crate http;
 
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
-
 use std::io::net::ip::{SocketAddr, Ipv4Addr};
 use std::io::Writer;
 
diff --git a/src/examples/server/info/main.rs b/src/examples/server/info/main.rs
index 9d8047f..d1b42be 100644
--- a/src/examples/server/info/main.rs
+++ b/src/examples/server/info/main.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 extern crate time;
 extern crate http;
 
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
-
 use std::io::net::ip::{SocketAddr, Ipv4Addr};
 use std::io::Writer;
 
diff --git a/src/examples/server/request_uri/main.rs b/src/examples/server/request_uri/main.rs
index 1ffd776..344ccce 100644
--- a/src/examples/server/request_uri/main.rs
+++ b/src/examples/server/request_uri/main.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 extern crate time;
 extern crate http;
 
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
-
 use std::io::net::ip::{SocketAddr, Ipv4Addr};
 use std::io::Writer;
 
diff --git a/src/http/buffer.rs b/src/http/buffer.rs
index 200b89b..869863f 100644
--- a/src/http/buffer.rs
+++ b/src/http/buffer.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::io::{IoResult, Stream};
 use std::cmp::min;
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
-use std::vec;
+use std::slice;
 use std::num::ToStrRadix;
 
 // 64KB chunks (moderately arbitrary)
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ impl<T: Reader> Reader for BufferedStream<T> {
             try!(self.fill_buffer());
         }
         let size = min(self.read_max - self.read_pos, buf.len());
-        vec::bytes::copy_memory(buf, self.read_buffer.slice_from(self.read_pos).slice_to(size));
+        slice::bytes::copy_memory(buf, self.read_buffer.slice_from(self.read_pos).slice_to(size));
         self.read_pos += size;
         Ok(size)
     }
diff --git a/src/http/headers/accept_ranges.rs b/src/http/headers/accept_ranges.rs
index 44b36b9..03e60b9 100644
--- a/src/http/headers/accept_ranges.rs
+++ b/src/http/headers/accept_ranges.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! The Accept-Ranges request header, defined in RFC 2616, Section 14.5.
 
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
 use std::io::IoResult;
 use std::ascii::StrAsciiExt;
 
diff --git a/src/http/headers/connection.rs b/src/http/headers/connection.rs
index bc892f9..7e5ff85 100644
--- a/src/http/headers/connection.rs
+++ b/src/http/headers/connection.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ impl super::HeaderConvertible for Connection {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_connection() {
-    use std::vec_ng::Vec;
     use headers::test_utils::{assert_conversion_correct,
                               assert_interpretation_correct,
                               assert_invalid};
diff --git a/src/http/headers/content_type.rs b/src/http/headers/content_type.rs
index 55af084..fb33ee6 100644
--- a/src/http/headers/content_type.rs
+++ b/src/http/headers/content_type.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! The Content-Type entity header, defined in RFC 2616, Section 14.17.
 use headers::serialization_utils::{push_parameters, WriterUtil};
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
 use std::io::IoResult;
 use std::fmt;
 
diff --git a/src/http/headers/mod.rs b/src/http/headers/mod.rs
index 4838129..25f856d 100644
--- a/src/http/headers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/http/headers/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 //! unknown headers are stored in a map in the traditional way.
 
 use url::Url;
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
 use std::io::IoResult;
 use time::{Tm, strptime};
 use rfc2616::{is_token_item, is_separator, CR, LF, SP, HT, COLON};
@@ -872,7 +871,6 @@ macro_rules! headers_mod {
             $attr;
 
             #[allow(unused_imports)];
-            use std::vec_ng::Vec;
             use std::io::IoResult;
             use time;
             use collections::treemap::{TreeMap, Entries};
diff --git a/src/http/headers/serialization_utils.rs b/src/http/headers/serialization_utils.rs
index c3ac7fd..d20c9aa 100644
--- a/src/http/headers/serialization_utils.rs
+++ b/src/http/headers/serialization_utils.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Utility functions for assisting with conversion of headers from and to the HTTP text form.
 
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
-use std::vec;
+use std::slice;
 use std::ascii::Ascii;
 use std::io::IoResult;
 use rfc2616::is_token;
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ use rfc2616::is_token;
 /// assert_eq!(normalise_header_name("FOO-BAR"), "Foo-Bar");
 /// ~~~
 pub fn normalise_header_name(name: &str) -> ~str {
-    let mut result: ~[Ascii] = vec::with_capacity(name.len());
+    let mut result: ~[Ascii] = slice::with_capacity(name.len());
     let mut capitalise = true;
     for c in name.chars() {
         let c = match capitalise {
@@ -217,7 +216,6 @@ pub fn push_parameters<K: Str, V: Str>(mut s: ~str, parameters: &[(K, V)]) -> ~s
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use std::vec_ng::Vec;
     use super::{normalise_header_name, comma_split, comma_split_iter, comma_join,
                 push_quality, push_parameter, push_parameters,
                 push_maybe_quoted_string, push_quoted_string, maybe_quoted_string, quoted_string,
diff --git a/src/http/headers/transfer_encoding.rs b/src/http/headers/transfer_encoding.rs
index c92dbd3..53a162a 100644
--- a/src/http/headers/transfer_encoding.rs
+++ b/src/http/headers/transfer_encoding.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 //!
 //! Transfer-Encoding       = "Transfer-Encoding" ":" 1#transfer-coding
 
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
 use std::ascii::StrAsciiExt;
 use std::io::IoResult;
 use headers::serialization_utils::{WriterUtil, push_parameters};
diff --git a/src/http/server/request.rs b/src/http/server/request.rs
index 336a914..8f14b22 100644
--- a/src/http/server/request.rs
+++ b/src/http/server/request.rs
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ impl Request {
         // Read body if its length is specified
         match request.headers.content_length {
             Some(length) => {
-                match buffer.read_bytes(length) {
+                match buffer.read_exact(length) {
                     Ok(body) => match str::from_utf8(body) {
                         Some(body_str) => request.body = body_str.to_owned(),
                         None => return (request, Err(status::BadRequest))
diff --git a/src/http/server/response.rs b/src/http/server/response.rs
index 16a23f5..4ca9ee7 100644
--- a/src/http/server/response.rs
+++ b/src/http/server/response.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::vec_ng::Vec;
 use std::io::IoResult;
 use std::io::net::tcp::TcpStream;