diff --git a/src/form_urlencoded.rs b/src/form_urlencoded.rs
index 4f0851a4b..5ea13e441 100644
--- a/src/form_urlencoded.rs
+++ b/src/form_urlencoded.rs
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ pub fn parse_bytes(input: &[u8], encoding_override: Option<EncodingRef>,
         } else {
             let (name, value) = match piece.position_elem(&b'=') {
                 Some(position) => (piece.slice_to(position), piece.slice_from(position + 1)),
-                None => {
-                    let tmp: (&[u8], &[u8]) = if isindex { (&[], piece) } else { (piece, &[]) };
-                    tmp
-                }
+                None => if isindex { ([].as_slice(), piece) } else { (piece, [].as_slice()) }
             };
             let name = replace_plus(name);
             let value = replace_plus(value);
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 779b85589..0a09b4d42 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ let issue_list_url = Url::parse(
 assert!(issue_list_url.scheme == "https".to_string());
 assert!(issue_list_url.domain() == Some("github.com"));
 assert!(issue_list_url.port() == None);
-assert!(issue_list_url.path() == Some(&["rust-lang".to_string(),
+assert!(issue_list_url.path() == Some(["rust-lang".to_string(),
                                         "rust".to_string(),
-                                        "issues".to_string()]));
+                                        "issues".to_string()].as_slice()));
 assert!(issue_list_url.query == Some("labels=E-easy&state=open".to_string()));
 assert!(issue_list_url.fragment == None);
 match issue_list_url.scheme_data {
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index 416c3f43f..3e11f4531 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ fn file_paths() {
 
     let mut url = Url::from_file_path(&path::posix::Path::new("/foo/bar")).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(url.host(), Some(&Domain("".to_string())));
-    assert_eq!(url.path(), Some(&["foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string()]));
+    assert_eq!(url.path(), Some(["foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string()].as_slice()));
     assert!(url.to_file_path() == Ok(path::posix::Path::new("/foo/bar")));
 
     *url.path_mut().unwrap().get_mut(1) = "ba\0r".to_string();
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ fn file_paths() {
 
     let mut url = Url::from_file_path(&path::windows::Path::new(r"C:\foo\bar")).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(url.host(), Some(&Domain("".to_string())));
-    assert_eq!(url.path(), Some(&["C:".to_string(), "foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string()]));
+    assert_eq!(url.path(), Some(["C:".to_string(), "foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string()].as_slice()));
     assert!(url.to_file_path::<path::windows::Path>()
             == Ok(path::windows::Path::new(r"C:\foo\bar")));
 
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ fn directory_paths() {
 
     let url = Url::from_directory_path(&path::posix::Path::new("/foo/bar")).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(url.host(), Some(&Domain("".to_string())));
-    assert_eq!(url.path(), Some(&["foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string(), "".to_string()]));
+    assert_eq!(url.path(), Some(["foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string(), "".to_string()].as_slice()));
 
     let url = Url::from_directory_path(&path::windows::Path::new(r"C:\foo\bar")).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(url.host(), Some(&Domain("".to_string())));
-    assert_eq!(url.path(), Some(&[
-        "C:".to_string(), "foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string(), "".to_string()]));
+    assert_eq!(url.path(), Some([
+        "C:".to_string(), "foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string(), "".to_string()].as_slice()));
 }