diff --git a/src/android/mod.rs b/src/android/mod.rs
index 30e6c087..bcf08ad4 100644
--- a/src/android/mod.rs
+++ b/src/android/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use events::ElementState::{Pressed, Released};
 use events::Event::{MouseInput, MouseMoved};
 use events::MouseButton;
 
-use std::collections::RingBuf;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 
 use Api;
 use BuilderAttribs;
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ pub struct MonitorID;
 
 mod ffi;
 
-pub fn get_available_monitors() -> RingBuf <MonitorID> {
-    let mut rb = RingBuf::new();
+pub fn get_available_monitors() -> VecDeque <MonitorID> {
+    let mut rb = VecDeque::new();
     rb.push_back(MonitorID);
     rb
 }
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ impl Window {
 
     pub fn get_proc_address(&self, addr: &str) -> *const () {
         let addr = CString::from_slice(addr.as_bytes());
-        let addr = addr.as_slice_with_nul().as_ptr();
+        let addr = addr.as_ptr();
         unsafe {
             ffi::egl::GetProcAddress(addr) as *const ()
         }
diff --git a/src/cocoa/mod.rs b/src/cocoa/mod.rs
index 5d7bcd97..12f7a06f 100644
--- a/src/cocoa/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cocoa/mod.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::ffi::{CString, c_str_to_bytes};
 use std::mem;
 use std::ptr;
-use std::collections::RingBuf;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::str::from_utf8;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static mut ctrl_pressed: bool = false;
 static mut win_pressed: bool = false;
 static mut alt_pressed: bool = false;
 
-struct DelegateState<'a> {
+struct DelegateState {
     is_closed: bool,
     context: id,
     view: id,
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ pub struct Window {
     is_closed: Cell<bool>,
 
     /// Events that have been retreived with XLib but not dispatched with iterators yet
-    pending_events: Mutex<RingBuf<Event>>,
+    pending_events: Mutex<VecDeque<Event>>,
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "window")]
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for PollEventsIterator<'a> {
                                     (scale_factor * (view_rect.size.height - view_point.y) as f32) as i32)))
                 },
                 NSKeyDown               => {
-                    let mut events = RingBuf::new();
+                    let mut events = VecDeque::new();
                     let received_c_str = event.characters().UTF8String();
                     let received_str = CString::from_slice(c_str_to_bytes(&received_c_str));
                     for received_char in from_utf8(received_str.as_bytes()).unwrap().chars() {
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for PollEventsIterator<'a> {
                     Some(KeyboardInput(Released, NSEvent::keyCode(event) as u8, vkey))
                 },
                 NSFlagsChanged          => {
-                    let mut events = RingBuf::new();
+                    let mut events = VecDeque::new();
                     let shift_modifier = Window::modifier_event(event, appkit::NSShiftKeyMask, events::VirtualKeyCode::LShift, shift_pressed);
                     if shift_modifier.is_some() {
                         shift_pressed = !shift_pressed;
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ impl Window {
             resize: None,
 
             is_closed: Cell::new(false),
-            pending_events: Mutex::new(RingBuf::new()),
+            pending_events: Mutex::new(VecDeque::new()),
         };
 
         Ok(window)
diff --git a/src/cocoa/monitor.rs b/src/cocoa/monitor.rs
index 912c02d1..47adc031 100644
--- a/src/cocoa/monitor.rs
+++ b/src/cocoa/monitor.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use core_graphics::display;
-use std::collections::RingBuf;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 
 pub struct MonitorID(u32);
 
-pub fn get_available_monitors() -> RingBuf<MonitorID> {
-    let mut monitors = RingBuf::new();
+pub fn get_available_monitors() -> VecDeque<MonitorID> {
+    let mut monitors = VecDeque::new();
     unsafe {
         let max_displays = 10u32;
         let mut active_displays = [0u32; 10];
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub fn get_available_monitors() -> RingBuf<MonitorID> {
         display::CGGetActiveDisplayList(max_displays,
                                                         &mut active_displays[0],
                                                         &mut display_count);
-        for i in range(0us, display_count as usize) {
+        for i in range(0, display_count as usize) {
             monitors.push_back(MonitorID(active_displays[i]));
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/win32/init.rs b/src/win32/init.rs
index 246a6b79..53fbc96e 100644
--- a/src/win32/init.rs
+++ b/src/win32/init.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ fn init(title: Vec<u16>, builder: BuilderAttribs<'static>, builder_sharelists: O
             use libc;
 
             let addr = CString::from_slice(addr.as_bytes());
-            let addr = addr.as_slice_with_nul().as_ptr();
+            let addr = addr.as_ptr();
 
             unsafe {
                 gl::wgl::GetProcAddress(addr) as *const libc::c_void
diff --git a/src/win32/mod.rs b/src/win32/mod.rs
index cfb573a4..4846d59f 100644
--- a/src/win32/mod.rs
+++ b/src/win32/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 use std::ptr;
 use std::ffi::CString;
-use std::collections::RingBuf;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
 use libc;
 use {CreationError, Event, MouseCursor};
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl Window {
     /// See the docs in the crate root file.
     pub fn get_proc_address(&self, addr: &str) -> *const () {
         let addr = CString::from_slice(addr.as_bytes());
-        let addr = addr.as_slice_with_nul().as_ptr();
+        let addr = addr.as_ptr();
 
         unsafe {
             let p = gl::wgl::GetProcAddress(addr) as *const ();
diff --git a/src/win32/monitor.rs b/src/win32/monitor.rs
index bcf27e2e..fc9f20d0 100644
--- a/src/win32/monitor.rs
+++ b/src/win32/monitor.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use winapi;
 use user32;
 
-use std::collections::RingBuf;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 
 /// Win32 implementation of the main `MonitorID` object.
 pub struct MonitorID {
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ pub struct MonitorID {
 }
 
 /// Win32 implementation of the main `get_available_monitors` function.
-pub fn get_available_monitors() -> RingBuf<MonitorID> {
+pub fn get_available_monitors() -> VecDeque<MonitorID> {
     use std::{iter, mem, ptr};
 
     // return value
-    let mut result = RingBuf::new();
+    let mut result = VecDeque::new();
 
     // enumerating the devices is done by querying device 0, then device 1, then device 2, etc.
     //  until the query function returns null
diff --git a/src/window.rs b/src/window.rs
index 56f3410c..f82fa4f9 100644
--- a/src/window.rs
+++ b/src/window.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::ring_buf::IntoIter as RingBufIter;
+use std::collections::vec_deque::IntoIter as VecDequeIter;
 use std::default::Default;
 
 use Api;
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for WaitEventsIterator<'a> {
 // Implementation note: we retreive the list once, then serve each element by one by one.
 // This may change in the future.
 pub struct AvailableMonitorsIter {
-    data: RingBufIter<winimpl::MonitorID>,
+    data: VecDequeIter<winimpl::MonitorID>,
 }
 
 impl Iterator for AvailableMonitorsIter {
diff --git a/src/x11/headless.rs b/src/x11/headless.rs
index 20d86e3a..ca47414a 100644
--- a/src/x11/headless.rs
+++ b/src/x11/headless.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use super::ffi;
 fn with_c_str<F, T>(s: &str, f: F) -> T where F: FnOnce(*const libc::c_char) -> T {
     use std::ffi::CString;
     let c_str = CString::from_slice(s.as_bytes());
-    f(c_str.as_slice_with_nul().as_ptr())    
+    f(c_str.as_ptr())    
 }
 
 pub struct HeadlessContext {
diff --git a/src/x11/window/mod.rs b/src/x11/window/mod.rs
index faeea3e8..8664b4a7 100644
--- a/src/x11/window/mod.rs
+++ b/src/x11/window/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use libc;
 use std::{mem, ptr};
 use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
-use std::collections::RingBuf;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use super::ffi;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, Once, ONCE_INIT, Weak};
 use std::sync::{StaticMutex, MUTEX_INIT};
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn ensure_thread_init() {
 fn with_c_str<F, T>(s: &str, f: F) -> T where F: FnOnce(*const libc::c_char) -> T {
     use std::ffi::CString;
     let c_str = CString::from_slice(s.as_bytes());
-    f(c_str.as_slice_with_nul().as_ptr())
+    f(c_str.as_ptr())
 }
 
 struct XWindow {
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ pub struct Window {
     wm_delete_window: ffi::Atom,
     current_size: Cell<(libc::c_int, libc::c_int)>,
     /// Events that have been retreived with XLib but not dispatched with iterators yet
-    pending_events: Mutex<RingBuf<Event>>,
+    pending_events: Mutex<VecDeque<Event>>,
 }
 
 impl Window {
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ impl Window {
             is_closed: AtomicBool::new(false),
             wm_delete_window: wm_delete_window,
             current_size: Cell::new((0, 0)),
-            pending_events: Mutex::new(RingBuf::new()),
+            pending_events: Mutex::new(VecDeque::new()),
         };
 
         // returning
diff --git a/src/x11/window/monitor.rs b/src/x11/window/monitor.rs
index 3c188b6d..77ac4ec1 100644
--- a/src/x11/window/monitor.rs
+++ b/src/x11/window/monitor.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use std::ptr;
-use std::collections::RingBuf;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use super::super::ffi;
 use super::ensure_thread_init;
 
 pub struct MonitorID(pub u32);
 
-pub fn get_available_monitors() -> RingBuf<MonitorID> {
+pub fn get_available_monitors() -> VecDeque<MonitorID> {
     ensure_thread_init();
     let nb_monitors = unsafe {
         let display = ffi::XOpenDisplay(ptr::null());
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub fn get_available_monitors() -> RingBuf<MonitorID> {
         nb_monitors
     };
 
-    let mut monitors = RingBuf::new();
+    let mut monitors = VecDeque::new();
     monitors.extend(range(0, nb_monitors).map(|i| MonitorID(i as u32)));
     monitors
 }