diff --git a/src/internal_macros.rs b/src/internal_macros.rs
index 69018a4..c159b30 100644
--- a/src/internal_macros.rs
+++ b/src/internal_macros.rs
@@ -82,15 +82,9 @@ macro_rules! impl_array_newtype {
         impl<'a> From<&'a [$ty]> for $thing {
             fn from(data: &'a [$ty]) -> $thing {
                 assert_eq!(data.len(), $len);
-                unsafe {
-                    use std::intrinsics::copy_nonoverlapping;
-                    use std::mem;
-                    let mut ret: $thing = mem::uninitialized();
-                    copy_nonoverlapping(data.as_ptr(),
-                                        ret.as_mut_ptr(),
-                                        $len);
-                    ret
-                }
+                let mut ret = [0; $len];
+                ret.copy_from_slice(&data[..]);
+                $thing(ret)
             }
         }
 
@@ -193,18 +187,15 @@ macro_rules! impl_array_newtype_encodable {
                     fn visit_seq<V>(&mut self, mut v: V) -> Result<$thing, V::Error>
                         where V: ::serde::de::SeqVisitor
                     {
-                        unsafe {
-                            use std::mem;
-                            let mut ret: [$ty; $len] = mem::uninitialized();
-                            for item in ret.iter_mut() {
-                                *item = match try!(v.visit()) {
-                                    Some(c) => c,
-                                    None => return Err(::serde::de::Error::end_of_stream())
-                                };
-                            }
-                            try!(v.end());
-                            Ok($thing(ret))
+                        let mut ret: [$ty; $len] = [0; $len];
+                        for item in ret.iter_mut() {
+                            *item = match try!(v.visit()) {
+                                Some(c) => c,
+                                None => return Err(::serde::de::Error::end_of_stream())
+                            };
                         }
+                        try!(v.end());
+                        Ok($thing(ret))
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/network/address.rs b/src/network/address.rs
index 6ac9373..0d9e18d 100644
--- a/src/network/address.rs
+++ b/src/network/address.rs
@@ -68,14 +68,10 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Address {
 
 impl Clone for Address {
     fn clone(&self) -> Address {
-        unsafe {
-            use std::intrinsics::copy_nonoverlapping;
-            use std::mem;
-            let mut ret = mem::uninitialized();
-            copy_nonoverlapping(self,
-                                &mut ret,
-                                mem::size_of::<Address>());
-            ret
+        Address {
+            services: self.services,
+            address: self.address,
+            port: self.port,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/util/hash.rs b/src/util/hash.rs
index cf6748f..39783d7 100644
--- a/src/util/hash.rs
+++ b/src/util/hash.rs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ impl Sha256dHash {
         }
 
         let bytes = s.as_bytes();
-        let mut ret: [u8; 32] = unsafe { mem::uninitialized() };
+        let mut ret = [0; 32];
         for i in 0..32 {
            let hi = match bytes[2*i] {
                b @ b'0'...b'9' => (b - b'0') as u8,
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ impl serde::Serialize for Sha256dHash {
             where S: serde::Serializer,
     {
         unsafe {
-            use std::{char, mem, str};
+            use std::{char, str};
 
-            let mut string: [u8; 64] = mem::uninitialized();
+            let mut string = [0; 64];
             for i in 0..32 {
                 string[2 * i] = char::from_digit((self.0[31 - i] / 0x10) as u32, 16).unwrap() as u8;
                 string[2 * i + 1] = char::from_digit((self.0[31 - i] & 0x0f) as u32, 16).unwrap() as u8;