diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 00d0a603..86139a95 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ typeable = "*"
 cookie = "*"
 time = "*"
 mucell = "*"
+log = "*"
+rustc-serialize = "*"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 curl = "*"
diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
index 57e27883..04bd8ef4 100644
--- a/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ mod tests {
         client.set_redirect_policy(RedirectPolicy::FollowAll);
 
         let res = client.get("http://127.0.0.1").send().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(res.headers.get(), Some(&Server("mock3".into_string())));
+        assert_eq!(res.headers.get(), Some(&Server("mock3".to_string())));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut client = Client::with_connector(MockRedirectPolicy);
         client.set_redirect_policy(RedirectPolicy::FollowNone);
         let res = client.get("http://127.0.0.1").send().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(res.headers.get(), Some(&Server("mock1".into_string())));
+        assert_eq!(res.headers.get(), Some(&Server("mock1".to_string())));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut client = Client::with_connector(MockRedirectPolicy);
         client.set_redirect_policy(RedirectPolicy::FollowIf(follow_if));
         let res = client.get("http://127.0.0.1").send().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(res.headers.get(), Some(&Server("mock2".into_string())));
+        assert_eq!(res.headers.get(), Some(&Server("mock2".to_string())));
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/header/common/accept.rs b/src/header/common/accept.rs
index 3080ebbd..bfa847ff 100644
--- a/src/header/common/accept.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/accept.rs
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ impl Header for Accept {
         let mut mimes: Vec<Mime> = vec![];
         for mimes_raw in raw.iter() {
             match from_utf8(mimes_raw.as_slice()) {
-                Some(mimes_str) => {
+                Ok(mimes_str) => {
                     for mime_str in mimes_str.split(',') {
-                        match from_str(mime_str.trim()) {
+                        match mime_str.trim().parse() {
                             Some(mime) => mimes.push(mime),
                             None => return None
                         }
                     }
                 },
-                None => return None
+                Err(_) => return None
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/src/header/common/authorization.rs b/src/header/common/authorization.rs
index b6708b95..0b953f8f 100644
--- a/src/header/common/authorization.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/authorization.rs
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ impl<S: Scheme> Header for Authorization<S> {
     fn parse_header(raw: &[Vec<u8>]) -> Option<Authorization<S>> {
         if raw.len() == 1 {
             match (from_utf8(unsafe { raw[].unsafe_get(0)[] }), Scheme::scheme(None::<S>)) {
-                (Some(header), Some(scheme))
+                (Ok(header), Some(scheme))
                     if header.starts_with(scheme) && header.len() > scheme.len() + 1 => {
-                    from_str::<S>(header[scheme.len() + 1..]).map(|s| Authorization(s))
+                    header[scheme.len() + 1..].parse::<S>().map(|s| Authorization(s))
                 },
-                (Some(header), None) => from_str::<S>(header).map(|s| Authorization(s)),
+                (Ok(header), None) => header.parse::<S>().map(|s| Authorization(s)),
                 _ => None
             }
         } else {
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ impl FromStr for Basic {
                 Ok(text) => {
                     let mut parts = text[].split(':');
                     let user = match parts.next() {
-                        Some(part) => part.into_string(),
+                        Some(part) => part.to_string(),
                         None => return None
                     };
                     let password = match parts.next() {
-                        Some(part) => Some(part.into_string()),
+                        Some(part) => Some(part.to_string()),
                         None => None
                     };
                     Some(Basic {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_raw_auth() {
         let mut headers = Headers::new();
-        headers.set(Authorization("foo bar baz".into_string()));
+        headers.set(Authorization("foo bar baz".to_string()));
         assert_eq!(headers.to_string(), "Authorization: foo bar baz\r\n".to_string());
     }
 
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_basic_auth() {
         let mut headers = Headers::new();
-        headers.set(Authorization(Basic { username: "Aladdin".into_string(), password: Some("open sesame".into_string()) }));
-        assert_eq!(headers.to_string(), "Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==\r\n".into_string());
+        headers.set(Authorization(Basic { username: "Aladdin".to_string(), password: Some("open sesame".to_string()) }));
+        assert_eq!(headers.to_string(), "Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==\r\n".to_string());
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/header/common/cache_control.rs b/src/header/common/cache_control.rs
index 1844c82b..83e04b08 100644
--- a/src/header/common/cache_control.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/cache_control.rs
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ impl FromStr for CacheDirective {
             "" => None,
             _ => match s.find('=') {
                 Some(idx) if idx+1 < s.len() => match (s[..idx], s[idx+1..].trim_chars('"')) {
-                    ("max-age" , secs) => from_str::<uint>(secs).map(MaxAge),
-                    ("max-stale", secs) => from_str::<uint>(secs).map(MaxStale),
-                    ("min-fresh", secs) => from_str::<uint>(secs).map(MinFresh),
-                    ("s-maxage", secs) => from_str::<uint>(secs).map(SMaxAge),
-                    (left, right) => Some(Extension(left.into_string(), Some(right.into_string())))
+                    ("max-age" , secs) => secs.parse().map(MaxAge),
+                    ("max-stale", secs) => secs.parse().map(MaxStale),
+                    ("min-fresh", secs) => secs.parse().map(MinFresh),
+                    ("s-maxage", secs) => secs.parse().map(SMaxAge),
+                    (left, right) => Some(Extension(left.to_string(), Some(right.to_string())))
                 },
                 Some(_) => None,
-                None => Some(Extension(s.into_string(), None))
+                None => Some(Extension(s.to_string(), None))
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/header/common/cookie.rs b/src/header/common/cookie.rs
index a4717995..46b53d82 100644
--- a/src/header/common/cookie.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/cookie.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use header::{Header, HeaderFormat};
 use std::fmt::{mod, Show};
-use std::str::{from_utf8, from_str};
+use std::str::from_utf8;
 
 use cookie::Cookie;
 use cookie::CookieJar;
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ impl Header for Cookies {
         let mut cookies = Vec::with_capacity(raw.len());
         for cookies_raw in raw.iter() {
             match from_utf8(cookies_raw[]) {
-                Some(cookies_str) => {
+                Ok(cookies_str) => {
                     for cookie_str in cookies_str.split(';') {
-                        match from_str(cookie_str.trim()) {
+                        match cookie_str.trim().parse() {
                             Some(cookie) => cookies.push(cookie),
                             None => return None
                         }
                     }
                 },
-                None => return None
+                Err(_) => return None
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/src/header/common/etag.rs b/src/header/common/etag.rs
index 74a355d3..bddbf02e 100644
--- a/src/header/common/etag.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/etag.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl Header for Etag {
                 if check_slice_validity(slice.slice_chars(1, length-1)) {
                     return Some(Etag {
                         weak: false,
-                        tag: slice.slice_chars(1, length-1).into_string()
+                        tag: slice.slice_chars(1, length-1).to_string()
                     });
                 } else {
                     return None;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl Header for Etag {
                 if check_slice_validity(slice.slice_chars(3, length-1)) {
                     return Some(Etag {
                         weak: true,
-                        tag: slice.slice_chars(3, length-1).into_string()
+                        tag: slice.slice_chars(3, length-1).to_string()
                     });
                 } else {
                     return None;
@@ -100,31 +100,31 @@ mod tests {
         etag = Header::parse_header([b"\"foobar\"".to_vec()].as_slice());
         assert_eq!(etag, Some(Etag {
             weak: false,
-            tag: "foobar".into_string()
+            tag: "foobar".to_string()
         }));
 
         etag = Header::parse_header([b"\"\"".to_vec()].as_slice());
         assert_eq!(etag, Some(Etag {
             weak: false,
-            tag: "".into_string()
+            tag: "".to_string()
         }));
 
         etag = Header::parse_header([b"W/\"weak-etag\"".to_vec()].as_slice());
         assert_eq!(etag, Some(Etag {
             weak: true,
-            tag: "weak-etag".into_string()
+            tag: "weak-etag".to_string()
         }));
 
         etag = Header::parse_header([b"W/\"\x65\x62\"".to_vec()].as_slice());
         assert_eq!(etag, Some(Etag {
             weak: true,
-            tag: "\u{0065}\u{0062}".into_string()
+            tag: "\u{0065}\u{0062}".to_string()
         }));
 
         etag = Header::parse_header([b"W/\"\"".to_vec()].as_slice());
         assert_eq!(etag, Some(Etag {
             weak: true,
-            tag: "".into_string()
+            tag: "".to_string()
         }));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/header/common/host.rs b/src/header/common/host.rs
index dd1554e9..3f14d658 100644
--- a/src/header/common/host.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/host.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl Header for Host {
             };
 
             let port = match idx {
-                Some(idx) => from_str::<u16>(s[].slice_from(idx + 1)),
+                Some(idx) => s[].slice_from(idx + 1).parse(),
                 None => None
             };
 
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_host() {
         let host = Header::parse_header([b"foo.com".to_vec()].as_slice());
         assert_eq!(host, Some(Host {
-            hostname: "foo.com".into_string(),
+            hostname: "foo.com".to_string(),
             port: None
         }));
 
 
         let host = Header::parse_header([b"foo.com:8080".to_vec()].as_slice());
         assert_eq!(host, Some(Host {
-            hostname: "foo.com".into_string(),
+            hostname: "foo.com".to_string(),
             port: Some(8080)
         }));
     }
diff --git a/src/header/common/set_cookie.rs b/src/header/common/set_cookie.rs
index aee732d1..faa50f51 100644
--- a/src/header/common/set_cookie.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/set_cookie.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ impl Header for SetCookie {
         let mut set_cookies = Vec::with_capacity(raw.len());
         for set_cookies_raw in raw.iter() {
             match from_utf8(set_cookies_raw[]) {
-                Some(s) if !s.is_empty() => {
-                    match from_str(s) {
+                Ok(s) if !s.is_empty() => {
+                    match s.parse() {
                         Some(cookie) => set_cookies.push(cookie),
                         None => ()
                     }
diff --git a/src/header/common/util.rs b/src/header/common/util.rs
index b6bb4d3c..0d272463 100644
--- a/src/header/common/util.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/util.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ pub fn from_one_raw_str<T: FromStr>(raw: &[Vec<u8>]) -> Option<T> {
     }
     // we JUST checked that raw.len() == 1, so raw[0] WILL exist.
     match from_utf8(unsafe { raw[].unsafe_get(0)[] }) {
-        Some(s) => FromStr::from_str(s),
-        None => None
+        Ok(s) => FromStr::from_str(s),
+        Err(_) => None
     }
 }
 
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ pub fn from_comma_delimited<T: FromStr>(raw: &[Vec<u8>]) -> Option<Vec<T>> {
 /// Reads a comma-delimited raw string into a Vec.
 pub fn from_one_comma_delimited<T: FromStr>(raw: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<T>> {
     match from_utf8(raw) {
-        Some(s) => {
+        Ok(s) => {
             Some(s.as_slice()
                  .split([',', ' '].as_slice())
-                 .filter_map(from_str)
+                 .filter_map(FromStr::from_str)
                  .collect())
         }
-        None => None
+        Err(_) => None
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/header/common/vary.rs b/src/header/common/vary.rs
index 9b548189..40d4fa60 100644
--- a/src/header/common/vary.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/vary.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl HeaderFormat for Vary {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::Vary;
-    use header::{Header, CaseInsensitive};
+    use header::Header;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_vary() {
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(vary, Some(Vary::Any));
 
         vary = Header::parse_header([b"etag,cookie,allow".to_vec()].as_slice());
-        assert_eq!(vary, Some(Vary::Headers(vec![from_str::<CaseInsensitive>("eTag").unwrap(),
-                                                 from_str::<CaseInsensitive>("cookIE").unwrap(),
-                                                 from_str::<CaseInsensitive>("AlLOw").unwrap(),])));
+        assert_eq!(vary, Some(Vary::Headers(vec!["eTag".parse().unwrap(),
+                                                 "cookIE".parse().unwrap(),
+                                                 "AlLOw".parse().unwrap(),])));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/header/mod.rs b/src/header/mod.rs
index 01cb3f80..3c6ca29b 100644
--- a/src/header/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/mod.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::intrinsics::TypeId;
 use std::raw::TraitObject;
 use std::str::{SendStr, FromStr};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::collections::hash_map::{Entries, Occupied, Vacant};
+use std::collections::hash_map::{Entries, Entry};
 use std::{hash, mem};
 
 use mucell::MuCell;
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ impl Headers {
                     debug!("raw header: {}={}", name, value[].to_ascii());
                     let name = CaseInsensitive(Owned(name));
                     let mut item = match headers.data.entry(name) {
-                        Vacant(entry) => entry.set(MuCell::new(Item::raw(vec![]))),
-                        Occupied(entry) => entry.into_mut()
+                        Entry::Vacant(entry) => entry.set(MuCell::new(Item::raw(vec![]))),
+                        Entry::Occupied(entry) => entry.into_mut()
                     };
 
                     match &mut item.borrow_mut().raw {
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_accept() {
         let text_plain = Mime(Text, Plain, vec![]);
-        let application_vendor = from_str("application/vnd.github.v3.full+json; q=0.5").unwrap();
+        let application_vendor = "application/vnd.github.v3.full+json; q=0.5".parse().unwrap();
 
         let accept = Header::parse_header([b"text/plain".to_vec()].as_slice());
         assert_eq!(accept, Some(Accept(vec![text_plain.clone()])));
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ mod tests {
             }
             // we JUST checked that raw.len() == 1, so raw[0] WILL exist.
             match from_utf8(unsafe { raw.as_slice().unsafe_get(0).as_slice() }) {
-                Some(s) => FromStr::from_str(s),
-                None => None
+                Ok(s) => FromStr::from_str(s),
+                Err(_) => None
             }.map(|u| CrazyLength(Some(false), u))
         }
     }
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_headers_show() {
         let mut headers = Headers::new();
         headers.set(ContentLength(15));
-        headers.set(Host { hostname: "foo.bar".into_string(), port: None });
+        headers.set(Host { hostname: "foo.bar".to_string(), port: None });
 
         let s = headers.to_string();
         // hashmap's iterators have arbitrary order, so we must sort first
diff --git a/src/http.rs b/src/http.rs
index b02a09a1..d2809ce5 100644
--- a/src/http.rs
+++ b/src/http.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::cmp::min;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::io::{mod, Reader, IoResult, BufWriter};
 use std::num::from_u16;
-use std::str::{mod, SendStr};
+use std::str::{mod, SendStr, FromStr};
 
 use url::Url;
 use url::ParseError as UrlError;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ impl<W: Writer> Writer for HttpWriter<W> {
                     Err(io::IoError {
                         kind: io::ShortWrite(bytes),
                         desc: "EmptyWriter cannot write any bytes",
-                        detail: Some("Cannot include a body with this kind of message".into_string())
+                        detail: Some("Cannot include a body with this kind of message".to_string())
                     })
                 }
             }
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ pub fn read_method<R: Reader>(stream: &mut R) -> HttpResult<method::Method> {
         (Some(method), _) => Ok(method),
         (None, ext) => {
             // We already checked that the buffer is ASCII
-            Ok(method::Method::Extension(unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(ext) }.trim().into_string()))
+            Ok(method::Method::Extension(unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(ext) }.trim().to_string()))
         },
     }
 }
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ pub fn read_status<R: Reader>(stream: &mut R) -> HttpResult<RawStatus> {
         try!(stream.read_byte()),
     ];
 
-    let code = match str::from_utf8(code.as_slice()).and_then(from_str::<u16>) {
+    let code = match str::from_utf8(code.as_slice()).ok().and_then(FromStr::from_str) {
         Some(num) => num,
         None => return Err(HttpStatusError)
     };
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ pub fn read_status<R: Reader>(stream: &mut R) -> HttpResult<RawStatus> {
     }
 
     let reason = match str::from_utf8(buf[]) {
-        Some(s) => s.trim(),
-        None => return Err(HttpStatusError)
+        Ok(s) => s.trim(),
+        Err(_) => return Err(HttpStatusError)
     };
 
     let reason = match from_u16::<StatusCode>(code) {
@@ -672,10 +672,10 @@ pub fn read_status<R: Reader>(stream: &mut R) -> HttpResult<RawStatus> {
                 if phrase == reason {
                     Borrowed(phrase)
                 } else {
-                    Owned(reason.into_string())
+                    Owned(reason.to_string())
                 }
             }
-            _ => Owned(reason.into_string())
+            _ => Owned(reason.to_string())
         },
         None => return Err(HttpStatusError)
     };
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3e199ce6..7ee41025 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 //! implement `Reader` and can be read to get the data out of a `Response`.
 //!
 
-extern crate serialize;
+extern crate "rustc-serialize" as serialize;
 extern crate time;
 extern crate url;
 extern crate openssl;
diff --git a/src/mock.rs b/src/mock.rs
index 6f4867fb..db1fe05a 100644
--- a/src/mock.rs
+++ b/src/mock.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl Writer for MockStream {
 
 impl NetworkStream for MockStream {
     fn peer_name(&mut self) -> IoResult<SocketAddr> {
-        Ok(from_str("127.0.0.1:1337").unwrap())
+        Ok("127.0.0.1:1337".parse().unwrap())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 3f338b2b..e722b410 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl<L: NetworkListener<S, A>, S: NetworkStream, A: NetworkAcceptor<S>> Server<L
         let acceptor = try!(listener.listen());
 
         let mut captured = acceptor.clone();
-        let guard = Builder::new().name("hyper acceptor".into_string()).spawn(move || {
+        let guard = Builder::new().name("hyper acceptor".to_string()).spawn(move || {
             let handler = Arc::new(handler);
             debug!("threads = {}", threads);
             let pool = TaskPool::new(threads);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ pub trait Handler: Sync + Send {
     fn handle(&self, Request, Response<Fresh>);
 }
 
-impl Handler for fn(Request, Response<Fresh>) {
+impl<F> Handler for F where F: Fn(Request, Response<Fresh>), F: Sync + Send {
     fn handle(&self, req: Request, res: Response<Fresh>) {
         (*self)(req, res)
     }
diff --git a/src/server/request.rs b/src/server/request.rs
index b35efcc5..4a7697cd 100644
--- a/src/server/request.rs
+++ b/src/server/request.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ mod tests {
         ");
 
         let mut req = Request::new(&mut stream, sock!("127.0.0.1:80")).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(req.read_to_string(), Ok("".into_string()));
+        assert_eq!(req.read_to_string(), Ok("".to_string()));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ mod tests {
         ");
 
         let mut req = Request::new(&mut stream, sock!("127.0.0.1:80")).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(req.read_to_string(), Ok("".into_string()));
+        assert_eq!(req.read_to_string(), Ok("".to_string()));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -118,6 +118,6 @@ mod tests {
         ");
 
         let mut req = Request::new(&mut stream, sock!("127.0.0.1:80")).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(req.read_to_string(), Ok("".into_string()));
+        assert_eq!(req.read_to_string(), Ok("".to_string()));
     }
 }