diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d9a0c658..33e5a28e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#![feature(macro_rules, phase, default_type_params, if_let, slicing_syntax,
-           tuple_indexing, globs)]
+#![feature(macro_rules, phase, default_type_params, slicing_syntax, globs)]
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 #![deny(warnings)]
 #![experimental]
diff --git a/src/server/request.rs b/src/server/request.rs
index 303afd66..d43b27d4 100644
--- a/src/server/request.rs
+++ b/src/server/request.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ use http::HttpReader;
 use http::HttpReader::{SizedReader, ChunkedReader, EmptyReader};
 use uri::RequestUri;
 
-pub type InternalReader<'a> = &'a mut (Reader + 'a);
-
 /// A request bundles several parts of an incoming `NetworkStream`, given to a `Handler`.
 pub struct Request<'a> {
     /// The IP address of the remote connection.
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ pub struct Request<'a> {
     pub uri: RequestUri,
     /// The version of HTTP for this request.
     pub version: HttpVersion,
-    body: HttpReader<InternalReader<'a>>
+    body: HttpReader<&'a mut (Reader + 'a)>
 }
 
 
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ impl<'a> Request<'a> {
 
     /// Create a new Request, reading the StartLine and Headers so they are
     /// immediately useful.
-    pub fn new(mut stream: InternalReader<'a>, addr: SocketAddr) -> HttpResult<Request<'a>> {
+    pub fn new(mut stream: &'a mut (Reader + 'a), addr: SocketAddr) -> HttpResult<Request<'a>> {
         let (method, uri, version) = try!(read_request_line(&mut stream));
         debug!("Request Line: {} {} {}", method, uri, version);
         let headers = try!(Headers::from_raw(&mut stream));
diff --git a/src/server/response.rs b/src/server/response.rs
index 538be0c1..7934dc23 100644
--- a/src/server/response.rs
+++ b/src/server/response.rs
@@ -14,14 +14,12 @@ use status;
 use net::{Fresh, Streaming};
 use version;
 
-pub type InternalWriter<'a> = &'a mut (Writer + 'a);
-
 /// The outgoing half for a Tcp connection, created by a `Server` and given to a `Handler`.
 pub struct Response<'a, W = Fresh> {
     /// The HTTP version of this response.
     pub version: version::HttpVersion,
     // Stream the Response is writing to, not accessible through UnwrittenResponse
-    body: HttpWriter<InternalWriter<'a>>,
+    body: HttpWriter<&'a mut (Writer + 'a)>,
     // The status code for the request.
     status: status::StatusCode,
     // The outgoing headers on this response.
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ impl<'a, W> Response<'a, W> {
 
     /// Construct a Response from its constituent parts.
     pub fn construct(version: version::HttpVersion,
-                     body: HttpWriter<InternalWriter<'a>>,
+                     body: HttpWriter<&'a mut (Writer + 'a)>,
                      status: status::StatusCode,
                      headers: header::Headers) -> Response<'a, Fresh> {
         Response {
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ impl<'a, W> Response<'a, W> {
     }
 
     /// Deconstruct this Response into its constituent parts.
-    pub fn deconstruct(self) -> (version::HttpVersion, HttpWriter<InternalWriter<'a>>,
+    pub fn deconstruct(self) -> (version::HttpVersion, HttpWriter<&'a mut (Writer + 'a)>,
                                  status::StatusCode, header::Headers) {
         (self.version, self.body, self.status, self.headers)
     }
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ impl<'a, W> Response<'a, W> {
 
 impl<'a> Response<'a, Fresh> {
     /// Creates a new Response that can be used to write to a network stream.
-    pub fn new(stream: InternalWriter<'a>) -> Response<'a, Fresh> {
+    pub fn new(stream: &'a mut (Writer + 'a)) -> Response<'a, Fresh> {
         Response {
             status: status::StatusCode::Ok,
             version: version::HttpVersion::Http11,