diff --git a/src/liballoc/vec.rs b/src/liballoc/vec.rs
index 42fb1f8c737..6409c66b081 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/vec.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/vec.rs
@@ -1900,6 +1900,22 @@ unsafe impl<T: ?Sized> IsZero for Option<Box<T>> {
 // Common trait implementations for Vec
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
+impl<T> ops::Deref for Vec<T> {
+    type Target = [T];
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &[T] {
+        unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.as_ptr(), self.len) }
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
+impl<T> ops::DerefMut for Vec<T> {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [T] {
+        unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.as_mut_ptr(), self.len) }
+    }
+}
+
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl<T: Clone> Clone for Vec<T> {
     #[cfg(not(test))]
@@ -1955,22 +1971,6 @@ impl<T, I: SliceIndex<[T]>> IndexMut<I> for Vec<T> {
     }
 }
 
-#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
-impl<T> ops::Deref for Vec<T> {
-    type Target = [T];
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &[T] {
-        unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.as_ptr(), self.len) }
-    }
-}
-
-#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
-impl<T> ops::DerefMut for Vec<T> {
-    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [T] {
-        unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.as_mut_ptr(), self.len) }
-    }
-}
-
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl<T> FromIterator<T> for Vec<T> {
     #[inline]