diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_parser.rs
index dacc5191955..91675065eb8 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_parser.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ use std::collections::hash_map::Entry::{Vacant, Occupied};
 #[derive(Clone)]
 enum TokenTreeOrTokenTreeVec {
     Tt(tokenstream::TokenTree),
-    TtSeq(Rc<Vec<tokenstream::TokenTree>>),
+    TtSeq(Vec<tokenstream::TokenTree>),
 }
 
 impl TokenTreeOrTokenTreeVec {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ pub fn count_names(ms: &[TokenTree]) -> usize {
     })
 }
 
-pub fn initial_matcher_pos(ms: Rc<Vec<TokenTree>>, sep: Option<Token>, lo: BytePos)
+pub fn initial_matcher_pos(ms: Vec<TokenTree>, sep: Option<Token>, lo: BytePos)
                            -> Box<MatcherPos> {
     let match_idx_hi = count_names(&ms[..]);
     let matches: Vec<_> = (0..match_idx_hi).map(|_| Vec::new()).collect();
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ pub fn parse(sess: &ParseSess,
              mut rdr: TtReader,
              ms: &[TokenTree])
              -> NamedParseResult {
-    let mut cur_eis = SmallVector::one(initial_matcher_pos(Rc::new(ms.to_owned()),
+    let mut cur_eis = SmallVector::one(initial_matcher_pos(ms.to_owned(),
                                                            None,
                                                            rdr.peek().sp.lo));