diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d0a2cb72..d6195fa2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl ToTokens for TokenTree {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: ToTokens> ToTokens for Vec<T> {
+impl<'a, T: ToTokens> ToTokens for &'a [T] {
     fn to_tokens(&self, cx: &ExtCtxt) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
         self.iter()
             .flat_map(|t| t.to_tokens(cx).into_iter())
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ impl<T: ToTokens> ToTokens for Vec<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: ToTokens> ToTokens for Vec<T> {
+    fn to_tokens(&self, cx: &ExtCtxt) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
+        let slice: &[T] = self;
+        slice.to_tokens(cx)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: ToTokens> ToTokens for Spanned<T> {
     fn to_tokens(&self, cx: &ExtCtxt) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
         // FIXME: use the span?
@@ -331,9 +338,7 @@ impl_to_tokens! { P<ast::ImplItem> }
 impl_to_tokens! { ast::WhereClause }
 impl_to_tokens! { P<ast::Pat> }
 impl_to_tokens! { ast::Arm }
-impl_to_tokens_lifetime! { &'a [P<ast::Item>] }
 impl_to_tokens! { ast::Ty }
-impl_to_tokens_lifetime! { &'a [ast::Ty] }
 impl_to_tokens! { Generics }
 impl_to_tokens! { P<ast::Stmt> }
 impl_to_tokens! { P<ast::Expr> }