diff --git a/src/librustc/back/link.rs b/src/librustc/back/link.rs
index 669c3248a1f..fc38fa25a21 100644
--- a/src/librustc/back/link.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/back/link.rs
@@ -510,7 +510,8 @@ fn truncated_hash_result(symbol_hasher: &mut Sha256) -> ~str {
 pub fn symbol_hash(tcx: ty::ctxt,
                    symbol_hasher: &mut Sha256,
                    t: ty::t,
-                   link_meta: &LinkMeta) -> @str {
+                   link_meta: &LinkMeta)
+                   -> ~str {
     // NB: do *not* use abbrevs here as we want the symbol names
     // to be independent of one another in the crate.
 
@@ -523,15 +524,14 @@ pub fn symbol_hash(tcx: ty::ctxt,
     let mut hash = truncated_hash_result(symbol_hasher);
     // Prefix with 'h' so that it never blends into adjacent digits
     hash.unshift_char('h');
-    // tjc: allocation is unfortunate; need to change std::hash
-    hash.to_managed()
+    hash
 }
 
-pub fn get_symbol_hash(ccx: &CrateContext, t: ty::t) -> @str {
+pub fn get_symbol_hash(ccx: &CrateContext, t: ty::t) -> ~str {
     {
         let type_hashcodes = ccx.type_hashcodes.borrow();
         match type_hashcodes.get().find(&t) {
-            Some(&h) => return h,
+            Some(h) => return h.to_str(),
             None => {}
         }
     }
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ pub fn get_symbol_hash(ccx: &CrateContext, t: ty::t) -> @str {
     let mut type_hashcodes = ccx.type_hashcodes.borrow_mut();
     let mut symbol_hasher = ccx.symbol_hasher.borrow_mut();
     let hash = symbol_hash(ccx.tcx, symbol_hasher.get(), t, &ccx.link_meta);
-    type_hashcodes.get().insert(t, hash);
+    type_hashcodes.get().insert(t, hash.clone());
     hash
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/context.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/context.rs
index 7968f034209..53f7b36b693 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/context.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ pub struct CrateContext {
      llsizingtypes: RefCell<HashMap<ty::t, Type>>,
      adt_reprs: RefCell<HashMap<ty::t, @adt::Repr>>,
      symbol_hasher: RefCell<Sha256>,
-     type_hashcodes: RefCell<HashMap<ty::t, @str>>,
+     type_hashcodes: RefCell<HashMap<ty::t, ~str>>,
      all_llvm_symbols: RefCell<HashSet<@str>>,
      tcx: ty::ctxt,
      maps: astencode::Maps,