diff --git a/library/alloc/src/slice.rs b/library/alloc/src/slice.rs
index fecacc2bb63..093dcbbe8bf 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/slice.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/slice.rs
@@ -782,6 +782,38 @@ fn borrow_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [T] {
     }
 }
 
+// Specializable trait for implementing ToOwned::clone_into. This is
+// public in the crate and has the Allocator parameter so that
+// vec::clone_from use it too.
+#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
+pub(crate) trait SpecCloneIntoVec<T, A: Allocator> {
+    fn clone_into(&self, target: &mut Vec<T, A>);
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
+impl<T: Clone, A: Allocator> SpecCloneIntoVec<T, A> for [T] {
+    default fn clone_into(&self, target: &mut Vec<T, A>) {
+        // drop anything in target that will not be overwritten
+        target.truncate(self.len());
+
+        // target.len <= self.len due to the truncate above, so the
+        // slices here are always in-bounds.
+        let (init, tail) = self.split_at(target.len());
+
+        // reuse the contained values' allocations/resources.
+        target.clone_from_slice(init);
+        target.extend_from_slice(tail);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
+impl<T: Copy, A: Allocator> SpecCloneIntoVec<T, A> for [T] {
+    fn clone_into(&self, target: &mut Vec<T, A>) {
+        target.clear();
+        target.extend_from_slice(self);
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl<T: Clone> ToOwned for [T] {
@@ -797,16 +829,7 @@ fn to_owned(&self) -> Vec<T> {
     }
 
     fn clone_into(&self, target: &mut Vec<T>) {
-        // drop anything in target that will not be overwritten
-        target.truncate(self.len());
-
-        // target.len <= self.len due to the truncate above, so the
-        // slices here are always in-bounds.
-        let (init, tail) = self.split_at(target.len());
-
-        // reuse the contained values' allocations/resources.
-        target.clone_from_slice(init);
-        target.extend_from_slice(tail);
+        SpecCloneIntoVec::clone_into(self, target);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/library/alloc/src/vec/mod.rs b/library/alloc/src/vec/mod.rs
index 36b0b3c9e7c..a07f3da78d3 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/vec/mod.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/vec/mod.rs
@@ -2646,35 +2646,6 @@ fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [T] {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
-trait SpecCloneFrom {
-    fn clone_from(this: &mut Self, other: &Self);
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
-impl<T: Clone, A: Allocator> SpecCloneFrom for Vec<T, A> {
-    default fn clone_from(this: &mut Self, other: &Self) {
-        // drop anything that will not be overwritten
-        this.truncate(other.len());
-
-        // self.len <= other.len due to the truncate above, so the
-        // slices here are always in-bounds.
-        let (init, tail) = other.split_at(this.len());
-
-        // reuse the contained values' allocations/resources.
-        this.clone_from_slice(init);
-        this.extend_from_slice(tail);
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
-impl<T: Copy, A: Allocator> SpecCloneFrom for Vec<T, A> {
-    fn clone_from(this: &mut Self, other: &Self) {
-        this.clear();
-        this.extend_from_slice(other);
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(not(no_global_oom_handling))]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl<T: Clone, A: Allocator + Clone> Clone for Vec<T, A> {
@@ -2695,7 +2666,7 @@ fn clone(&self) -> Self {
     }
 
     fn clone_from(&mut self, other: &Self) {
-        SpecCloneFrom::clone_from(self, other)
+        crate::slice::SpecCloneIntoVec::clone_into(other.as_slice(), self);
     }
 }