diff --git a/src/test/compiletest/compiletest.rs b/src/test/compiletest/compiletest.rs
index 9621d2b414c0..a96dab380ef5 100644
--- a/src/test/compiletest/compiletest.rs
+++ b/src/test/compiletest/compiletest.rs
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ import util::logv;
 
 fn main(args: vec[str]) {
 
-    let ivec_args =
-        {
-            let ivec_args = ~[];
-            for arg: str  in args { ivec_args += ~[arg]; }
-            ivec_args
-        };
+    let ivec_args = ivec::from_vec(args);
 
     let config = parse_config(ivec_args);
     log_config(config);