diff --git a/src/libcore/cell.rs b/src/libcore/cell.rs
index 97fee5d06f45..85ef417ea15c 100644
--- a/src/libcore/cell.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/cell.rs
@@ -200,9 +200,8 @@ use cmp::Ordering;
 use fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
 use marker::Unsize;
 use mem;
-use ops::{Deref, DerefMut, CoerceUnsized, Index};
+use ops::{Deref, DerefMut, CoerceUnsized};
 use ptr;
-use slice::SliceIndex;
 
 /// A mutable memory location.
 ///
@@ -510,8 +509,9 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> Cell<T> {
     /// use std::cell::Cell;
     /// let slice: &mut [i32] = &mut [1,2,3];
     /// let cell_slice: &Cell<[i32]> = Cell::from_mut(slice);
+    /// assert_eq!(cell_slice.len(), 3);
     /// let slice_cell : &[Cell<i32>] = &cell_slice[..];
-    /// assert_eq!(slice_cell.len(), 3)
+    /// assert_eq!(slice_cell.len(), 3);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[unstable(feature = "as_cell", issue="43038")]
@@ -546,15 +546,13 @@ impl<T: Default> Cell<T> {
 impl<T: CoerceUnsized<U>, U> CoerceUnsized<Cell<U>> for Cell<T> {}
 
 #[unstable(feature = "as_cell", issue="43038")]
-impl<T, I> Index<I> for Cell<[T]>
-where
-    I: SliceIndex<[Cell<T>]>
-{
-    type Output = I::Output;
+impl<T> Deref for Cell<[T]> {
+    type Target = [Cell<T>];
 
-    fn index(&self, index: I) -> &Self::Output {
+    #[inline]
+    fn deref(&self) -> &[Cell<T>] {
         unsafe {
-            Index::index(&*(self as *const Cell<[T]> as *const [Cell<T>]), index)
+            &*(self as *const Cell<[T]> as *const [Cell<T>])
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/rfc-1789-as-cell/from-mut.rs b/src/test/run-pass/rfc-1789-as-cell/from-mut.rs
index 28b6d8213f71..9989690bc790 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/rfc-1789-as-cell/from-mut.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/rfc-1789-as-cell/from-mut.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use std::cell::Cell;
 fn main() {
     let slice: &mut [i32] = &mut [1,2,3];
     let cell_slice: &Cell<[i32]> = Cell::from_mut(slice);
+    assert_eq!(cell_slice.len(), 3);
     let sub_slice : &[Cell<i32>] = &cell_slice[1..];
     assert_eq!(sub_slice.len(), 2);
 }