diff --git a/src/bytes.rs b/src/bytes.rs
index 5a6afa71..b3e02711 100644
--- a/src/bytes.rs
+++ b/src/bytes.rs
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ impl ByteBuf {
             bytes: Vec::with_capacity(cap)
         }
     }
-
-    pub fn as_vec(self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        self.bytes
-    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for ByteBuf {
@@ -90,19 +86,16 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ByteBuf {
     }
 }
 
-/*
-// Disabled: triggers conflict with From implementation below
 impl Into<Vec<u8>> for ByteBuf {
     fn into(self) -> Vec<u8> {
         self.bytes
     }
 }
-*/
 
-impl<T> From<T> for ByteBuf where T: Into<Vec<u8>> {
-    fn from(bytes: T) -> Self {
+impl From<Vec<u8>> for ByteBuf {
+    fn from(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
         ByteBuf {
-            bytes: bytes.into(),
+            bytes: bytes,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/de/value.rs b/src/de/value.rs
index 4ddbc299..e512badc 100644
--- a/src/de/value.rs
+++ b/src/de/value.rs
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ impl ValueDeserializer for bytes::ByteBuf
     type Deserializer = ByteBufDeserializer;
 
     fn into_deserializer(self) -> Self::Deserializer {
-        ByteBufDeserializer(Some(self.as_vec()))
+        ByteBufDeserializer(Some(self.into()))
     }
 }