diff --git a/src/url.rs b/src/url.rs
index d508bfb92..fdec23a1a 100644
--- a/src/url.rs
+++ b/src/url.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 use std::fmt;
 use std::from_str::FromStr;
 use std::hash;
-use std::uint;
 use std::path::BytesContainer;
+use std::num;
+use std::str;
 
 #[deriving(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Url {
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ fn decode_inner<T: BytesContainer>(c: T, full_url: bool) -> DecodeResult<String>
                     };
 
                     // Only decode some characters if full_url:
-                    match uint::parse_bytes(bytes, 16u).unwrap() as u8 as char {
+                    match num::from_str_radix::<uint>(str::from_utf8(bytes).unwrap(), 16u).unwrap() as u8 as char {
                         // gen-delims:
                         ':' | '/' | '?' | '#' | '[' | ']' | '@' |