diff --git a/src/array.js b/src/array.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 62d8393..0000000
--- a/src/array.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export var slice = [].slice;
diff --git a/src/queue.js b/src/queue.js
index 4abd36c..8fee19d 100644
--- a/src/queue.js
+++ b/src/queue.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import {slice} from "./array";
-
 var noabort = {};
 
 function Queue(size) {
@@ -20,8 +18,17 @@ Queue.prototype = queue.prototype = {
   defer: function(callback) {
     if (typeof callback !== "function" || this._call) throw new Error;
     if (this._error != null) return this;
-    var t = slice.call(arguments, 1);
+
+    var l = arguments.length;
+    var t = [];
+    if (l > 0) {
+      t = new Array(l - 1);
+      for (var i = 1; i < l; ++i) {
+        t[i - 1] = arguments[i];
+      }
+    }
     t.push(callback);
+
     ++this._waiting, this._tasks.push(t);
     poke(this);
     return this;