diff --git a/src/ffi.rs b/src/ffi.rs
index f5a4a98..3f28490 100644
--- a/src/ffi.rs
+++ b/src/ffi.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ impl PublicKey {
     /// Create a new (zeroed) public key usable for the FFI interface
     pub fn new() -> PublicKey { PublicKey([0; 64]) }
     /// Create a new (uninitialized) public key usable for the FFI interface
-    pub unsafe fn blank() -> PublicKey { mem::uninitialized() }
+    #[deprecated(since = "0.15.3", note = "Please use the new function instead")]
+    pub unsafe fn blank() -> PublicKey { PublicKey::new() }
 }
 
 impl Default for PublicKey {
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ impl Signature {
     /// Create a new (zeroed) signature usable for the FFI interface
     pub fn new() -> Signature { Signature([0; 64]) }
     /// Create a new (uninitialized) signature usable for the FFI interface
-    pub unsafe fn blank() -> Signature { mem::uninitialized() }
+    #[deprecated(since = "0.15.3", note = "Please use the new function instead")]
+    pub unsafe fn blank() -> Signature { Signature::new() }
 }
 
 impl Default for Signature {
@@ -121,7 +123,8 @@ impl SharedSecret {
     /// Create a new (zeroed) signature usable for the FFI interface
     pub fn new() -> SharedSecret { SharedSecret([0; 32]) }
     /// Create a new (uninitialized) signature usable for the FFI interface
-    pub unsafe fn blank() -> SharedSecret { mem::uninitialized() }
+    #[deprecated(since = "0.15.3", note = "Please use the new function instead")]
+    pub unsafe fn blank() -> SharedSecret { SharedSecret::new() }
 }
 
 impl Default for SharedSecret {
diff --git a/src/key.rs b/src/key.rs
index e4e6ace..62d3ab2 100644
--- a/src/key.rs
+++ b/src/key.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "rand"))] use rand::Rng;
 
-use core::{fmt, mem, str};
+use core::{fmt, str};
 
 use super::{from_hex, Secp256k1};
 use super::Error::{self, InvalidPublicKey, InvalidSecretKey};
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ impl PublicKey {
     /// to its own negation
     pub fn combine(&self, other: &PublicKey) -> Result<PublicKey, Error> {
         unsafe {
-            let mut ret = mem::uninitialized();
+            let mut ret = ffi::PublicKey::new();
             let ptrs = [self.as_ptr(), other.as_ptr()];
             if ffi::secp256k1_ec_pubkey_combine(
                 ffi::secp256k1_context_no_precomp,
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index c36dc8b..3b41467 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -68,15 +68,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_array_newtype {
         impl Clone for $thing {
             #[inline]
             fn clone(&self) -> $thing {
-                unsafe {
-                    use core::intrinsics::copy_nonoverlapping;
-                    use core::mem;
-                    let mut ret: $thing = mem::uninitialized();
-                    copy_nonoverlapping(self.as_ptr(),
-                                        ret.as_mut_ptr(),
-                                        $len);
-                    ret
-                }
+                let &$thing(ref dat) = self;
+                $thing(dat.clone())
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/recovery/ffi.rs b/src/recovery/ffi.rs
index 385f071..85bebe3 100644
--- a/src/recovery/ffi.rs
+++ b/src/recovery/ffi.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ impl RecoverableSignature {
     /// Create a new (zeroed) signature usable for the FFI interface
     pub fn new() -> RecoverableSignature { RecoverableSignature([0; 65]) }
     /// Create a new (uninitialized) signature usable for the FFI interface
-    pub unsafe fn blank() -> RecoverableSignature { mem::uninitialized() }
+    #[deprecated(since = "0.15.3", note = "Please use the new function instead")]
+    pub unsafe fn blank() -> RecoverableSignature { RecoverableSignature::new() }
 }
 
 impl Default for RecoverableSignature {