diff --git a/src/ecdh.rs b/src/ecdh.rs
index 35de210..6f05422 100644
--- a/src/ecdh.rs
+++ b/src/ecdh.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl SharedSecret {
     #[inline]
     pub fn new(point: &PublicKey, scalar: &SecretKey) -> SharedSecret {
         unsafe {
-            let mut ss = ffi::SharedSecret::blank();
+            let mut ss = ffi::SharedSecret::new();
             let res = ffi::secp256k1_ecdh(
                 ffi::secp256k1_context_no_precomp,
                 &mut ss,
diff --git a/src/key.rs b/src/key.rs
index 62d3ab2..85eb92e 100644
--- a/src/key.rs
+++ b/src/key.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ impl PublicKey {
     pub fn from_secret_key<C: Signing>(secp: &Secp256k1<C>,
                            sk: &SecretKey)
                            -> PublicKey {
-        let mut pk = unsafe { ffi::PublicKey::blank() };
+        let mut pk = ffi::PublicKey::new();
         unsafe {
             // We can assume the return value because it's not possible to construct
             // an invalid `SecretKey` without transmute trickery or something
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ impl PublicKey {
     /// Creates a public key directly from a slice
     #[inline]
     pub fn from_slice(data: &[u8]) -> Result<PublicKey, Error> {
-        let mut pk = unsafe { ffi::PublicKey::blank() };
+        let mut pk = ffi::PublicKey::new();
         unsafe {
             if ffi::secp256k1_ec_pubkey_parse(
                 ffi::secp256k1_context_no_precomp,
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6454f0e..fd24ab6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ impl Signature {
 #[inline]
     /// Converts a DER-encoded byte slice to a signature
     pub fn from_der(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Signature, Error> {
-        let mut ret = unsafe { ffi::Signature::blank() };
+        let mut ret = ffi::Signature::new();
 
         unsafe {
             if ffi::secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_parse_der(
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ impl Signature {
 
     /// Converts a 64-byte compact-encoded byte slice to a signature
     pub fn from_compact(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Signature, Error> {
-        let mut ret = unsafe { ffi::Signature::blank() };
+        let mut ret = ffi::Signature::new();
         if data.len() != 64 {
             return Err(Error::InvalidSignature)
         }
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ impl Signature {
     /// support serializing to this "format"
     pub fn from_der_lax(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Signature, Error> {
         unsafe {
-            let mut ret = ffi::Signature::blank();
+            let mut ret = ffi::Signature::new();
             if ffi::ecdsa_signature_parse_der_lax(
                 ffi::secp256k1_context_no_precomp,
                 &mut ret,
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ impl<C: Signing> Secp256k1<C> {
     pub fn sign(&self, msg: &Message, sk: &key::SecretKey)
                 -> Signature {
 
-        let mut ret = unsafe { ffi::Signature::blank() };
+        let mut ret = ffi::Signature::new();
         unsafe {
             // We can assume the return value because it's not possible to construct
             // an invalid signature from a valid `Message` and `SecretKey`
diff --git a/src/recovery/mod.rs b/src/recovery/mod.rs
index fc88bf5..aecefb1 100644
--- a/src/recovery/mod.rs
+++ b/src/recovery/mod.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl RecoverableSignature {
     /// representation is nonstandard and defined by the libsecp256k1
     /// library.
     pub fn from_compact(data: &[u8], recid: RecoveryId) -> Result<RecoverableSignature, Error> {
-        let mut ret = unsafe { ffi::RecoverableSignature::blank() };
+        let mut ret = ffi::RecoverableSignature::new();
 
         unsafe {
             if data.len() != 64 {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ impl RecoverableSignature {
     /// for verification
     #[inline]
     pub fn to_standard(&self) -> Signature {
-        let mut ret = unsafe { super_ffi::Signature::blank() };
+        let mut ret = super_ffi::Signature::new();
         unsafe {
             let err = ffi::secp256k1_ecdsa_recoverable_signature_convert(
                 super_ffi::secp256k1_context_no_precomp,
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl<C: Signing> Secp256k1<C> {
     pub fn sign_recoverable(&self, msg: &Message, sk: &key::SecretKey)
                             -> RecoverableSignature {
 
-        let mut ret = unsafe { ffi::RecoverableSignature::blank() };
+        let mut ret = ffi::RecoverableSignature::new();
         unsafe {
             // We can assume the return value because it's not possible to construct
             // an invalid signature from a valid `Message` and `SecretKey`
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl<C: Verification> Secp256k1<C> {
     pub fn recover(&self, msg: &Message, sig: &RecoverableSignature)
                    -> Result<key::PublicKey, Error> {
 
-        let mut pk = unsafe { super_ffi::PublicKey::blank() };
+        let mut pk = super_ffi::PublicKey::new();
 
         unsafe {
             if ffi::secp256k1_ecdsa_recover(self.ctx, &mut pk,