diff --git a/src/iter.rs b/src/iter.rs
index d4c7e1c..7e86c86 100644
--- a/src/iter.rs
+++ b/src/iter.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use core::slice;
-
 pub struct Bytes<'a> {
     slice: &'a [u8],
     pos: usize
@@ -25,14 +23,14 @@ impl<'a> Bytes<'a> {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn bump(&mut self) {
+    pub fn bump(&mut self) {
         debug_assert!(self.pos + 1 <= self.slice.len(), "overflow");
         self.pos += 1;
     }
 
     #[allow(unused)]
     #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn advance(&mut self, n: usize) {
+    pub fn advance(&mut self, n: usize) {
         debug_assert!(self.pos + n <= self.slice.len(), "overflow");
         self.pos += n;
     }
@@ -45,18 +43,15 @@ impl<'a> Bytes<'a> {
     #[inline]
     pub fn slice(&mut self) -> &'a [u8] {
         // not moving position at all, so it's safe
-        unsafe {
-            self.slice_skip(0)
-        }
+        self.slice_skip(0)
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn slice_skip(&mut self, skip: usize) -> &'a [u8] {
+    pub fn slice_skip(&mut self, skip: usize) -> &'a [u8] {
         debug_assert!(self.pos >= skip);
         let head_pos = self.pos - skip;
-        let ptr = self.slice.as_ptr();
-        let head = slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, head_pos);
-        let tail = slice::from_raw_parts(ptr.offset(self.pos as isize), self.slice.len() - self.pos);
+        let head = &self.slice[..head_pos];
+        let tail = &self.slice[self.pos..];
         self.pos = 0;
         self.slice = tail;
         head
@@ -84,11 +79,12 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for Bytes<'a> {
 
     #[inline]
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<u8> {
-        if self.slice.len() > self.pos {
-            let b = unsafe { *self.slice.get_unchecked(self.pos) };
+        let b = self.slice.get(self.pos);
+        if b.is_some() {
             self.pos += 1;
-            Some(b)
-        } else {
+            Some(*b.unwrap())
+        }
+        else {
             None
         }
     }
@@ -165,7 +161,7 @@ mod tests {
         let slice = [0u8, 1u8, 2u8, 3u8, 4u8, 5u8, 6u8, 7u8, 8u8, 9u8];
         let mut bytes = Bytes::new(&slice);
         // Skip 3 of them.
-        unsafe { bytes.advance(3); }
+        bytes.advance(3);
         // There should be 7 left, not enough to call next_8.
         assert!(bytes.next_8().is_none());
     }
@@ -176,7 +172,7 @@ mod tests {
         let slice = [0u8, 1u8, 2u8, 3u8, 4u8, 5u8, 6u8, 7u8, 8u8, 9u8];
         let mut bytes = Bytes::new(&slice);
         // Skip 2 of them.
-        unsafe { bytes.advance(2); }
+        bytes.advance(2);
         // There should be 8 left, just enough to call next_8.
         let ret = bytes.next_8();
         assert!(ret.is_some());
@@ -198,7 +194,7 @@ mod tests {
         let slice = [0u8, 1u8, 2u8, 3u8, 4u8, 5u8, 6u8, 7u8, 8u8, 9u8];
         let mut bytes = Bytes::new(&slice);
         // Skip 1 of them.
-        unsafe { bytes.advance(1); }
+        bytes.advance(1);
         // There should be 9 left, more than enough to call next_8.
         let ret = bytes.next_8();
         assert!(ret.is_some());
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 75b2098..760c860 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -325,12 +325,12 @@ fn skip_empty_lines(bytes: &mut Bytes) -> Result<()> {
         match b {
             Some(b'\r') => {
                 // there's `\r`, so it's safe to bump 1 pos
-                unsafe { bytes.bump() };
+                bytes.bump();
                 expect!(bytes.next() == b'\n' => Err(Error::NewLine));
             },
             Some(b'\n') => {
                 // there's `\n`, so it's safe to bump 1 pos
-                unsafe { bytes.bump(); }
+                bytes.bump();
             },
             Some(..) => {
                 bytes.slice();
@@ -486,22 +486,22 @@ fn parse_reason<'a>(bytes: &mut Bytes<'a>) -> Result<&'a str> {
         let b = next!(bytes);
         if b == b'\r' {
             expect!(bytes.next() == b'\n' => Err(Error::Status));
-            return Ok(Status::Complete(unsafe {
+            return Ok(Status::Complete({
                 let bytes = bytes.slice_skip(2);
                 if !seen_obs_text {
                     // all bytes up till `i` must have been HTAB / SP / VCHAR
-                    str::from_utf8_unchecked(bytes)
+                    unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(bytes) }
                 } else {
                     // obs-text characters were found, so return the fallback empty string
                     ""
                 }
             }));
         } else if b == b'\n' {
-            return Ok(Status::Complete(unsafe {
+            return Ok(Status::Complete({
                 let bytes = bytes.slice_skip(1);
                 if !seen_obs_text {
                     // all bytes up till `i` must have been HTAB / SP / VCHAR
-                    str::from_utf8_unchecked(bytes)
+                    unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(bytes) }
                 } else {
                     // obs-text characters were found, so return the fallback empty string
                     ""
@@ -686,15 +686,11 @@ fn parse_headers_iter<'a, 'b>(headers: &mut &mut [Header<'a>], bytes: &'b mut By
                 expect!(bytes.next() == b'\n' => Err(Error::HeaderValue));
                 count += bytes.pos();
                 // having just check that `\r\n` exists, it's safe to skip those 2 bytes
-                unsafe {
-                    bytes.slice_skip(2)
-                }
+                bytes.slice_skip(2)
             } else if b == b'\n' {
                 count += bytes.pos();
                 // having just check that `\r\n` exists, it's safe to skip 1 byte
-                unsafe {
-                    bytes.slice_skip(1)
-                }
+                bytes.slice_skip(1)
             } else {
                 return Err(Error::HeaderValue);
             };
diff --git a/src/simd/avx2.rs b/src/simd/avx2.rs
index 368c52c..a33dbcd 100644
--- a/src/simd/avx2.rs
+++ b/src/simd/avx2.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ unsafe fn match_url_char_32_avx(buf: &[u8]) -> usize {
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86")]
-unsafe fn match_url_char_32_avx(_: &[u8]) -> usize {
+fn match_url_char_32_avx(_: &[u8]) -> usize {
     unreachable!("AVX2 detection should be disabled for x86");
 }
 
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ unsafe fn match_header_value_char_32_avx(buf: &[u8]) -> usize {
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86")]
-unsafe fn match_header_value_char_32_avx(_: &[u8]) -> usize {
+fn match_header_value_char_32_avx(_: &[u8]) -> usize {
     unreachable!("AVX2 detection should be disabled for x86");
 }