diff --git a/sqlglotrs/src/token.rs b/sqlglotrs/src/token.rs
index 33524691a0..48698fc859 100644
--- a/sqlglotrs/src/token.rs
+++ b/sqlglotrs/src/token.rs
@@ -49,13 +49,11 @@ impl Token {
     pub fn append_comments(&self, comments: &mut Vec<String>) {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
             let pylist = self.comments.bind(py);
-            for comment in comments.iter() {
+            for comment in comments.drain(..) {
                 if let Err(_) = pylist.append(comment) {
                     panic!("Failed to append comments to the Python list");
                 }
             }
         });
-        // Simulate `Vec::append`.
-        let _ = std::mem::replace(comments, Vec::new());
     }
 }
diff --git a/sqlglotrs/src/tokenizer.rs b/sqlglotrs/src/tokenizer.rs
index 21b0862ec7..e965fe57c3 100644
--- a/sqlglotrs/src/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/sqlglotrs/src/tokenizer.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl<'a> TokenizerState<'a> {
 
     fn tokenize(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<Token>, TokenizerError> {
         self.scan(None)?;
-        Ok(std::mem::replace(&mut self.tokens, Vec::new()))
+        Ok(std::mem::take(&mut self.tokens))
     }
 
     fn scan(&mut self, until_peek_char: Option<char>) -> Result<(), TokenizerError> {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ impl<'a> TokenizerState<'a> {
             self.column,
             self.start,
             self.current - 1,
-            std::mem::replace(&mut self.comments, Vec::new()),
+            std::mem::take(&mut self.comments),
         ));
 
         // If we have either a semicolon or a begin token before the command's token, we'll parse