diff --git a/src/hash/blake/mod.rs b/src/hash/blake/mod.rs
index c1ea386..488c8ba 100644
--- a/src/hash/blake/mod.rs
+++ b/src/hash/blake/mod.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use super::{Digest, ElementHasher, Felt, FieldElement, Hasher, StarkField};
-use crate::utils::{ByteReader, ByteWriter, Deserializable, DeserializationError, Serializable};
+use crate::utils::{
+    uninit_vector, ByteReader, ByteWriter, Deserializable, DeserializationError, Serializable,
+};
 use core::{
     mem::{size_of, transmute, transmute_copy},
     ops::Deref,
     slice::from_raw_parts,
 };
-use winter_utils::collections::Vec;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
@@ -277,21 +278,15 @@ where
     let digest = if Felt::IS_CANONICAL {
         blake3::hash(E::elements_as_bytes(elements))
     } else {
-        let blen = elements.len() << 3;
-
-        let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(blen);
-        #[allow(clippy::uninit_vec)]
-        unsafe {
-            bytes.set_len(blen)
-        }
+        let base_elements = E::as_base_elements(elements);
+        let blen = base_elements.len() << 3;
 
-        for (idx, element) in E::as_base_elements(elements).iter().enumerate() {
+        let mut bytes = unsafe { uninit_vector(blen) };
+        for (idx, element) in base_elements.iter().enumerate() {
             bytes[idx * 8..(idx + 1) * 8].copy_from_slice(&element.as_int().to_le_bytes());
         }
 
-        let mut hasher = blake3::Hasher::new();
-        hasher.update(&bytes);
-        hasher.finalize()
+        blake3::hash(&bytes)
     };
     *shrink_bytes(&digest.into())
 }