diff --git a/src/conversion.rs b/src/conversion.rs
index 07d68c9d..92b43024 100644
--- a/src/conversion.rs
+++ b/src/conversion.rs
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ pub trait ToPyObject<'p> {
 }
 
 /// FromPyObject is implemented by various types that can be extracted from a python object.
-pub trait FromPyObject<'p, 's> {
-    fn from_py_object(s: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, Self>;
+pub trait FromPyObject<'p> {
+    fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, Self>;
 }
 
 // PyObject, PyModule etc.
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ impl <'p, 's> ToPyObject<'p> for PyObject<'s> {
     }
 }
 
-impl <'p, 's, T> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for T where T: PythonObjectWithCheckedDowncast<'p> {
+impl <'p, T> FromPyObject<'p> for T where T: PythonObjectWithCheckedDowncast<'p> {
     #[inline]
-    fn from_py_object(s : &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, T> {
+    fn from_py_object(s : &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, T> {
         Ok(try!(s.clone().cast_into()))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/objects/boolobject.rs b/src/objects/boolobject.rs
index 30fccd0b..8096ca3b 100644
--- a/src/objects/boolobject.rs
+++ b/src/objects/boolobject.rs
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ impl <'p> ToPyObject<'p> for bool {
     }
 }
 
-impl <'p, 'a> FromPyObject<'p, 'a> for bool {
-    fn from_py_object(s: &'a PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, bool> {
+impl <'p> FromPyObject<'p> for bool {
+    fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, bool> {
         Ok(try!(s.clone().cast_into::<PyBool>()).is_true())
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/objects/list.rs b/src/objects/list.rs
index cce293b4..379e0837 100644
--- a/src/objects/list.rs
+++ b/src/objects/list.rs
@@ -91,21 +91,15 @@ impl <'p, T> ToPyObject<'p> for [T] where T: ToPyObject<'p> {
     }
 }
 
-/*
- This implementation is not possible, because we allow extracting python strings as CowString<'s>,
- but there's no guarantee that the list isn't modified while the CowString borrow exists.
- Maybe reconsider whether extraction should be able to borrow the contents of the python object?
-impl <'p, 's, T> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for Vec<T> where T: FromPyObject<'p, 's> {
-    fn from_py_object(s: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, Vec<T>> {
+impl <'p, T> FromPyObject<'p> for Vec<T> where T: FromPyObject<'p> {
+    fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, Vec<T>> {
         let py = s.python();
         let list = try!(s.cast_as::<PyList>());
-        let ptr = list.as_ptr();
         let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(list.len());
-        for i in 0..list.len() {
-            let obj = unsafe { PyObject::from_borrowed_ptr(py, ffi::PyList_GET_ITEM(ptr, i as Py_ssize_t)) };
-            v.push(try!(obj.extract::<T>()));
+        for i in 0 .. list.len() {
+            v.push(try!(list.get_item(i).extract::<T>()));
         }
         Ok(v)
     }
 }
-*/
+
diff --git a/src/objects/num.rs b/src/objects/num.rs
index 49ad56e9..58349d4d 100644
--- a/src/objects/num.rs
+++ b/src/objects/num.rs
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ macro_rules! int_fits_c_long(
         }
 
         #[cfg(feature="python27-sys")]
-        impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for $rust_type {
-            fn from_py_object(s: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, $rust_type> {
+        impl <'p> FromPyObject<'p> for $rust_type {
+            fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, $rust_type> {
                 let py = s.python();
                 let val = unsafe { ffi::PyInt_AsLong(s.as_ptr()) };
                 if val == -1 && PyErr::occurred(py) {
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ macro_rules! int_fits_c_long(
         }
         
         #[cfg(feature="python3-sys")]
-        impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for $rust_type {
-            fn from_py_object(s: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, $rust_type> {
+        impl <'p> FromPyObject<'p> for $rust_type {
+            fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, $rust_type> {
                 let py = s.python();
                 let val = unsafe { ffi::PyLong_AsLong(s.as_ptr()) };
                 if val == -1 && PyErr::occurred(py) {
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ macro_rules! int_fits_larger_int(
             }
         }
 
-        impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for $rust_type {
-            fn from_py_object(s: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, $rust_type> {
+        impl <'p> FromPyObject<'p> for $rust_type {
+            fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, $rust_type> {
                 let py = s.python();
                 let val = try!(s.extract::<$larger_type>());
                 match num::traits::cast::<$larger_type, $rust_type>(val) {
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ fn pylong_as_u64<'p>(obj: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, u64> {
     }
 }
 
-impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for u64 {
+impl <'p> FromPyObject<'p> for u64 {
     #[cfg(feature="python27-sys")]
-    fn from_py_object(s: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, u64> {
+    fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, u64> {
         let py = s.python();
         let ptr = s.as_ptr();
         unsafe {
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for u64 {
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature="python3-sys")]
-    fn from_py_object(s: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, u64> {
+    fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, u64> {
         let py = s.python();
         let ptr = s.as_ptr();
         unsafe {
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ impl <'p> ToPyObject<'p> for f64 {
     }
 }
 
-impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for f64 {
-    fn from_py_object(s: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, f64> {
+impl <'p> FromPyObject<'p> for f64 {
+    fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, f64> {
         let py = s.python();
         let v = unsafe { ffi::PyFloat_AsDouble(s.as_ptr()) };
         if v == -1.0 && PyErr::occurred(py) {
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ impl <'p> ToPyObject<'p> for f32 {
     }
 }
 
-impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for f32 {
-    fn from_py_object(s: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, f32> {
+impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p> for f32 {
+    fn from_py_object(s: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, f32> {
         Ok(try!(s.extract::<f64>()) as f32)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/objects/object.rs b/src/objects/object.rs
index 46b3d227..72f14bfc 100644
--- a/src/objects/object.rs
+++ b/src/objects/object.rs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ impl <'p> PyObject<'p> {
     /// Extracts some type from the python object.
     /// This is a wrapper function around `FromPyObject::from_py_object()`.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn extract<'s, T>(&'s self) -> Result<T, PyErr<'p>> where T: ::conversion::FromPyObject<'p, 's> {
+    pub fn extract<T>(&self) -> Result<T, PyErr<'p>> where T: ::conversion::FromPyObject<'p> {
         ::conversion::FromPyObject::from_py_object(self)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/objects/string.rs b/src/objects/string.rs
index 18908a21..29f2f9cc 100644
--- a/src/objects/string.rs
+++ b/src/objects/string.rs
@@ -205,20 +205,11 @@ impl <'p, 'a> ToPyObject<'p> for &'a str {
     }
 }
 
-/* Let's disable the Cow extraction for now. We might want to avoid "extract" borrowing the input
-   python object, see the (also currently disabled) impl FromPyObject for Vec<T>.
-impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for Cow<'s, str> {
-    fn from_py_object(o: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, Cow<'s, str>> {
-        PyString::extract(o)
-    }
-}
-*/
-
 /// Allows extracting strings from python objects.
 /// Accepts python `str` and `unicode` objects.
 /// In python 2.7, `str` is expected to be UTF-8 encoded.
-impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for String {
-    fn from_py_object(o: &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, String> {
+impl <'p> FromPyObject<'p> for String {
+    fn from_py_object(o: &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, String> {
         PyString::extract(o).map(|s| s.into_owned())
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/objects/tuple.rs b/src/objects/tuple.rs
index fa23099f..d1f4b1f6 100644
--- a/src/objects/tuple.rs
+++ b/src/objects/tuple.rs
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ impl <'p> ToPyObject<'p> for NoArgs {
     }
 }
 
-impl <'p, 's> FromPyObject<'p, 's> for NoArgs {
-    fn from_py_object(s : &'s PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, NoArgs> {
+impl <'p> FromPyObject<'p> for NoArgs {
+    fn from_py_object(s : &PyObject<'p>) -> PyResult<'p, NoArgs> {
         let t = try!(s.cast_as::<PyTuple>());
         if t.len() == 0 {
             Ok(NoArgs)