diff --git a/src/net/mod.rs b/src/net/mod.rs
index f4625d3ff..45c744e5a 100644
--- a/src/net/mod.rs
+++ b/src/net/mod.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ impl Bytes for [MaybeUninit<u8>] {
     }
 }
 
+/* TODO: this implementation is unsound, see issue #308.
 impl Bytes for [u8] {
     fn as_bytes(&mut self) -> &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>] {
         // Safety: `MaybeUninit<u8>` is guaranteed to have the same layout as
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ impl Bytes for [u8] {
         // Can't update the length of a slice.
     }
 }
+*/
 
 impl<const N: usize> Bytes for [MaybeUninit<u8>; N] {
     fn as_bytes(&mut self) -> &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>] {
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ impl<const N: usize> Bytes for [MaybeUninit<u8>; N] {
     }
 }
 
+/* TODO: this implementation is unsound, see issue #308.
 impl<const N: usize> Bytes for [u8; N] {
     fn as_bytes(&mut self) -> &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>] {
         self.as_mut_slice().as_bytes()
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ impl<const N: usize> Bytes for [u8; N] {
         // Can't update the length of an array.
     }
 }
+*/
 
 /// The implementation for `Vec<u8>` only uses the uninitialised capacity of the
 /// vector. In other words the bytes currently in the vector remain untouched.
diff --git a/src/net/udp.rs b/src/net/udp.rs
index 4eb0d5f1d..19a7475f6 100644
--- a/src/net/udp.rs
+++ b/src/net/udp.rs
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ pub enum Connected {}
 /// // echos the message to standard out.
 /// async fn echo_server(mut ctx: actor::Context<Terminate>, local: SocketAddr) -> io::Result<()> {
 ///     let mut socket = UdpSocket::bind(&mut ctx, local)?;
-///     let mut buf = [0; 4096];
+///     let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(4096);
 ///     loop {
+///         buf.clear();
 ///         let mut receive_msg = ctx.receive_next().fuse();
 ///         let mut read = socket.recv_from(&mut buf).fuse();
 ///         let (n, address) = select! {
diff --git a/tests/functional/bytes.rs b/tests/functional/bytes.rs
index 5b5b743b6..632f548ba 100644
--- a/tests/functional/bytes.rs
+++ b/tests/functional/bytes.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ where
     len
 }
 
+/* TODO: this implementation is unsound, see issue #308.
 #[test]
 fn impl_for_slice() {
     let mut buf = vec![0; DATA.len() * 2].into_boxed_slice();
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ fn impl_for_slice() {
     assert_eq!(n, DATA.len());
     assert_eq!(&buf[..n], DATA);
 }
+*/
 
 #[test]
 fn impl_for_maybe_uninit_slice() {
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ fn impl_for_maybe_uninit_slice() {
     );
 }
 
+/* TODO: this implementation is unsound, see issue #308.
 #[test]
 fn impl_for_array() {
     let mut buf = [0; DATA.len() * 2];
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ fn impl_for_array() {
     assert_eq!(n, DATA.len());
     assert_eq!(&buf[..n], DATA);
 }
+*/
 
 #[test]
 fn impl_for_maybe_uninit_array() {
diff --git a/tests/functional/udp.rs b/tests/functional/udp.rs
index 73607b63a..4c8bb0ae7 100644
--- a/tests/functional/udp.rs
+++ b/tests/functional/udp.rs
@@ -95,12 +95,13 @@ async fn unconnected_udp_actor(
     let bytes_written = socket.send_to(&DATA, peer_address).await?;
     assert_eq!(bytes_written, DATA.len());
 
-    let mut buf = [0; DATA.len() + 2];
+    let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(DATA.len() + 2);
     let (bytes_peeked, address) = socket.peek_from(&mut buf).await?;
     assert_eq!(bytes_peeked, DATA.len());
     assert_eq!(&buf[..bytes_peeked], &*DATA);
     assert_eq!(address, peer_address);
 
+    buf.clear();
     let (bytes_read, address) = socket.recv_from(&mut buf).await?;
     assert_eq!(bytes_read, DATA.len());
     assert_eq!(&buf[..bytes_read], &*DATA);
@@ -122,11 +123,12 @@ async fn connected_udp_actor(
     let bytes_written = socket.send(&DATA).await?;
     assert_eq!(bytes_written, DATA.len());
 
-    let mut buf = [0; DATA.len() + 2];
+    let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(DATA.len() + 2);
     let bytes_peeked = socket.peek(&mut buf).await?;
     assert_eq!(bytes_peeked, DATA.len());
     assert_eq!(&buf[..bytes_peeked], &*DATA);
 
+    buf.clear();
     let bytes_read = socket.recv(&mut buf).await?;
     assert_eq!(bytes_read, DATA.len());
     assert_eq!(&buf[..bytes_read], &*DATA);