diff --git a/src/html.cc b/src/html.cc
index 4dd53bb..71a3296 100644
--- a/src/html.cc
+++ b/src/html.cc
@@ -475,20 +475,19 @@ DilloHtml::DilloHtml(BrowserWindow *p_bw, const DilloUrl *url,
 
    styleEngine = std::make_unique< StyleEngine >(HT2LT (this), page_url.get(), base_url.get(), bw->zoom);
 
-   stack = new misc::SimpleVector <DilloHtmlState> (16);
-   stack->increase();
-   stack->getRef(0)->parse_mode = DILLO_HTML_PARSE_MODE_INIT;
-   stack->getRef(0)->table_mode = DILLO_HTML_TABLE_MODE_NONE;
-   stack->getRef(0)->table_border_mode = DILLO_HTML_TABLE_BORDER_SEPARATE;
-   stack->getRef(0)->cell_text_align_set = false;
-   stack->getRef(0)->display_none = false;
-   stack->getRef(0)->list_type = HTML_LIST_NONE;
-   stack->getRef(0)->list_number = 0;
-   stack->getRef(0)->tag_idx = -1;               /* MUST not be used */
-   stack->getRef(0)->textblock = NULL;
-   stack->getRef(0)->table = NULL;
-   stack->getRef(0)->ref_list_item = NULL;
-   stack->getRef(0)->hand_over_break = false;
+   stack.emplace_back();
+   stack.back().parse_mode = DILLO_HTML_PARSE_MODE_INIT;
+   stack.back().table_mode = DILLO_HTML_TABLE_MODE_NONE;
+   stack.back().table_border_mode = DILLO_HTML_TABLE_BORDER_SEPARATE;
+   stack.back().cell_text_align_set = false;
+   stack.back().display_none = false;
+   stack.back().list_type = HTML_LIST_NONE;
+   stack.back().list_number = 0;
+   stack.back().tag_idx = -1;               /* MUST not be used */
+   stack.back().textblock = NULL;
+   stack.back().table = NULL;
+   stack.back().ref_list_item = NULL;
+   stack.back().hand_over_break = false;
 
    InFlags = IN_NONE;
 
@@ -531,7 +530,7 @@ void DilloHtml::initDw()
    dReturn_if_fail (dw == NULL);
 
    /* Create the main widget */
-   dw = stack->getRef(0)->textblock =  new Textblock (prefs.limit_text_width);
+   dw = stack.back().textblock =  new Textblock (prefs.limit_text_width);
 
    bw->num_page_bugs = 0;
    bw->page_bugs.clear();
@@ -604,8 +603,6 @@ int DilloHtml::getCurrLineNumber()
  */
 void DilloHtml::freeParseData()
 {
-   delete(stack);
-
    dStr_free(Stash, TRUE);
    dStr_free(attr_data, TRUE);
 }
@@ -624,9 +621,9 @@ void DilloHtml::finishParsing(int ClientKey)
    InFlags |= IN_EOF;
 
    /* force the close of elements left open (TODO: not for XHTML) */
-   while ((si = stack->size() - 1)) {
-      if (stack->getRef(si)->tag_idx != -1) {
-         Html_tag_cleanup_at_close(this, stack->getRef(si)->tag_idx);
+   while ((si = stack.size() - 1)) {
+      if (stack.at(si).tag_idx != -1) {
+         Html_tag_cleanup_at_close(this, stack.at(si).tag_idx);
       }
    }
 
@@ -1320,14 +1317,10 @@ static void Html_eventually_pop_dw(DilloHtml *html, bool hand_over_break)
  */
 static void Html_push_tag(DilloHtml *html, int tag_idx)
 {
-   int n_items;
-
-   n_items = html->stack->size ();
-   html->stack->increase ();
    /* We'll copy the former stack item and just change the tag and its index
     * instead of copying all fields except for tag.  --Jcid */
-   *html->stack->getRef(n_items) = *html->stack->getRef(n_items - 1);
-   html->stack->getRef(n_items)->tag_idx = tag_idx;
+   html->stack.push_back( html->stack.back() );
+   html->stack.back().tag_idx = tag_idx;
    html->dw = S_TOP(html)->textblock;
 }
 
@@ -1350,7 +1343,7 @@ static void Html_real_pop_tag(DilloHtml *html)
 
    html->styleEngine->endElement (S_TOP(html)->tag_idx);
    hand_over_break = S_TOP(html)->hand_over_break;
-   html->stack->setSize (html->stack->size() - 1);
+   html->stack.pop_back();
    Html_eventually_pop_dw(html, hand_over_break);
 }
 
@@ -2877,7 +2870,7 @@ static void Html_tag_open_li(DilloHtml *html, const char *tag, int tagsize)
    html->InFlags |= IN_LI;
 
    /* Get our parent tag's variables (used as state storage) */
-   list_number = &html->stack->getRef(html->stack->size()-2)->list_number;
+   list_number = &html->stack.at(html->stack.size()-2).list_number;
 
    if (style->listStyleType >= LIST_STYLE_TYPE_DECIMAL) {
       // ordered
@@ -3641,7 +3634,7 @@ static void Html_tag_cleanup_to_idx(DilloHtml *html, int s_idx,
                                     int new_idx, int fi, char op)
 {
    int s_top, ni = new_idx;
-   while ((s_top = html->stack->size() - 1) >= s_idx) {
+   while ((s_top = html->stack.size() - 1) >= s_idx) {
       int toptag_idx = S_TOP(html)->tag_idx;
       TagInfo toptag = Tags[toptag_idx];
 
@@ -3694,10 +3687,10 @@ static void Html_stack_cleanup_at_open(DilloHtml *html, int ni)
    if (!html->TagSoup)
       return;
 
-   int s_top = html->stack->size() - 1, s_idx;
+   int s_top = html->stack.size() - 1, s_idx;
    int fi = Html_forbids_cross_nesting(html->InFlags, ni);
    for (s_idx = s_top;  s_idx > 0;  --s_idx) {
-      int ti = html->stack->getRef(s_idx)->tag_idx;
+      int ti = html->stack.at(s_idx).tag_idx;
 
       if (fi >= 0) {
          // forbidden cross nesting found
@@ -3745,9 +3738,9 @@ static void Html_tag_cleanup_at_close(DilloHtml *html, int new_idx)
    TagInfo new_tag = Tags[new_idx];
 
    /* Look for the candidate tag to close */
-   stack_idx = html->stack->size();
+   stack_idx = html->stack.size();
    while (--stack_idx) {
-      tag_idx = html->stack->getRef(stack_idx)->tag_idx;
+      tag_idx = html->stack.at(stack_idx).tag_idx;
       if (tag_idx == new_idx) {
          /* matching tag found */
          matched = 1;
@@ -3938,8 +3931,8 @@ static void Html_display_listitem(DilloHtml *html)
    char buf[16];
 
    /* Get our parent tag's variables (used as state storage) */
-   list_number = &html->stack->getRef(html->stack->size()-2)->list_number;
-   ref_list_item = &html->stack->getRef(html->stack->size()-2)->ref_list_item;
+   list_number = &html->stack.at(html->stack.size()-2).list_number;
+   ref_list_item = &html->stack.at(html->stack.size()-2).ref_list_item;
 
    HT2TB(html)->addParbreak (0, wordStyle);
 
diff --git a/src/html_common.hh b/src/html_common.hh
index 30d54df..4bdf5ed 100644
--- a/src/html_common.hh
+++ b/src/html_common.hh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 /** "Image" to "Dw Widget" */
 #define IM2DW(Image)  ((Widget*)Image->dw)
 /** Top of the parsing stack */
-#define S_TOP(html)  (html->stack->getRef(html->stack->size()-1))
+#define S_TOP(html)  (&html->stack.back())
 
 /** Add a bug-meter message. */
 #define BUG_MSG(...)                               \
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ public:  //BUG: for now everything is public
    /* vector of remote CSS resources, as given by the LINK element */
    std::vector< std::unique_ptr< DilloUrl > > cssUrls;
 
-   lout::misc::SimpleVector<DilloHtmlState> *stack;
+   // Apparently, there's peeks down a level or two, so we'll use a vector.
+   // The stack will grow "up" in addresses -- back is the "top".
+   std::vector< DilloHtmlState > stack;
    std::unique_ptr< StyleEngine > styleEngine;
 
    int InFlags; /**< tracks which elements we are in */
diff --git a/src/table.cc b/src/table.cc
index 8059f59..7b880cd 100644
--- a/src/table.cc
+++ b/src/table.cc
@@ -302,10 +302,10 @@ static int Html_table_get_border_model(DilloHtml *html)
    if (i_TABLE == -1)
       i_TABLE = a_Html_tag_index("table");
 
-   int s_idx = html->stack->size();
-   while (--s_idx > 0 && html->stack->getRef(s_idx)->tag_idx != i_TABLE)
+   int s_idx = html->stack.size();
+   while (--s_idx > 0 && html->stack.at(s_idx).tag_idx != i_TABLE)
       ;
-   return html->stack->getRef(s_idx)->table_border_mode;
+   return html->stack.at(s_idx).table_border_mode;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -314,11 +314,11 @@ static int Html_table_get_border_model(DilloHtml *html)
 static void Html_table_set_border_model(DilloHtml *html,
                                         DilloHtmlTableBorderMode mode)
 {
-   int s_idx = html->stack->size(), i_TABLE = a_Html_tag_index("table");
+   int s_idx = html->stack.size(), i_TABLE = a_Html_tag_index("table");
 
-   while (--s_idx > 0 && html->stack->getRef(s_idx)->tag_idx != i_TABLE) ;
+   while (--s_idx > 0 && html->stack.at(s_idx).tag_idx != i_TABLE) ;
    if (s_idx > 0)
-      html->stack->getRef(s_idx)->table_border_mode = mode;
+      html->stack.at(s_idx).table_border_mode = mode;
 }
 
 /* WORKAROUND: collapsing border model requires moving rendering code from