diff --git a/render-wasm/src/shapes/text.rs b/render-wasm/src/shapes/text.rs
index bce3fda8c3..d56d2e6f28 100644
--- a/render-wasm/src/shapes/text.rs
+++ b/render-wasm/src/shapes/text.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl TextContent {
         self.paragraphs.push(paragraph);
     }
 
-    pub fn paragraphs(&self) -> &Vec<Paragraph> {
+    pub fn paragraphs(&self) -> &[Paragraph] {
         &self.paragraphs
     }
 
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ impl Paragraph {
         self.children = children;
     }
 
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    pub fn get_children(&self) -> &Vec<TextLeaf> {
+    pub fn children(&self) -> &[TextLeaf] {
         &self.children
     }
 
diff --git a/render-wasm/src/textlayout.rs b/render-wasm/src/textlayout.rs
index 29c45d119c..3be44c1d85 100644
--- a/render-wasm/src/textlayout.rs
+++ b/render-wasm/src/textlayout.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pub fn paragraph_builders_from_text(
     for paragraph in text_content.paragraphs() {
         let paragraph_style = paragraph.paragraph_to_style();
         let mut builder = ParagraphBuilder::new(&paragraph_style, fonts);
-        for leaf in paragraph.get_children() {
+        for leaf in paragraph.children() {
             let text_style = leaf.to_style(
                 &text_content.bounds(),
                 fallback_fonts,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub fn stroke_paragraph_builders_from_text(
         let mut stroke_paragraphs_map: std::collections::HashMap<usize, ParagraphBuilder> =
             std::collections::HashMap::new();
 
-        for leaf in paragraph.get_children().iter() {
+        for leaf in paragraph.children().iter() {
             let mut text_paint = merge_fills(leaf.fills(), *bounds);
             if let Some(blur_mask) = blur_mask {
                 text_paint.set_mask_filter(blur_mask.clone());