diff --git a/src/httprequest.rs b/src/httprequest.rs
index 4b8f18b0..6d763e2f 100644
--- a/src/httprequest.rs
+++ b/src/httprequest.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ impl Default for HttpMessage {
             uri: Uri::default(),
             version: Version::HTTP_11,
             headers: HeaderMap::with_capacity(16),
-            params: Params::default(),
-            query: Params::default(),
+            params: Params::new(),
+            query: Params::new(),
             query_loaded: false,
             cookies: None,
             addr: None,
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ impl HttpRequest<()> {
                 uri: uri,
                 version: version,
                 headers: headers,
-                params: Params::default(),
-                query: Params::default(),
+                params: Params::new(),
+                query: Params::new(),
                 query_loaded: false,
                 cookies: None,
                 addr: None,
diff --git a/src/param.rs b/src/param.rs
index b2e7c602..530e6208 100644
--- a/src/param.rs
+++ b/src/param.rs
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ pub trait FromParam: Sized {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Params<'a>(SmallVec<[(Cow<'a, str>, Cow<'a, str>); 3]>);
 
-impl<'a> Default for Params<'a> {
-    fn default() -> Params<'a> {
+impl<'a> Params<'a> {
+
+    pub(crate) fn new() -> Params<'a> {
         Params(SmallVec::new())
     }
-}
-
-impl<'a> Params<'a> {
 
     pub(crate) fn clear(&mut self) {
         self.0.clear();
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 1ff954e7..11c03f35 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ impl Default for TestRequest<()> {
             uri: Uri::from_str("/").unwrap(),
             version: Version::HTTP_11,
             headers: HeaderMap::new(),
-            params: Params::default(),
+            params: Params::new(),
             cookies: None,
             payload: None,
         }
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ impl<S> TestRequest<S> {
             uri: Uri::from_str("/").unwrap(),
             version: Version::HTTP_11,
             headers: HeaderMap::new(),
-            params: Params::default(),
+            params: Params::new(),
             cookies: None,
             payload: None,
         }