diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/view/PonderPostBodyView.php b/src/applications/ponder/view/PonderPostBodyView.php
index 77e72ee33b..4bfb4362ea 100644
--- a/src/applications/ponder/view/PonderPostBodyView.php
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/view/PonderPostBodyView.php
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ final class PonderPostBodyView extends AphrontView {
       $target->getMarkupField(),
       $this->user);
 
-    $content =
-      '<div class="phabricator-remarkup">'.
-        $content.
-      '</div>';
+    $content = phutil_tag(
+      'div',
+      array(
+        'class' => 'phabricator-remarkup',
+      ),
+      $content);
 
     $author = $this->handles[$target->getAuthorPHID()];
     $actions = array($author->renderLink().' '.$this->action);
@@ -88,10 +90,12 @@ final class PonderPostBodyView extends AphrontView {
     }
 
     $xaction_view->appendChild(
-      '<div class="ponder-post-core">'.
-      $content.
-      '</div>'
-    );
+      phutil_tag(
+        'div',
+        array(
+          'class' => 'ponder-post-core',
+        ),
+        $content));
 
     $outerview = $xaction_view;
     if (!$this->preview) {
@@ -113,14 +117,4 @@ final class PonderPostBodyView extends AphrontView {
     return $outerview->render();
   }
 
-  private function renderHandleList(array $phids) {
-    $result = array();
-    foreach ($phids as $phid) {
-      $result[] = $this->handles[$phid]->renderLink();
-    }
-    return implode(', ', $result);
-  }
-
-
-
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/repository/controller/PhabricatorRepositoryListController.php b/src/applications/repository/controller/PhabricatorRepositoryListController.php
index 8c4baea1d0..3b32685467 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/controller/PhabricatorRepositoryListController.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/controller/PhabricatorRepositoryListController.php
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ final class PhabricatorRepositoryListController
             'class' => 'button grey small',
           ),
           'Edit'),
-        javelin_render_tag(
+        javelin_tag(
           'a',
           array(
             'href' => '/repository/project/delete/'.$project->getID().'/',
diff --git a/src/view/layout/AphrontPanelView.php b/src/view/layout/AphrontPanelView.php
index 2c186d6e24..2d2e313977 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/AphrontPanelView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/AphrontPanelView.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ final class AphrontPanelView extends AphrontView {
 
   public function setCreateButton($create_button, $href) {
     $this->addButton(
-      phutil_render_tag(
+      phutil_tag(
         'a',
         array(
           'href' => $href,
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuView.php
index bf1d601eb2..c863f9dfa1 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuView.php
@@ -159,6 +159,6 @@ final class PhabricatorMenuView extends AphrontTagView {
   }
 
   protected function getTagContent() {
-    return $this->renderSingleView($this->items);
+    return $this->renderHTMLView($this->items);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorTimelineView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorTimelineView.php
index e5d7dae568..3977a320b2 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorTimelineView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorTimelineView.php
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ final class PhabricatorTimelineView extends AphrontView {
     }
     $events[] = $spacer;
 
-    return phutil_render_tag(
+    return phutil_tag(
       'div',
       array(
         'class' => 'phabricator-timeline-view',
         'id' => $this->id,
       ),
-      implode('', $events));
+      $events);
   }
 
   public static function renderSpacer() {