diff --git a/lib/ui/painting/vertices.cc b/lib/ui/painting/vertices.cc
index b735fb1d98018b4d4210a15b3132b5bc680fcd0d..8e305703567f0774cbcff1bed77bede7d0ee7050 100644
--- a/lib/ui/painting/vertices.cc
+++ b/lib/ui/painting/vertices.cc
@@ -11,26 +11,16 @@ namespace blink {
 
 namespace {
 
-std::unique_ptr<SkPoint[]> DecodePoints(
-    const tonic::Float32List& coords) {
-  std::unique_ptr<SkPoint[]> result;
-  if (coords.data()) {
-    result.reset(new SkPoint[coords.num_elements() / 2]);
-    for (int i = 0; i < coords.num_elements(); i += 2)
-      result[i / 2] = SkPoint::Make(coords[i], coords[i + 1]);
-  }
-  return result;
+void DecodePoints(const tonic::Float32List& coords,
+                  SkPoint* points) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < coords.num_elements(); i += 2)
+    points[i / 2] = SkPoint::Make(coords[i], coords[i + 1]);
 }
 
-template <typename T> std::unique_ptr<T[]> DecodeInts(
-    const tonic::Int32List& ints) {
-  std::unique_ptr<T[]> result;
-  if (ints.data()) {
-    result.reset(new T[ints.num_elements()]);
-    for (int i = 0; i < ints.num_elements(); i++)
-      result[i] = ints[i];
-  }
-  return result;
+template <typename T> void DecodeInts(const tonic::Int32List& ints,
+                                      T* out) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < ints.num_elements(); i++)
+    out[i] = ints[i];
 }
 
 }  // namespace
@@ -64,20 +54,26 @@ void Vertices::init(SkCanvas::VertexMode vertex_mode,
                     const tonic::Float32List& texture_coordinates,
                     const tonic::Int32List& colors,
                     const tonic::Int32List& indices) {
-  std::unique_ptr<const SkPoint[]> sk_positions(DecodePoints(positions));
-  std::unique_ptr<const SkPoint[]> sk_texs(DecodePoints(texture_coordinates));
-
-  std::unique_ptr<const SkColor[]> sk_colors(DecodeInts<SkColor>(colors));
-  std::unique_ptr<const uint16_t[]> sk_indices(DecodeInts<uint16_t>(indices));
-
-  // TODO(fmalita): refactor to use SkVertices::Builder and avoid a copy.
-  vertices_ = SkVertices::MakeCopy(vertex_mode,
-                                   positions.num_elements() / 2,
-                                   sk_positions.get(),
-                                   sk_texs.get(),
-                                   sk_colors.get(),
-                                   indices.num_elements(),
-                                   sk_indices.get());
+  uint32_t builderFlags = 0;
+  if (texture_coordinates.data())
+    builderFlags |= SkVertices::kHasTexCoords_BuilderFlag;
+  if (colors.data())
+    builderFlags |= SkVertices::kHasColors_BuilderFlag;
+
+  SkVertices::Builder builder(vertex_mode,
+                              positions.num_elements() / 2,
+                              indices.num_elements(),
+                              builderFlags);
+  if (positions.data())
+    DecodePoints(positions, builder.positions());
+  if (texture_coordinates.data())
+    DecodePoints(texture_coordinates, builder.texCoords());
+  if (colors.data())
+    DecodeInts<SkColor>(colors, builder.colors());
+  if (indices.data())
+    DecodeInts<uint16_t>(indices, builder.indices());
+
+  vertices_ = builder.detach();
 }
 
 }  // namespace blink