diff --git a/src/guard.rs b/src/guard.rs
index b477a77..2264c0d 100644
--- a/src/guard.rs
+++ b/src/guard.rs
@@ -66,9 +66,14 @@ impl<'vec, T> ContentGuard<'vec, T> {
     pub fn take(&mut self) -> Vec<T> {
         let old_erased = std::mem::replace(self.erased, (self.reerase)(Vec::new()));
         let erased_owner = ManuallyDrop::new(old_erased);
-        // SAFETY: The erased pointer, length, and capacity are valid for a Vec<T>.
-        // ManuallyDrop prevents the old TypeErasedVec from double-freeing the allocation.
-        unsafe { erased_owner.parts.into_vec() }
+
+        // SAFETY: ManuallyDrop prevents the old TypeErasedVec from running its
+        // destructor. This reads its uniquely owned descriptor exactly once.
+        let parts = unsafe { std::ptr::read(&raw const erased_owner.parts) };
+
+        // SAFETY: The erased pointer, length, and capacity are valid for Vec<T>,
+        // and `parts` uniquely owns the allocation.
+        unsafe { parts.into_vec() }
     }
 
     /// Calls `function` with the underlying vector and then type-erases it again.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4ee7e02..df7be45 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -329,6 +329,6 @@ impl TypeErasedVec {
 impl Drop for TypeErasedVec {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         // SAFETY: The correct drop vector executes the destructors and frees the allocation.
-        unsafe { (self.vtable.drop)(self.parts) };
+        unsafe { (self.vtable.drop)(&mut self.parts) };
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/parts.rs b/src/parts.rs
index d2ded08..ece5c50 100644
--- a/src/parts.rs
+++ b/src/parts.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::mem::ManuallyDrop;
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub(super) struct VecParts {
     pub(super) ptr: NonNull<u8>,
     pub(super) len: usize,
diff --git a/src/vtable.rs b/src/vtable.rs
index 1cf48a5..9b956e4 100644
--- a/src/vtable.rs
+++ b/src/vtable.rs
@@ -58,14 +58,18 @@ pub(super) struct TypeErasedVecVtable {
     /// Function pointer to clear the underlying capacity of its old elements
     pub(super) clear: unsafe fn(parts: &mut VecParts),
     /// Function pointer to the original type's drop logic.
-    pub(super) drop: unsafe fn(parts: VecParts),
+    pub(super) drop: unsafe fn(parts: &mut VecParts),
 }
 
 impl TypeErasedVecVtable {
     pub(super) fn new<T>() -> Self {
-        unsafe fn drop_vec<T>(parts: VecParts) {
-            // SAFETY: We reconstruct the Vec to let its Drop impl handle deallocation.
-            _ = unsafe { parts.into_vec::<T>() };
+        unsafe fn drop_vec<T>(parts: &mut VecParts) {
+            let original_parts = std::mem::replace(parts, VecParts::from_vec(Vec::<T>::new()));
+
+            // SAFETY: The vtable selects T as the exact type that originally
+            // produced these uniquely owned raw parts. Reconstructing the Vec
+            // transfers that ownership to its Drop implementation.
+            _ = unsafe { original_parts.into_vec::<T>() };
         }
 
         unsafe fn clear_vec<T>(parts: &mut VecParts) {