diff --git a/ml.cpp b/ml.cpp
index 1234154..edf3e3a 100644
--- a/ml.cpp
+++ b/ml.cpp
@@ -1142,11 +1142,8 @@ namespace builtin {
 	    }
 
 	    std::pair<long, std::string> result = client.doGetRequest(args[0].as_string(), headers);
-	    // TODO add helper function for this
-	    std::vector<MlValue> lst;
-	    lst.push_back(MlValue(result.first));
-	    lst.push_back(MlValue::string(result.second));
-	    return lst;
+
+	    return std::vector<MlValue> { MlValue(result.first), MlValue::string(result.second) };
     }
 
     // Parse JSON string
diff --git a/ml_io.cpp b/ml_io.cpp
index 1889b65..0d0bad8 100644
--- a/ml_io.cpp
+++ b/ml_io.cpp
@@ -91,9 +91,5 @@ MlValue exec_system_cmd(const std::string &cmd) {
 	stat = pclose(pipe);
 	int cmd_retval = WEXITSTATUS(stat);
 
-	// TODO add helper function for this
-	std::vector<MlValue> lst;
-	lst.push_back(MlValue((long)cmd_retval));
-	lst.push_back(MlValue::string(cmd_output));
-	return lst;
+	return std::vector<MlValue> { MlValue((long)cmd_retval), MlValue::string(cmd_output) };
 }