diff --git a/basis/concurrency/futures/futures.factor b/basis/concurrency/futures/futures.factor
index 85f1ba44a0..132342aff1 100755
--- a/basis/concurrency/futures/futures.factor
+++ b/basis/concurrency/futures/futures.factor
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2005, 2008 Chris Double, Slava Pestov.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: concurrency.promises concurrency.mailboxes kernel arrays
-continuations ;
+continuations accessors ;
 IN: concurrency.futures
 
 : future ( quot -- future )
     <promise> [
         [ [ >r call r> fulfill ] 2curry "Future" ] keep
-        promise-mailbox spawn-linked-to drop
+        mailbox>> spawn-linked-to drop
     ] keep ; inline
 
 : ?future-timeout ( future timeout -- value )
diff --git a/basis/concurrency/promises/promises.factor b/basis/concurrency/promises/promises.factor
index b432d63bfc..511decdf35 100755
--- a/basis/concurrency/promises/promises.factor
+++ b/basis/concurrency/promises/promises.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2005, 2008 Chris Double, Slava Pestov.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: concurrency.mailboxes kernel continuations ;
+USING: accessors concurrency.mailboxes kernel continuations ;
 IN: concurrency.promises
 
 TUPLE: promise mailbox ;
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ TUPLE: promise mailbox ;
     <mailbox> promise boa ;
 
 : promise-fulfilled? ( promise -- ? )
-    promise-mailbox mailbox-empty? not ;
+    mailbox>> mailbox-empty? not ;
 
 : fulfill ( value promise -- )
     dup promise-fulfilled? [ 
         "Promise already fulfilled" throw
     ] [
-        promise-mailbox mailbox-put
+        mailbox>> mailbox-put
     ] if ;
 
 : ?promise-timeout ( promise timeout -- result )
-    >r promise-mailbox r> block-if-empty mailbox-peek ;
+    >r mailbox>> r> block-if-empty mailbox-peek ;
 
 : ?promise ( promise -- result )
     f ?promise-timeout ;