diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a28469c..6705a79 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ core = [
     "wasmi-validation/core",
     "libm"
 ]
+# Enforce using the linear memory implementation based on `Vec` instead of
+# mmap on unix systems.
+#
+# Useful for tests and if you need to minimize unsafe usage at the cost of performance on some
+# workloads.
+vec_memory = []
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["validation"]
diff --git a/src/memory/mmap.rs b/src/memory/mmap_bytebuf.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/memory/mmap.rs
rename to src/memory/mmap_bytebuf.rs
diff --git a/src/memory/mod.rs b/src/memory/mod.rs
index ddbb9c3..21ffd8e 100644
--- a/src/memory/mod.rs
+++ b/src/memory/mod.rs
@@ -69,8 +69,15 @@ impl fmt::Debug for MemoryInstance {
     }
 }
 
-mod mmap;
-use self::mmap::ByteBuf;
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(feature="vec_memory")))]
+#[path="mmap_bytebuf.rs"]
+mod bytebuf;
+
+#[cfg(any(not(unix), feature="vec_memory"))]
+#[path="vec_bytebuf.rs"]
+mod bytebuf;
+
+use self::bytebuf::ByteBuf;
 
 // mod rust_alloc as byte_buf;
 // use self::rust_alloc::ByteBuf;
diff --git a/src/memory/rust_alloc.rs b/src/memory/rust_alloc.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index bde6df8..0000000
--- a/src/memory/rust_alloc.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-//! An implementation of a `ByteBuf` based on Rust's `GlobalAlloc`.
-//!
-//! The performance of this is really depends on the underlying allocator implementation,
-//! specifically on `alloc_zeroed`. On macOS, for example, it calls to `bzero` which
-//! can ruin the performance for some workloads.
-
-use std::alloc::{System, Layout, GlobalAlloc};
-use std::{slice, ptr};
-
-pub struct ByteBuf {
-    // If the `len` is 0, this would store a dangling pointer but not `null`.
-    ptr: *mut u8,
-    len: usize,
-}
-
-impl ByteBuf {
-    pub fn new(len: usize) -> Self {
-        let ptr = if len == 0 {
-            // Craft a pointer which is not null, but
-            ptr::NonNull::dangling().as_ptr()
-        } else {
-            let ptr = unsafe {
-                // TODO: proof
-                System.alloc_zeroed(Self::layout(len))
-            };
-
-            // TODO: proof
-            assert!(!ptr.is_null());
-
-            ptr
-        };
-
-        Self {
-            ptr,
-            len,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn realloc(&mut self, new_len: usize) {
-        let new_ptr = if self.len == 0 {
-            // special case, when the memory wasn't allocated before.
-            // Alignment of byte is 1.
-            // TODO: proof
-            let ptr = unsafe {
-                // TODO: proof
-                System.alloc_zeroed(Self::layout(new_len))
-            };
-
-            // TODO: proof
-            assert!(!ptr.is_null());
-
-            ptr
-        } else {
-            // TODO: proof
-            let cur_layout = Self::layout(self.len);
-            let new_ptr = unsafe {
-                System.realloc(self.ptr, cur_layout, new_len)
-            };
-            assert!(!new_ptr.is_null());
-
-            unsafe {
-                let new_area = new_ptr.offset(self.len as isize);
-                ptr::write_bytes(new_area, 0, new_len - self.len);
-            }
-
-            new_ptr
-        };
-
-        self.ptr = new_ptr;
-        self.len = new_len;
-    }
-
-    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.len
-    }
-
-    pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        unsafe {
-            //
-            slice::from_raw_parts(self.ptr, self.len)
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn as_slice_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
-        unsafe {
-            // TODO: zero sized.
-            slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.ptr, self.len)
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn layout(len: usize) -> Layout {
-        Layout::from_size_align(len, 1).expect("")
-    }
-}
-
-impl Drop for ByteBuf {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if self.len != 0 {
-            unsafe {
-                System.dealloc(self.ptr, Self::layout(self.len))
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/memory/vec_backed.rs b/src/memory/vec_bytebuf.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/memory/vec_backed.rs
rename to src/memory/vec_bytebuf.rs