diff --git a/src/api/game/game.cpp b/src/api/game/game.cpp
index 5c0c4fe4..4bc1279e 100644
--- a/src/api/game/game.cpp
+++ b/src/api/game/game.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include "windows.h"
 #endif
 
-using std::list;
 using std::string;
 using std::thread;
 using std::vector;
diff --git a/src/api/metadata_list.cpp b/src/api/metadata_list.cpp
index 50bd32c7..6ea5ac65 100644
--- a/src/api/metadata_list.cpp
+++ b/src/api/metadata_list.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void MetadataList::Save(const std::filesystem::path& filepath) const {
     emitter << YAML::Key << "globals" << YAML::Value << messages_;
 
   auto plugins = Plugins();
-  plugins.sort([](const PluginMetadata& p1, const PluginMetadata& p2) {
+  std::sort(plugins.begin(), plugins.end(), [](const PluginMetadata& p1, const PluginMetadata& p2) {
     return CompareFilenames(p1.GetName(), p2.GetName()) < 0;
   });
 
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ void MetadataList::Clear() {
   messages_.clear();
 }
 
-std::list<PluginMetadata> MetadataList::Plugins() const {
-  std::list<PluginMetadata> pluginList(plugins_.begin(), plugins_.end());
+std::vector<PluginMetadata> MetadataList::Plugins() const {
+  std::vector<PluginMetadata> plugins;
+  plugins.reserve(plugins_.size() + regexPlugins_.size());
+  plugins.insert(plugins.end(), plugins_.begin(), plugins_.end());
+  plugins.insert(plugins.end(), regexPlugins_.begin(), regexPlugins_.end());
 
-  pluginList.insert(
-      pluginList.end(), regexPlugins_.begin(), regexPlugins_.end());
-
-  return pluginList;
+  return plugins;
 }
 
 std::vector<Message> MetadataList::Messages() const { return messages_; }
diff --git a/src/api/metadata_list.h b/src/api/metadata_list.h
index a3e5c3a2..23b6938c 100644
--- a/src/api/metadata_list.h
+++ b/src/api/metadata_list.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public:
   void Save(const std::filesystem::path& filepath) const;
   void Clear();
 
-  std::list<PluginMetadata> Plugins() const;
+  std::vector<PluginMetadata> Plugins() const;
   std::vector<Message> Messages() const;
   std::set<std::string> BashTags() const;
   std::unordered_set<Group> Groups() const;
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ protected:
   std::unordered_set<Group> groups_;
   std::set<std::string> bashTags_;
   std::unordered_set<PluginMetadata> plugins_;
-  std::list<PluginMetadata> regexPlugins_;
+  std::vector<PluginMetadata> regexPlugins_;
   std::vector<Message> messages_;
 
   std::unordered_set<PluginMetadata> unevaluatedPlugins_;
-  std::list<PluginMetadata> unevaluatedRegexPlugins_;
+  std::vector<PluginMetadata> unevaluatedRegexPlugins_;
   std::vector<Message> unevaluatedMessages_;
 };
 }
diff --git a/src/api/sorting/plugin_graph.cpp b/src/api/sorting/plugin_graph.cpp
index 2a5abbc4..05bfd88a 100644
--- a/src/api/sorting/plugin_graph.cpp
+++ b/src/api/sorting/plugin_graph.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "loot/exception/cyclic_interaction_error.h"
 #include "loot/exception/undefined_group_error.h"
 
-using std::list;
 using std::string;
 using std::vector;
 
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> PluginGraph::TopologicalSort() const {
     put(vertexIndexMap, v, i++);
   }
 
-  list<vertex_t> sortedVertices;
+  std::list<vertex_t> sortedVertices;
   auto logger = getLogger();
   if (logger) {
     logger->trace("Performing topological sort on plugin graph...");
diff --git a/src/tests/api/internals/metadata_list_test.h b/src/tests/api/internals/metadata_list_test.h
index 9c505e25..d91d05d4 100644
--- a/src/tests/api/internals/metadata_list_test.h
+++ b/src/tests/api/internals/metadata_list_test.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ TEST_P(MetadataListTest, loadShouldLoadPluginMetadata) {
   // Non-regex plugins can be outputted in any order, and regex entries can
   // match each other, so convert the list to a set of strings for
   // comparison.
-  std::list<PluginMetadata> result(metadataList.Plugins());
+  std::vector<PluginMetadata> result(metadataList.Plugins());
   std::set<std::string> names;
   std::transform(
       begin(result),
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ TEST_P(MetadataListTest, saveShouldWriteTheLoadedMetadataToTheGivenFilePath) {
   // Non-regex plugins can be outputted in any order, and regex entries can
   // match each other, so convert the list to a set of strings for
   // comparison.
-  std::list<PluginMetadata> result(metadataList.Plugins());
+  std::vector<PluginMetadata> result(metadataList.Plugins());
   std::set<std::string> names;
   std::transform(
       begin(result),