diff --git a/Stack/stack.py b/Stack/stack.py
index 55f9f0f..e144f23 100644
--- a/Stack/stack.py
+++ b/Stack/stack.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Stack:
 			if len(self) == 0:
 				raise StackError("Cannot pop from empty Stack")
 			lastitem = self.data[-1]
-			self.data = self.data[:-1]
+			del self.data[-1]
 		return lastitem
 
 	def populate(self, itemlist, destructive=False):
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ class Stack:
 		returns None
 		"""
 		self.data = self.data[:value]
-		self.maxlen = value
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+		self.maxlen = value