diff --git a/bitswap/client/wantlist/wantlist.go b/bitswap/client/wantlist/wantlist.go
index a79dbd9fc..20432a2b1 100644
--- a/bitswap/client/wantlist/wantlist.go
+++ b/bitswap/client/wantlist/wantlist.go
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 package wantlist
 
 import (
-	"sort"
+	"cmp"
+	"slices"
 
 	pb "github.com/ipfs/boxo/bitswap/message/pb"
 
@@ -34,12 +35,6 @@ func NewRefEntry(c cid.Cid, p int32) Entry {
 	}
 }
 
-type entrySlice []Entry
-
-func (es entrySlice) Len() int           { return len(es) }
-func (es entrySlice) Swap(i, j int)      { es[i], es[j] = es[j], es[i] }
-func (es entrySlice) Less(i, j int) bool { return es[i].Priority > es[j].Priority }
-
 // New generates a new raw Wantlist
 func New() *Wantlist {
 	return &Wantlist{
@@ -125,7 +120,9 @@ func (w *Wantlist) Entries() []Entry {
 	for _, e := range w.set {
 		es = append(es, e)
 	}
-	sort.Sort(entrySlice(es))
+	slices.SortFunc(es, func(a, b Entry) int {
+		return cmp.Compare(b.Priority, a.Priority)
+	})
 	w.cached = es
 	return es[0:len(es):len(es)]
 }
diff --git a/bitswap/server/server.go b/bitswap/server/server.go
index 5bb277dfb..6a2ceb3f9 100644
--- a/bitswap/server/server.go
+++ b/bitswap/server/server.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func (bs *Server) Stat() (Stat, error) {
 	for i, p := range peers {
 		peersStr[i] = p.String()
 	}
-	sort.Strings(peersStr)
+	slices.Sort(peersStr)
 	s.Peers = peersStr
 
 	return s, nil
diff --git a/files/serialfile_test.go b/files/serialfile_test.go
index 2f08bada0..e07a288b3 100644
--- a/files/serialfile_test.go
+++ b/files/serialfile_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ testInputs:
 		}
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(expectedPaths)
+	slices.Sort(expectedPaths)
 
 	stat, err := os.Stat(tmppath)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/filestore/util.go b/filestore/util.go
index 80bec61fd..21900f055 100644
--- a/filestore/util.go
+++ b/filestore/util.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package filestore
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 
 	pb "github.com/ipfs/boxo/filestore/pb"
 
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ func listAllFileOrder(ctx context.Context, fs *Filestore, verify bool) (func(con
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var entries listEntries
+	var entries []*listEntry
 
 	for {
 		v, ok := qr.NextSync()
@@ -199,7 +201,15 @@ func listAllFileOrder(ctx context.Context, fs *Filestore, verify bool) (func(con
 			})
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Sort(entries)
+	slices.SortFunc(entries, func(a, b *listEntry) int {
+		if a.filePath == b.filePath {
+			if a.offset == b.offset {
+				return strings.Compare(a.dsKey, b.dsKey)
+			}
+			return cmp.Compare(a.offset, b.offset)
+		}
+		return strings.Compare(a.filePath, b.filePath)
+	})
 
 	i := 0
 	return func(ctx context.Context) *ListRes {
@@ -243,20 +253,6 @@ type listEntry struct {
 	err      error
 }
 
-type listEntries []*listEntry
-
-func (l listEntries) Len() int      { return len(l) }
-func (l listEntries) Swap(i, j int) { l[i], l[j] = l[j], l[i] }
-func (l listEntries) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	if l[i].filePath == l[j].filePath {
-		if l[i].offset == l[j].offset {
-			return l[i].dsKey < l[j].dsKey
-		}
-		return l[i].offset < l[j].offset
-	}
-	return l[i].filePath < l[j].filePath
-}
-
 func mkListRes(m mh.Multihash, d *pb.DataObj, err error) *ListRes {
 	status := StatusOk
 	errorMsg := ""
diff --git a/gateway/headers.go b/gateway/headers.go
index 66ad5d43a..cb279d456 100644
--- a/gateway/headers.go
+++ b/gateway/headers.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package gateway
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 )
 
 // Headers is an HTTP middleware that sets the configured headers in all requests.
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ func cleanHeaderSet(headers []string) []string {
 		result = append(result, k)
 	}
 
-	// Sort
-	sort.Strings(result)
+	slices.Sort(result)
 	return result
 }
diff --git a/ipld/merkledag/coding.go b/ipld/merkledag/coding.go
index a455a6a44..fb7d18c3d 100644
--- a/ipld/merkledag/coding.go
+++ b/ipld/merkledag/coding.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package merkledag
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	pb "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/merkledag/pb"
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ const _ = pb.DoNotUpgradeFileEverItWillChangeYourHashes
 // for now, we use a PBNode intermediate thing.
 // because native go objects are nice.
 
-// pbLinkSlice is a slice of pb.PBLink, similar to LinkSlice but for sorting the
-// PB form
-type pbLinkSlice []*pb.PBLink
-
-func (pbls pbLinkSlice) Len() int           { return len(pbls) }
-func (pbls pbLinkSlice) Swap(a, b int)      { pbls[a], pbls[b] = pbls[b], pbls[a] }
-func (pbls pbLinkSlice) Less(a, b int) bool { return *pbls[a].Name < *pbls[b].Name }
-
 // unmarshal decodes raw data into a *Node instance.
 // The conversion uses an intermediate PBNode.
 func unmarshal(encodedBytes []byte) (*ProtoNode, error) {
@@ -148,7 +140,9 @@ func (n *ProtoNode) GetPBNode() *pb.PBNode {
 	// Ensure links are sorted prior to encode, regardless of `linksDirty`. They
 	// may not have come sorted if we deserialized a badly encoded form that
 	// didn't have links already sorted.
-	sort.Stable(pbLinkSlice(pbn.Links))
+	slices.SortStableFunc(pbn.Links, func(a, b *pb.PBLink) int {
+		return strings.Compare(*a.Name, *b.Name)
+	})
 
 	if len(n.data) > 0 {
 		pbn.Data = n.data
@@ -163,7 +157,7 @@ func (n *ProtoNode) EncodeProtobuf(force bool) ([]byte, error) {
 		if n.linksDirty {
 			// there was a mutation involving links, make sure we sort before we build
 			// and cache a `Node` form that captures the current state
-			sort.Stable(LinkSlice(n.links))
+			n.sortLinks()
 			n.linksDirty = false
 		}
 		n.cached = cid.Undef
diff --git a/ipld/merkledag/node.go b/ipld/merkledag/node.go
index 782d7c4ef..3ef445198 100644
--- a/ipld/merkledag/node.go
+++ b/ipld/merkledag/node.go
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 
 	blocks "github.com/ipfs/go-block-format"
 	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
@@ -147,13 +148,6 @@ func checkHasher(indicator uint64, sizeHint int) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// LinkSlice is a slice of format.Links
-type LinkSlice []*format.Link
-
-func (ls LinkSlice) Len() int           { return len(ls) }
-func (ls LinkSlice) Swap(a, b int)      { ls[a], ls[b] = ls[b], ls[a] }
-func (ls LinkSlice) Less(a, b int) bool { return ls[a].Name < ls[b].Name }
-
 // NodeWithData builds a new Protonode with the given data.
 func NodeWithData(d []byte) *ProtoNode {
 	return &ProtoNode{data: d}
@@ -289,7 +283,7 @@ func (n *ProtoNode) Copy() format.Node {
 		// Sort links regardless of linksDirty state, this may have come from a
 		// serialized form that had badly sorted links, in which case linksDirty
 		// will not be true.
-		sort.Stable(LinkSlice(nnode.links))
+		nnode.sortLinks()
 	}
 
 	nnode.builder = n.builder
@@ -424,7 +418,7 @@ func checkLink(lnk *format.Link) error {
 func (n *ProtoNode) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	if n.linksDirty {
 		// there was a mutation involving links, make sure we sort
-		sort.Stable(LinkSlice(n.links))
+		n.sortLinks()
 		n.linksDirty = false
 		n.encoded = nil
 	}
@@ -489,7 +483,7 @@ func (n *ProtoNode) Multihash() mh.Multihash {
 func (n *ProtoNode) Links() []*format.Link {
 	if n.linksDirty {
 		// there was a mutation involving links, make sure we sort
-		sort.Stable(LinkSlice(n.links))
+		n.sortLinks()
 		n.linksDirty = false
 		n.encoded = nil
 	}
@@ -541,7 +535,7 @@ func (n *ProtoNode) Tree(p string, depth int) []string {
 
 	if n.linksDirty {
 		// there was a mutation involving links, make sure we sort
-		sort.Stable(LinkSlice(n.links))
+		n.sortLinks()
 		n.linksDirty = false
 		n.encoded = nil
 	}
@@ -553,6 +547,12 @@ func (n *ProtoNode) Tree(p string, depth int) []string {
 	return out
 }
 
+func (n *ProtoNode) sortLinks() {
+	slices.SortStableFunc(n.links, func(a, b *format.Link) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.Name, b.Name)
+	})
+}
+
 func ProtoNodeConverter(b blocks.Block, nd ipld.Node) (legacy.UniversalNode, error) {
 	pbNode, ok := nd.(dagpb.PBNode)
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/ipld/unixfs/hamt/hamt_test.go b/ipld/unixfs/hamt/hamt_test.go
index 16b325773..009dbc258 100644
--- a/ipld/unixfs/hamt/hamt_test.go
+++ b/ipld/unixfs/hamt/hamt_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ func makeDirWidth(ds ipld.DAGService, size, width int) ([]string, *Shard, error)
 	return dirs, s, nil
 }
 
+func sortLinks(links []*ipld.Link) {
+	slices.SortStableFunc(links, func(a, b *ipld.Link) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.Name, b.Name)
+	})
+}
+
 func assertLink(s *Shard, name string, found bool) error {
 	_, err := s.Find(context.Background(), name)
 	switch err {
@@ -85,8 +92,8 @@ func assertLinksEqual(linksA []*ipld.Link, linksB []*ipld.Link) error {
 		return errors.New("links arrays are different sizes")
 	}
 
-	sort.Stable(dag.LinkSlice(linksA))
-	sort.Stable(dag.LinkSlice(linksB))
+	sortLinks(linksA)
+	sortLinks(linksB)
 	for i, a := range linksA {
 		b := linksB[i]
 		if a.Name != b.Name {
@@ -513,7 +520,7 @@ func TestRemoveElemsAfterMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	sort.Strings(dirs)
+	slices.Sort(dirs)
 
 	err = s.Remove(ctx, dirs[0])
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/ipld/unixfs/io/directory_test.go b/ipld/unixfs/io/directory_test.go
index e39cd5b3e..480aaa592 100644
--- a/ipld/unixfs/io/directory_test.go
+++ b/ipld/unixfs/io/directory_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -438,9 +438,9 @@ func getAllLinksSortedByName(d Directory) ([]*ipld.Link, error) {
 	return entries, nil
 }
 
-func sortLinksByName(l []*ipld.Link) {
-	sort.SliceStable(l, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return strings.Compare(l[i].Name, l[j].Name) == -1 // FIXME: Is this correct?
+func sortLinksByName(links []*ipld.Link) {
+	slices.SortStableFunc(links, func(a, b *ipld.Link) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.Name, b.Name)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/ipns/record.go b/ipns/record.go
index 147190a3b..2c7d4673d 100644
--- a/ipns/record.go
+++ b/ipns/record.go
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package ipns
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"cmp"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	ipns_pb "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipns/pb"
@@ -321,12 +323,12 @@ func createNode(value path.Path, seq uint64, eol time.Time, ttl time.Duration) (
 	m[cborTTLKey] = basicnode.NewInt(int64(ttl))
 	keys = append(keys, cborTTLKey)
 
-	sort.Slice(keys, func(i, j int) bool {
-		li, lj := len(keys[i]), len(keys[j])
-		if li == lj {
-			return keys[i] < keys[j]
+	slices.SortFunc(keys, func(a, b string) int {
+		la, lb := len(a), len(b)
+		if la == lb {
+			return strings.Compare(a, b)
 		}
-		return li < lj
+		return cmp.Compare(la, lb)
 	})
 
 	newNd := basicnode.Prototype__Map{}.NewBuilder()
diff --git a/keystore/keystore_test.go b/keystore/keystore_test.go
index 6d9bf6960..dd87baa92 100644
--- a/keystore/keystore_test.go
+++ b/keystore/keystore_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
 	ci "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/crypto"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestKeystoreBasics(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(l)
+	slices.Sort(l)
 	if l[0] != "bar" || l[1] != "foo" {
 		t.Fatal("wrong entries listed")
 	}
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func TestInvalidKeyFiles(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(l)
+	slices.Sort(l)
 	if len(l) != 1 {
 		t.Fatal("wrong entry count")
 	}
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ func assertDirContents(dir string, exp []string) error {
 		names = append(names, decodedName)
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(names)
-	sort.Strings(exp)
+	slices.Sort(names)
+	slices.Sort(exp)
 	if len(names) != len(exp) {
 		return errors.New("directory had wrong number of entries in it")
 	}
diff --git a/keystore/memkeystore_test.go b/keystore/memkeystore_test.go
index 907cbbd0e..667e09eb8 100644
--- a/keystore/memkeystore_test.go
+++ b/keystore/memkeystore_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package keystore
 
 import (
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestMemKeyStoreBasics(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(l)
+	slices.Sort(l)
 	if l[0] != "bar" || l[1] != "foo" {
 		t.Fatal("wrong entries listed")
 	}
diff --git a/mfs/mfs_test.go b/mfs/mfs_test.go
index ee2726160..cf56f9d73 100644
--- a/mfs/mfs_test.go
+++ b/mfs/mfs_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	gopath "path"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ func assertDirAtPath(root *Directory, pth string, children []string) error {
 		names = append(names, d.Name)
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(children)
-	sort.Strings(names)
+	slices.Sort(children)
+	slices.Sort(names)
 	if !compStrArrs(children, names) {
 		return errors.New("directories children did not match")
 	}
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func TestMkdir(t *testing.T) {
 	rootdir := rt.GetDirectory()
 
 	dirsToMake := []string{"a", "B", "foo", "bar", "cats", "fish"}
-	sort.Strings(dirsToMake) // sort for easy comparing later
+	slices.Sort(dirsToMake) // sort for easy comparing later
 
 	for _, d := range dirsToMake {
 		_, err := rootdir.Mkdir(d)
diff --git a/routing/http/client/client.go b/routing/http/client/client.go
index 5baacfba2..ca9841946 100644
--- a/routing/http/client/client.go
+++ b/routing/http/client/client.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 	gourl "net/url"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func WithDisabledLocalFiltering(val bool) Option {
 // The protocols are ordered alphabetically for cache key (url) consistency
 func WithProtocolFilter(protocolFilter []string) Option {
 	return func(c *Client) error {
-		sort.Strings(protocolFilter)
+		slices.Sort(protocolFilter)
 		c.protocolFilter = protocolFilter
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func WithProtocolFilter(protocolFilter []string) Option {
 // The addresses are ordered alphabetically for cache key (url) consistency
 func WithAddrFilter(addrFilter []string) Option {
 	return func(c *Client) error {
-		sort.Strings(addrFilter)
+		slices.Sort(addrFilter)
 		c.addrFilter = addrFilter
 		return nil
 	}