diff --git a/unix/dirent_test.go b/unix/dirent_test.go
index f209fa1f..ce804888 100644
--- a/unix/dirent_test.go
+++ b/unix/dirent_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestDirent(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(names)
+	slices.Sort(names)
 	t.Logf("names: %q", names)
 
 	if len(names) != 10 {
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ func TestDirentRepeat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Check results
-	sort.Strings(files)
-	sort.Strings(files2)
-	if strings.Join(files, "|") != strings.Join(files2, "|") {
+	slices.Sort(files)
+	slices.Sort(files2)
+	if !slices.Equal(files, files2) {
 		t.Errorf("bad file list: want\n%q\ngot\n%q", files, files2)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/unix/getdirentries_test.go b/unix/getdirentries_test.go
index ca94a4cf..c8a184b5 100644
--- a/unix/getdirentries_test.go
+++ b/unix/getdirentries_test.go
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
-	"strings"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
@@ -71,9 +70,9 @@ func testGetdirentries(t *testing.T, count int) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(names)
-	sort.Strings(names2)
-	if strings.Join(names, ":") != strings.Join(names2, ":") {
+	slices.Sort(names)
+	slices.Sort(names2)
+	if !slices.Equal(names, names2) {
 		t.Errorf("names don't match\n names: %q\nnames2: %q", names, names2)
 	}
 }