diff --git a/src/go/ast/import.go b/src/go/ast/import.go
index 6b27fe822e..be23c7fc43 100644
--- a/src/go/ast/import.go
+++ b/src/go/ast/import.go
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ func sortSpecs(fset *token.FileSet, f *File, specs []Spec) []Spec {
 	comments := f.Comments[cstart:cend]
 
 	// Assign each comment to the import spec preceding it.
-	importComment := map[*ImportSpec][]*CommentGroup{}
+	importComments := map[*ImportSpec][]*CommentGroup{}
 	specIndex := 0
 	for _, g := range comments {
 		for specIndex+1 < len(specs) && pos[specIndex+1].Start <= g.Pos() {
 			specIndex++
 		}
 		s := specs[specIndex].(*ImportSpec)
-		importComment[s] = append(importComment[s], g)
+		importComments[s] = append(importComments[s], g)
 	}
 
 	// Sort the import specs by import path.
@@ -138,7 +138,19 @@ func sortSpecs(fset *token.FileSet, f *File, specs []Spec) []Spec {
 	// Reassign the import paths to have the same position sequence.
 	// Reassign each comment to abut the end of its spec.
 	// Sort the comments by new position.
-	sort.Sort(byImportSpec(specs))
+	sort.Slice(specs, func(i, j int) bool {
+		ipath := importPath(specs[i])
+		jpath := importPath(specs[j])
+		if ipath != jpath {
+			return ipath < jpath
+		}
+		iname := importName(specs[i])
+		jname := importName(specs[j])
+		if iname != jname {
+			return iname < jname
+		}
+		return importComment(specs[i]) < importComment(specs[j])
+	})
 
 	// Dedup. Thanks to our sorting, we can just consider
 	// adjacent pairs of imports.
@@ -161,38 +173,16 @@ func sortSpecs(fset *token.FileSet, f *File, specs []Spec) []Spec {
 		}
 		s.Path.ValuePos = pos[i].Start
 		s.EndPos = pos[i].End
-		for _, g := range importComment[s] {
+		for _, g := range importComments[s] {
 			for _, c := range g.List {
 				c.Slash = pos[i].End
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	sort.Sort(byCommentPos(comments))
+	sort.Slice(comments, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return comments[i].Pos() < comments[j].Pos()
+	})
 
 	return specs
 }
-
-type byImportSpec []Spec // slice of *ImportSpec
-
-func (x byImportSpec) Len() int      { return len(x) }
-func (x byImportSpec) Swap(i, j int) { x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i] }
-func (x byImportSpec) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	ipath := importPath(x[i])
-	jpath := importPath(x[j])
-	if ipath != jpath {
-		return ipath < jpath
-	}
-	iname := importName(x[i])
-	jname := importName(x[j])
-	if iname != jname {
-		return iname < jname
-	}
-	return importComment(x[i]) < importComment(x[j])
-}
-
-type byCommentPos []*CommentGroup
-
-func (x byCommentPos) Len() int           { return len(x) }
-func (x byCommentPos) Swap(i, j int)      { x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i] }
-func (x byCommentPos) Less(i, j int) bool { return x[i].Pos() < x[j].Pos() }
diff --git a/src/go/doc/example.go b/src/go/doc/example.go
index bbf8096ce2..a89f29b40f 100644
--- a/src/go/doc/example.go
+++ b/src/go/doc/example.go
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ func Examples(files ...*ast.File) []*Example {
 		}
 		list = append(list, flist...)
 	}
-	sort.Sort(exampleByName(list))
+	// sort by name
+	sort.Slice(list, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return list[i].Name < list[j].Name
+	})
 	return list
 }
 
@@ -135,12 +138,6 @@ func isTest(name, prefix string) bool {
 	return !unicode.IsLower(rune)
 }
 
-type exampleByName []*Example
-
-func (s exampleByName) Len() int           { return len(s) }
-func (s exampleByName) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
-func (s exampleByName) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i].Name < s[j].Name }
-
 // playExample synthesizes a new *ast.File based on the provided
 // file with the provided function body as the body of main.
 func playExample(file *ast.File, body *ast.BlockStmt) *ast.File {
diff --git a/src/go/types/methodset.go b/src/go/types/methodset.go
index 4f791d9d51..2a8b1c24f7 100644
--- a/src/go/types/methodset.go
+++ b/src/go/types/methodset.go
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ func NewMethodSet(T Type) *MethodSet {
 			list = append(list, m)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Sort(byUniqueName(list))
+	// sort by unique name
+	sort.Slice(list, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return list[i].obj.Id() < list[j].obj.Id()
+	})
 	return &MethodSet{list}
 }
 
@@ -257,10 +260,3 @@ func ptrRecv(f *Func) bool {
 	_, isPtr := deref(f.typ.(*Signature).recv.typ)
 	return isPtr
 }
-
-// byUniqueName function lists can be sorted by their unique names.
-type byUniqueName []*Selection
-
-func (a byUniqueName) Len() int           { return len(a) }
-func (a byUniqueName) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].obj.Id() < a[j].obj.Id() }
-func (a byUniqueName) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }