diff --git a/src/archive/tar/reader_test.go b/src/archive/tar/reader_test.go
index 7e0462c3f88..cc49fe3641c 100644
--- a/src/archive/tar/reader_test.go
+++ b/src/archive/tar/reader_test.go
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"maps"
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -1017,7 +1019,7 @@ func TestParsePAX(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, v := range vectors {
 		r := strings.NewReader(v.in)
 		got, err := parsePAX(r)
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, v.want) && !(len(got) == 0 && len(v.want) == 0) {
+		if !maps.Equal(got, v.want) && !(len(got) == 0 && len(v.want) == 0) {
 			t.Errorf("test %d, parsePAX():\ngot  %v\nwant %v", i, got, v.want)
 		}
 		if ok := err == nil; ok != v.ok {
@@ -1134,7 +1136,7 @@ func TestReadOldGNUSparseMap(t *testing.T) {
 		v.input = v.input[copy(blk[:], v.input):]
 		tr := Reader{r: bytes.NewReader(v.input)}
 		got, err := tr.readOldGNUSparseMap(&hdr, &blk)
-		if !equalSparseEntries(got, v.wantMap) {
+		if !slices.Equal(got, v.wantMap) {
 			t.Errorf("test %d, readOldGNUSparseMap(): got %v, want %v", i, got, v.wantMap)
 		}
 		if err != v.wantErr {
@@ -1325,7 +1327,7 @@ func TestReadGNUSparsePAXHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 		r := strings.NewReader(v.inputData + "#") // Add canary byte
 		tr := Reader{curr: &regFileReader{r, int64(r.Len())}}
 		got, err := tr.readGNUSparsePAXHeaders(&hdr)
-		if !equalSparseEntries(got, v.wantMap) {
+		if !slices.Equal(got, v.wantMap) {
 			t.Errorf("test %d, readGNUSparsePAXHeaders(): got %v, want %v", i, got, v.wantMap)
 		}
 		if err != v.wantErr {
diff --git a/src/archive/tar/tar_test.go b/src/archive/tar/tar_test.go
index 7398e7602ab..372f1737ed5 100644
--- a/src/archive/tar/tar_test.go
+++ b/src/archive/tar/tar_test.go
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ import (
 	"internal/testenv"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
+	"maps"
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -98,10 +100,6 @@ func (f *testFile) Seek(pos int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
 	return f.pos, nil
 }
 
-func equalSparseEntries(x, y []sparseEntry) bool {
-	return (len(x) == 0 && len(y) == 0) || reflect.DeepEqual(x, y)
-}
-
 func TestSparseEntries(t *testing.T) {
 	vectors := []struct {
 		in   []sparseEntry
@@ -198,11 +196,11 @@ func TestSparseEntries(t *testing.T) {
 			continue
 		}
 		gotAligned := alignSparseEntries(append([]sparseEntry{}, v.in...), v.size)
-		if !equalSparseEntries(gotAligned, v.wantAligned) {
+		if !slices.Equal(gotAligned, v.wantAligned) {
 			t.Errorf("test %d, alignSparseEntries():\ngot  %v\nwant %v", i, gotAligned, v.wantAligned)
 		}
 		gotInverted := invertSparseEntries(append([]sparseEntry{}, v.in...), v.size)
-		if !equalSparseEntries(gotInverted, v.wantInverted) {
+		if !slices.Equal(gotInverted, v.wantInverted) {
 			t.Errorf("test %d, inverseSparseEntries():\ngot  %v\nwant %v", i, gotInverted, v.wantInverted)
 		}
 	}
@@ -744,7 +742,7 @@ func TestHeaderAllowedFormats(t *testing.T) {
 		if formats != v.formats {
 			t.Errorf("test %d, allowedFormats(): got %v, want %v", i, formats, v.formats)
 		}
-		if formats&FormatPAX > 0 && !reflect.DeepEqual(paxHdrs, v.paxHdrs) && !(len(paxHdrs) == 0 && len(v.paxHdrs) == 0) {
+		if formats&FormatPAX > 0 && !maps.Equal(paxHdrs, v.paxHdrs) && !(len(paxHdrs) == 0 && len(v.paxHdrs) == 0) {
 			t.Errorf("test %d, allowedFormats():\ngot  %v\nwant %s", i, paxHdrs, v.paxHdrs)
 		}
 		if (formats != FormatUnknown) && (err != nil) {
diff --git a/src/archive/tar/writer_test.go b/src/archive/tar/writer_test.go
index 9c3bcea7675..9542abe3e76 100644
--- a/src/archive/tar/writer_test.go
+++ b/src/archive/tar/writer_test.go
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
+	"maps"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	"reflect"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ func TestPaxXattrs(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(hdr.Xattrs, xattrs) {
+	if !maps.Equal(hdr.Xattrs, xattrs) {
 		t.Fatalf("xattrs did not survive round trip: got %+v, want %+v",
 			hdr.Xattrs, xattrs)
 	}
diff --git a/src/archive/zip/reader_test.go b/src/archive/zip/reader_test.go
index 00e5ec3e058..bfa35c992a9 100644
--- a/src/archive/zip/reader_test.go
+++ b/src/archive/zip/reader_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"testing/fstest"
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ func TestFSWalk(t *testing.T) {
 			} else if !test.wantErr && sawErr {
 				t.Error("unexpected error")
 			}
-			if test.want != nil && !reflect.DeepEqual(files, test.want) {
+			if test.want != nil && !slices.Equal(files, test.want) {
 				t.Errorf("got %v want %v", files, test.want)
 			}
 		})
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ func TestCVE202141772(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("Opening %q with fs.FS API succeeded", f.Name)
 		}
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(names, entryNames) {
+	if !slices.Equal(names, entryNames) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected file entries: %q", names)
 	}
 	if _, err := r.Open(""); err == nil {
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ func TestInsecurePaths(t *testing.T) {
 		for _, f := range zr.File {
 			gotPaths = append(gotPaths, f.Name)
 		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotPaths, []string{path}) {
+		if !slices.Equal(gotPaths, []string{path}) {
 			t.Errorf("NewReader for archive with file %q: got files %q", path, gotPaths)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ func TestDisableInsecurePathCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, f := range zr.File {
 		gotPaths = append(gotPaths, f.Name)
 	}
-	if want := []string{name}; !reflect.DeepEqual(gotPaths, want) {
+	if want := []string{name}; !slices.Equal(gotPaths, want) {
 		t.Errorf("NewReader with zipinsecurepath=1: got files %q, want %q", gotPaths, want)
 	}
 }