diff --git a/src/regexp/syntax/parse.go b/src/regexp/syntax/parse.go
index 6a11b53fb1..6ed6491c80 100644
--- a/src/regexp/syntax/parse.go
+++ b/src/regexp/syntax/parse.go
@@ -249,9 +249,7 @@ func (p *parser) calcSize(re *Regexp, force bool) int64 {
 		size = int64(re.Max)*sub + int64(re.Max-re.Min)
 	}
 
-	if size < 1 {
-		size = 1
-	}
+	size = max(1, size)
 	p.size[re] = size
 	return size
 }
diff --git a/src/regexp/syntax/regexp.go b/src/regexp/syntax/regexp.go
index 4fa7d0e2f8..8ad3653abb 100644
--- a/src/regexp/syntax/regexp.go
+++ b/src/regexp/syntax/regexp.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package syntax
 // In this package, re is always a *Regexp and r is always a rune.
 
 import (
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
@@ -75,24 +76,10 @@ func (x *Regexp) Equal(y *Regexp) bool {
 		}
 
 	case OpLiteral, OpCharClass:
-		if len(x.Rune) != len(y.Rune) {
-			return false
-		}
-		for i, r := range x.Rune {
-			if r != y.Rune[i] {
-				return false
-			}
-		}
+		return slices.Equal(x.Rune, y.Rune)
 
 	case OpAlternate, OpConcat:
-		if len(x.Sub) != len(y.Sub) {
-			return false
-		}
-		for i, sub := range x.Sub {
-			if !sub.Equal(y.Sub[i]) {
-				return false
-			}
-		}
+		return slices.EqualFunc(x.Sub, y.Sub, func(a, b *Regexp) bool { return a.Equal(b) })
 
 	case OpStar, OpPlus, OpQuest:
 		if x.Flags&NonGreedy != y.Flags&NonGreedy || !x.Sub[0].Equal(y.Sub[0]) {