diff --git a/irc/history/history.go b/irc/history/history.go
index 75d6298d..ef7e4d9f 100644
--- a/irc/history/history.go
+++ b/irc/history/history.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package history
 
 import (
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ func (list *Buffer) betweenHelper(start, end Selector, cutoff time.Time, pred Pr
 
 	defer func() {
 		if !ascending {
-			utils.ReverseSlice(results)
+			slices.Reverse(results)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ func (list *Buffer) listCorrespondents(start, end Selector, cutoff time.Time, li
 	}
 
 	if !ascending {
-		utils.ReverseSlice(results)
+		slices.Reverse(results)
 	}
 
 	return
diff --git a/irc/history/targets.go b/irc/history/targets.go
index 39a8c635..d2fdf67c 100644
--- a/irc/history/targets.go
+++ b/irc/history/targets.go
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 package history
 
 import (
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/ergochat/ergo/irc/utils"
 )
 
 type TargetListing struct {
@@ -35,8 +34,8 @@ func MergeTargets(base []TargetListing, extra []TargetListing, start, end time.T
 	results = make([]TargetListing, 0, prealloc)
 
 	if !ascending {
-		utils.ReverseSlice(base)
-		utils.ReverseSlice(extra)
+		slices.Reverse(base)
+		slices.Reverse(extra)
 	}
 
 	for len(results) < limit {
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ func MergeTargets(base []TargetListing, extra []TargetListing, start, end time.T
 	}
 
 	if !ascending {
-		utils.ReverseSlice(results)
+		slices.Reverse(results)
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/irc/mysql/history.go b/irc/mysql/history.go
index 4cb985f4..4b967104 100644
--- a/irc/mysql/history.go
+++ b/irc/mysql/history.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"runtime/debug"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -917,7 +918,7 @@ func (mysql *MySQL) betweenTimestamps(ctx context.Context, target, correspondent
 
 	results, err = mysql.selectItems(ctx, queryBuf.String(), args...)
 	if err == nil && !ascending {
-		utils.ReverseSlice(results)
+		slices.Reverse(results)
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -965,7 +966,7 @@ func (mysql *MySQL) listCorrespondentsInternal(ctx context.Context, target strin
 	}
 
 	if !ascending {
-		utils.ReverseSlice(results)
+		slices.Reverse(results)
 	}
 
 	return
diff --git a/irc/utils/types.go b/irc/utils/types.go
index 8c2ca4eb..47883a47 100644
--- a/irc/utils/types.go
+++ b/irc/utils/types.go
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ func CopyMap[K comparable, V any](input map[K]V) (result map[K]V) {
 	return
 }
 
-// reverse the order of a slice in place
-func ReverseSlice[T any](results []T) {
-	for i, j := 0, len(results)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
-		results[i], results[j] = results[j], results[i]
-	}
-}
-
 func SliceContains[T comparable](slice []T, elem T) (result bool) {
 	for _, t := range slice {
 		if elem == t {