1 files changed, 3 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/bytes/bytes.go b/src/bytes/bytes.go
index 22aeded5e1..9d586581f5 100644
--- a/src/bytes/bytes.go
+++ b/src/bytes/bytes.go
@@ -12,23 +12,12 @@ import (
 	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
-// Equal returns a boolean reporting whether a and b
+// Equal reports whether a and b
 // are the same length and contain the same bytes.
 // A nil argument is equivalent to an empty slice.
 func Equal(a, b []byte) bool {
-	return bytealg.Equal(a, b)
-}
-
-func equalPortable(a, b []byte) bool {
-	if len(a) != len(b) {
-		return false
-	}
-	for i, c := range a {
-		if c != b[i] {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
+	// Neither cmd/compile nor gccgo allocates for these string conversions.
+	return string(a) == string(b)
 }
 
 // Compare returns an integer comparing two byte slices lexicographically.