diff --git a/stl/inc/xutility b/stl/inc/xutility
index 988196930f3..a27f3bec069 100644
--- a/stl/inc/xutility
+++ b/stl/inc/xutility
@@ -5381,15 +5381,6 @@ template <class _Iter1, class _Iter2, class _Pr>
 constexpr bool _Equal_memcmp_is_safe =
     _Equal_memcmp_is_safe_helper<remove_const_t<_Iter1>, remove_const_t<_Iter2>, remove_const_t<_Pr>>;
 
-template <class _CtgIt1, class _CtgIt2>
-_NODISCARD int _Memcmp_ranges(_CtgIt1 _First1, _CtgIt1 _Last1, _CtgIt2 _First2) {
-    _STL_INTERNAL_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(_Iter_value_t<_CtgIt1>) == sizeof(_Iter_value_t<_CtgIt2>));
-    const auto _First1_ch = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(_STD _To_address(_First1));
-    const auto _Last1_ch  = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(_STD _To_address(_Last1));
-    const auto _First2_ch = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(_STD _To_address(_First2));
-    return _CSTD memcmp(_First1_ch, _First2_ch, static_cast<size_t>(_Last1_ch - _First1_ch));
-}
-
 template <class _CtgIt1, class _CtgIt2>
 _NODISCARD int _Memcmp_count(_CtgIt1 _First1, _CtgIt2 _First2, const size_t _Count) {
     _STL_INTERNAL_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(_Iter_value_t<_CtgIt1>) == sizeof(_Iter_value_t<_CtgIt2>));
@@ -5410,7 +5401,11 @@ _NODISCARD _CONSTEXPR20 bool equal(const _InIt1 _First1, const _InIt1 _Last1, co
         if (!_STD is_constant_evaluated())
 #endif // _HAS_CXX20
         {
-            return _STD _Memcmp_ranges(_UFirst1, _ULast1, _UFirst2) == 0;
+            _STL_INTERNAL_STATIC_ASSERT(
+                sizeof(_Iter_value_t<decltype(_UFirst1)>) == sizeof(_Iter_value_t<decltype(_UFirst2)>));
+            const auto _First1_ch = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(_STD _To_address(_UFirst1));
+            const auto _Size      = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(_STD _To_address(_ULast1)) - _First1_ch;
+            return _CSTD memcmp(_First1_ch, _STD _To_address(_UFirst2), static_cast<size_t>(_Size)) == 0;
         }
     }