diff --git a/p2p/discover/table_util_test.go b/p2p/discover/table_util_test.go
index fe10883fe6e..05f8e87cb3b 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/table_util_test.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/table_util_test.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (t *pingRecorder) waitPing(timeout time.Duration) *enode.Node {
 		}
 		if len(t.pinged) > 0 {
 			n := t.pinged[0]
-			t.pinged = append(t.pinged[:0], t.pinged[1:]...)
+			t.pinged = slices.Delete(t.pinged, 0, 1)
 			return n
 		}
 		t.cond.Wait()
diff --git a/p2p/discover/v4_udp_test.go b/p2p/discover/v4_udp_test.go
index 1af31f4f1b9..8a2b61213d7 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v4_udp_test.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v4_udp_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@ func TestUDPv4_findnodeMultiReply(t *testing.T) {
 	// check that the sent neighbors are all returned by findnode
 	select {
 	case result := <-resultc:
-		want := append(list[:2], list[3:]...)
+		want := slices.Delete(list, 2, 3)
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, want) {
 			t.Errorf("neighbors mismatch:\n  got:  %v\n  want: %v", result, want)
 		}