diff --git a/metrics/resetting_timer.go b/metrics/resetting_timer.go
index 924ba11052..e5327d3bd3 100644
--- a/metrics/resetting_timer.go
+++ b/metrics/resetting_timer.go
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ package metrics
 
 import (
 	"math"
+	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 // Initial slice capacity for the values stored in a ResettingTimer
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ func (t *ResettingTimerSnapshot) Mean() float64 {
 }
 
 func (t *ResettingTimerSnapshot) calc(percentiles []float64) {
-	slices.Sort(t.values)
+	sort.Sort(Int64Slice(t.values))
 
 	count := len(t.values)
 	if count > 0 {
@@ -233,3 +232,10 @@ func (t *ResettingTimerSnapshot) calc(percentiles []float64) {
 
 	t.calculated = true
 }
+
+// Int64Slice attaches the methods of sort.Interface to []int64, sorting in increasing order.
+type Int64Slice []int64
+
+func (s Int64Slice) Len() int           { return len(s) }
+func (s Int64Slice) Less(i, j int) bool { return s[i] < s[j] }
+func (s Int64Slice) Swap(i, j int)      { s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i] }
diff --git a/metrics/sample.go b/metrics/sample.go
index 252a878f58..afcaa21184 100644
--- a/metrics/sample.go
+++ b/metrics/sample.go
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ package metrics
 import (
 	"math"
 	"math/rand"
+	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 const rescaleThreshold = time.Hour
@@ -283,17 +282,17 @@ func SampleMin(values []int64) int64 {
 }
 
 // SamplePercentiles returns an arbitrary percentile of the slice of int64.
-func SamplePercentile(values []int64, p float64) float64 {
+func SamplePercentile(values int64Slice, p float64) float64 {
 	return SamplePercentiles(values, []float64{p})[0]
 }
 
 // SamplePercentiles returns a slice of arbitrary percentiles of the slice of
 // int64.
-func SamplePercentiles(values []int64, ps []float64) []float64 {
+func SamplePercentiles(values int64Slice, ps []float64) []float64 {
 	scores := make([]float64, len(ps))
 	size := len(values)
 	if size > 0 {
-		slices.Sort(values)
+		sort.Sort(values)
 		for i, p := range ps {
 			pos := p * float64(size+1)
 			if pos < 1.0 {
@@ -634,3 +633,9 @@ func (h *expDecaySampleHeap) down(i, n int) {
 		i = j
 	}
 }
+
+type int64Slice []int64
+
+func (p int64Slice) Len() int           { return len(p) }
+func (p int64Slice) Less(i, j int) bool { return p[i] < p[j] }
+func (p int64Slice) Swap(i, j int)      { p[i], p[j] = p[j], p[i] }
diff --git a/metrics/writer.go b/metrics/writer.go
index 3d60485b6b..256fbd14c9 100644
--- a/metrics/writer.go
+++ b/metrics/writer.go
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ package metrics
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"sort"
 	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 // Write sorts writes each metric in the given registry periodically to the
@@ -19,12 +18,12 @@ func Write(r Registry, d time.Duration, w io.Writer) {
 // WriteOnce sorts and writes metrics in the given registry to the given
 // io.Writer.
 func WriteOnce(r Registry, w io.Writer) {
-	var namedMetrics []namedMetric
+	var namedMetrics namedMetricSlice
 	r.Each(func(name string, i interface{}) {
 		namedMetrics = append(namedMetrics, namedMetric{name, i})
 	})
 
-	slices.SortFunc(namedMetrics, namedMetric.less)
+	sort.Sort(namedMetrics)
 	for _, namedMetric := range namedMetrics {
 		switch metric := namedMetric.m.(type) {
 		case Counter:
@@ -92,6 +91,13 @@ type namedMetric struct {
 	m    interface{}
 }
 
-func (m namedMetric) less(other namedMetric) bool {
-	return m.name < other.name
+// namedMetricSlice is a slice of namedMetrics that implements sort.Interface.
+type namedMetricSlice []namedMetric
+
+func (nms namedMetricSlice) Len() int { return len(nms) }
+
+func (nms namedMetricSlice) Swap(i, j int) { nms[i], nms[j] = nms[j], nms[i] }
+
+func (nms namedMetricSlice) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return nms[i].name < nms[j].name
 }
diff --git a/metrics/writer_test.go b/metrics/writer_test.go
index a4c92addc9..1aacc28712 100644
--- a/metrics/writer_test.go
+++ b/metrics/writer_test.go
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 package metrics
 
 import (
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 func TestMetricsSorting(t *testing.T) {
-	var namedMetrics = []namedMetric{
+	var namedMetrics = namedMetricSlice{
 		{name: "zzz"},
 		{name: "bbb"},
 		{name: "fff"},
 		{name: "ggg"},
 	}
 
-	slices.SortFunc(namedMetrics, namedMetric.less)
+	sort.Sort(namedMetrics)
 	for i, name := range []string{"bbb", "fff", "ggg", "zzz"} {
 		if namedMetrics[i].name != name {
 			t.Fail()