diff --git a/src/net/conf.go b/src/net/conf.go
index 7499d49045a52..358f5434c4de3 100644
--- a/src/net/conf.go
+++ b/src/net/conf.go
@@ -336,9 +336,7 @@ func (c *conf) lookupOrder(r *Resolver, hostname string) (ret hostLookupOrder, d
 	}
 
 	// Canonicalize the hostname by removing any trailing dot.
-	if stringslite.HasSuffix(hostname, ".") {
-		hostname = hostname[:len(hostname)-1]
-	}
+	hostname = stringslite.TrimSuffix(hostname, ".")
 
 	nss := getSystemNSS()
 	srcs := nss.sources["hosts"]
diff --git a/src/net/ip.go b/src/net/ip.go
index 6083dd8bf9f60..49124d95e79df 100644
--- a/src/net/ip.go
+++ b/src/net/ip.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package net
 import (
 	"internal/bytealg"
 	"internal/itoa"
+	"internal/stringslite"
 	"net/netip"
 )
 
@@ -515,11 +516,10 @@ func parseIP(s string) ([16]byte, bool) {
 // For example, ParseCIDR("192.0.2.1/24") returns the IP address
 // 192.0.2.1 and the network 192.0.2.0/24.
 func ParseCIDR(s string) (IP, *IPNet, error) {
-	i := bytealg.IndexByteString(s, '/')
-	if i < 0 {
+	addr, mask, found := stringslite.Cut(s, "/")
+	if !found {
 		return nil, nil, &ParseError{Type: "CIDR address", Text: s}
 	}
-	addr, mask := s[:i], s[i+1:]
 
 	ipAddr, err := netip.ParseAddr(addr)
 	if err != nil || ipAddr.Zone() != "" {