diff --git a/src/util/StringCompare.hxx b/src/util/StringCompare.hxx
index 579752187..e64cedb9b 100644
--- a/src/util/StringCompare.hxx
+++ b/src/util/StringCompare.hxx
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ StringIsEmpty(const char *string) noexcept
 static inline bool
 StringIsEqual(std::string_view a, std::string_view b) noexcept
 {
-	return a.size() == b.size() &&
-		StringIsEqual(a.data(), b.data(), b.size());
+	return a == b;
 }
 
 [[gnu::pure]]
diff --git a/src/util/WStringCompare.hxx b/src/util/WStringCompare.hxx
index 91fd84f5b..390e1cdcc 100644
--- a/src/util/WStringCompare.hxx
+++ b/src/util/WStringCompare.hxx
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ StringIsEmpty(const wchar_t *string) noexcept
 static inline bool
 StringIsEqual(std::wstring_view a, std::wstring_view b) noexcept
 {
-	return a.size() == b.size() &&
-		StringIsEqual(a.data(), b.data(), b.size());
+	return a == b;
 }
 
 [[gnu::pure]]