diff --git a/pkg/describe/describe.go b/pkg/describe/describe.go
index b6014f9e5..bbc9d2a4c 100644
--- a/pkg/describe/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/describe/describe.go
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/qos"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/rbac"
 	resourcehelper "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/resource"
-	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice"
 	storageutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/storage"
 )
 
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ func printUnstructuredContent(w PrefixWriter, level int, content map[string]inte
 		switch typedValue := value.(type) {
 		case map[string]interface{}:
 			skipExpr := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", skipPrefix, field)
-			if slice.Contains[string](skip, skipExpr, nil) {
+			if slices.Contains(skip, skipExpr) {
 				continue
 			}
 			w.Write(level, "%s:\n", smartLabelFor(field))
@@ -320,7 +319,7 @@ func printUnstructuredContent(w PrefixWriter, level int, content map[string]inte
 
 		case []interface{}:
 			skipExpr := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", skipPrefix, field)
-			if slice.Contains[string](skip, skipExpr, nil) {
+			if slices.Contains(skip, skipExpr) {
 				continue
 			}
 			w.Write(level, "%s:\n", smartLabelFor(field))
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ func printUnstructuredContent(w PrefixWriter, level int, content map[string]inte
 
 		default:
 			skipExpr := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", skipPrefix, field)
-			if slice.Contains[string](skip, skipExpr, nil) {
+			if slices.Contains(skip, skipExpr) {
 				continue
 			}
 			w.Write(level, "%s:\t%v\n", smartLabelFor(field), typedValue)
@@ -383,7 +382,7 @@ func smartLabelFor(field string) string {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if slice.Contains(commonAcronyms, strings.ToUpper(part), nil) {
+		if slices.Contains(commonAcronyms, strings.ToUpper(part)) {
 			part = strings.ToUpper(part)
 		} else if strings.ToLower(part) == part {
 			part = cases.Title(language.English).String(part)
diff --git a/pkg/util/slice/slice.go b/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
index c65756da8..69e968931 100644
--- a/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
+++ b/pkg/util/slice/slice.go
@@ -18,36 +18,35 @@ package slice
 
 import "slices"
 
-// SortInts64 sorts []int64 in increasing order
+// SortInts64 sorts []int64 in increasing order.
+//
+// Deprecated: Use slices.Sort instead.
+//
+//go:fix inline
 func SortInts64(a []int64) { slices.Sort(a) }
 
 // Contains checks if a given slice of type T contains the provided item.
 // If a modifier func is provided, it is called with the slice item before the comparation.
+//
+// Deprecated: Use slices.Contains or slices.ContainsFunc instead.
 func Contains[T comparable](slice []T, s T, modifier func(s T) T) bool {
-	for _, item := range slice {
-		if item == s {
-			return true
-		}
-		if modifier != nil && modifier(item) == s {
-			return true
-		}
+	if slices.Contains(slice, s) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if modifier != nil {
+		return slices.ContainsFunc(slice, func(item T) bool { return modifier(item) == s })
 	}
 	return false
 }
 
 // ContainsString checks if a given slice of strings contains the provided string.
 // If a modifier func is provided, it is called with the slice item before the comparation.
-// Deprecated: Use Contains[T] instead
+//
+// Deprecated: Use slices.Contains or slices.ContainsFunc instead.
+//
+//go:fix inline
 func ContainsString(slice []string, s string, modifier func(s string) string) bool {
-	for _, item := range slice {
-		if item == s {
-			return true
-		}
-		if modifier != nil && modifier(item) == s {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	return Contains(slice, s, modifier)
 }
 
 // ToSet returns a single slice containing the unique values from one or more slices. The order of the items in the