diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/servicedecl.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/servicedecl.cxx
index 5f691014d39c..2b16539d1a55 100644
--- a/comphelper/source/misc/servicedecl.cxx
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/servicedecl.cxx
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ bool ServiceDecl::supportsService( std::u16string_view name ) const
     sal_Int32 nIndex = 0;
     do {
         std::string_view const token( o3tl::getToken(str, 0, cDelim, nIndex ) );
-        if (o3tl::equalsAsciiL(name, token))
+        if (o3tl::equalsAscii(name, token))
             return true;
     }
     while (nIndex >= 0);
diff --git a/cppuhelper/source/shlib.cxx b/cppuhelper/source/shlib.cxx
index b49c5eebfc15..b270c62c5cb4 100644
--- a/cppuhelper/source/shlib.cxx
+++ b/cppuhelper/source/shlib.cxx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ css::uno::Environment cppuhelper::detail::getEnvironment(
             for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i != -1;) {
                 std::string_view imp(o3tl::getToken(imps, 0, ';', i));
                 //TODO: this assumes UNO_ENV_LOG only contains ASCII characters:
-                if (o3tl::equalsAsciiL(implementation, imp))
+                if (o3tl::equalsAscii(implementation, imp))
                 {
                     n += ":log";
                     break;
diff --git a/include/o3tl/string_view.hxx b/include/o3tl/string_view.hxx
index 79d6eba702a1..2ccc4f828a03 100644
--- a/include/o3tl/string_view.hxx
+++ b/include/o3tl/string_view.hxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 namespace o3tl
 {
-// Like OUString::equalsAscii, but for std::u16string_view:
+// Like OUString::equalsAscii/OUString::equalsAsciiL, but for std::u16string_view:
 inline bool equalsAscii(std::u16string_view s1, std::string_view s2)
 {
     return s1.size() == s2.size()
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ inline bool equalsAscii(std::u16string_view s1, std::string_view s2)
                   == 0;
 }
 
-// Like OUString::equalsAsciiL, but for std::u16string_view:
-inline bool equalsAsciiL(std::u16string_view s1, std::string_view s2)
-{
-    return rtl_ustr_ascii_shortenedCompare_WithLength(s1.data(), s1.size(), s2.data(), s2.size())
-           == 0;
-}
-
 // Like OUString::equalsIgnoreAsciiCase, but for two std::u16string_view:
 inline bool equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(std::u16string_view s1, std::u16string_view s2)
 {