diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/repeat_vec_with_capacity.rs b/clippy_lints/src/repeat_vec_with_capacity.rs
index 678681ea425..08de10f69b0 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/repeat_vec_with_capacity.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/repeat_vec_with_capacity.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use clippy_utils::higher::VecArgs;
 use clippy_utils::macros::matching_root_macro_call;
 use clippy_utils::source::snippet;
-use clippy_utils::{expr_or_init, fn_def_id, match_def_path, paths};
+use clippy_utils::{expr_or_init, fn_def_id};
 use rustc_errors::Applicability;
 use rustc_hir::{Expr, ExprKind};
 use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LateLintPass};
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fn emit_lint(cx: &LateContext<'_>, span: Span, kind: &str, note: &'static str, s
 fn check_vec_macro(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &Expr<'_>) {
     if matching_root_macro_call(cx, expr.span, sym::vec_macro).is_some()
         && let Some(VecArgs::Repeat(repeat_expr, len_expr)) = VecArgs::hir(cx, expr)
-        && fn_def_id(cx, repeat_expr).is_some_and(|did| match_def_path(cx, did, &paths::VEC_WITH_CAPACITY))
+        && fn_def_id(cx, repeat_expr).is_some_and(|did| cx.tcx.is_diagnostic_item(sym::vec_with_capacity, did))
         && !len_expr.span.from_expansion()
         && let Some(Constant::Int(2..)) = ConstEvalCtxt::new(cx).eval(expr_or_init(cx, len_expr))
     {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fn check_repeat_fn(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &Expr<'_>) {
     if !expr.span.from_expansion()
         && fn_def_id(cx, expr).is_some_and(|did| cx.tcx.is_diagnostic_item(sym::iter_repeat, did))
         && let ExprKind::Call(_, [repeat_expr]) = expr.kind
-        && fn_def_id(cx, repeat_expr).is_some_and(|did| match_def_path(cx, did, &paths::VEC_WITH_CAPACITY))
+        && fn_def_id(cx, repeat_expr).is_some_and(|did| cx.tcx.is_diagnostic_item(sym::vec_with_capacity, did))
         && !repeat_expr.span.from_expansion()
     {
         emit_lint(
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/slow_vector_initialization.rs b/clippy_lints/src/slow_vector_initialization.rs
index 6c0b0e11c9e..04c16281ec4 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/slow_vector_initialization.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/slow_vector_initialization.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 use clippy_utils::macros::matching_root_macro_call;
 use clippy_utils::sugg::Sugg;
 use clippy_utils::{
-    get_enclosing_block, is_expr_path_def_path, is_integer_literal, is_path_diagnostic_item, path_to_local,
-    path_to_local_id, paths, SpanlessEq,
+    get_enclosing_block, is_integer_literal, is_path_diagnostic_item, path_to_local,
+    path_to_local_id, SpanlessEq,
 };
 use rustc_errors::Applicability;
 use rustc_hir::intravisit::{walk_block, walk_expr, walk_stmt, Visitor};
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ fn as_vec_initializer<'tcx>(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &'tcx Expr<'tcx>) -> Opt
         }
 
         if let ExprKind::Call(func, [len_expr]) = expr.kind
-            && is_expr_path_def_path(cx, func, &paths::VEC_WITH_CAPACITY)
+            && is_path_diagnostic_item(cx, func, sym::vec_with_capacity)
         {
             Some(InitializedSize::Initialized(len_expr))
         } else if matches!(expr.kind, ExprKind::Call(func, _) if is_path_diagnostic_item(cx, func, sym::vec_new)) {
diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs b/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs
index 1d5a2294978..0a0749aa005 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 pub const TOKIO_IO_OPEN_OPTIONS: [&str; 4] = ["tokio", "fs", "open_options", "OpenOptions"];
 #[expect(clippy::invalid_paths)] // internal lints do not know about all external crates
 pub const TOKIO_IO_OPEN_OPTIONS_NEW: [&str; 5] = ["tokio", "fs", "open_options", "OpenOptions", "new"];
-pub const VEC_WITH_CAPACITY: [&str; 4] = ["alloc", "vec", "Vec", "with_capacity"];
 pub const INSTANT_NOW: [&str; 4] = ["std", "time", "Instant", "now"];
 pub const VEC_IS_EMPTY: [&str; 4] = ["alloc", "vec", "Vec", "is_empty"];
 pub const VEC_POP: [&str; 4] = ["alloc", "vec", "Vec", "pop"];