diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/loops/manual_while_let_some.rs b/clippy_lints/src/loops/manual_while_let_some.rs
index 57434f35544..55d1b9ee676 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/loops/manual_while_let_some.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/loops/manual_while_let_some.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use clippy_utils::diagnostics::span_lint_and_then;
 use clippy_utils::source::snippet;
-use clippy_utils::{match_def_path, paths, SpanlessEq};
+use clippy_utils::SpanlessEq;
 use rustc_errors::Applicability;
 use rustc_hir::{Expr, ExprKind, Pat, Stmt, StmtKind, UnOp};
 use rustc_lint::LateContext;
-use rustc_span::Span;
+use rustc_span::{sym, Symbol, Span};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use super::MANUAL_WHILE_LET_SOME;
@@ -47,20 +47,20 @@ fn report_lint(cx: &LateContext<'_>, pop_span: Span, pop_stmt_kind: PopStmt<'_>,
     );
 }
 
-fn match_method_call(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &Expr<'_>, method: &[&str]) -> bool {
+fn match_method_call(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &Expr<'_>, method: Symbol) -> bool {
     if let ExprKind::MethodCall(..) = expr.kind
         && let Some(id) = cx.typeck_results().type_dependent_def_id(expr.hir_id)
     {
-        match_def_path(cx, id, method)
+        cx.tcx.is_diagnostic_item(method, id)
     } else {
         false
     }
 }
 
 fn is_vec_pop_unwrap(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &Expr<'_>, is_empty_recv: &Expr<'_>) -> bool {
-    if (match_method_call(cx, expr, &paths::OPTION_UNWRAP) || match_method_call(cx, expr, &paths::OPTION_EXPECT))
+    if (match_method_call(cx, expr, sym::option_unwrap) || match_method_call(cx, expr, sym::option_expect))
         && let ExprKind::MethodCall(_, unwrap_recv, ..) = expr.kind
-        && match_method_call(cx, unwrap_recv, &paths::VEC_POP)
+        && match_method_call(cx, unwrap_recv, sym::vec_pop)
         && let ExprKind::MethodCall(_, pop_recv, ..) = unwrap_recv.kind
     {
         // make sure they're the same `Vec`
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ fn check_call_arguments(cx: &LateContext<'_>, stmt: &Stmt<'_>, is_empty_recv: &E
 pub(super) fn check<'tcx>(cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, full_cond: &'tcx Expr<'_>, body: &'tcx Expr<'_>, loop_span: Span) {
     if let ExprKind::Unary(UnOp::Not, cond) = full_cond.kind
         && let ExprKind::MethodCall(_, is_empty_recv, _, _) = cond.kind
-        && match_method_call(cx, cond, &paths::VEC_IS_EMPTY)
+        && match_method_call(cx, cond, sym::vec_is_empty)
         && let ExprKind::Block(body, _) = body.kind
         && let Some(stmt) = body.stmts.first()
     {
diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs b/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs
index 0a0749aa005..4a93939d0cc 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs
@@ -73,9 +73,5 @@
 #[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 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"];
 pub const WAKER: [&str; 4] = ["core", "task", "wake", "Waker"];
-pub const OPTION_UNWRAP: [&str; 4] = ["core", "option", "Option", "unwrap"];
-pub const OPTION_EXPECT: [&str; 4] = ["core", "option", "Option", "expect"];
 pub const BOOL_THEN: [&str; 4] = ["core", "bool", "<impl bool>", "then"];