diff --git a/crates/ide_assists/src/utils.rs b/crates/ide_assists/src/utils.rs
index ee81e5048a3..e59fc6ba4fe 100644
--- a/crates/ide_assists/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/ide_assists/src/utils.rs
@@ -209,21 +209,22 @@ pub(crate) fn invert_boolean_expression(expr: ast::Expr) -> ast::Expr {
 
 fn invert_special_case(expr: &ast::Expr) -> Option<ast::Expr> {
     match expr {
-        ast::Expr::BinExpr(bin) => match bin.op_kind()? {
-            ast::BinaryOp::CmpOp(op) => {
-                let rev_op = match op {
-                    ast::CmpOp::Eq { negated: false } => T![!=],
-                    ast::CmpOp::Eq { negated: true } => T![==],
-                    ast::CmpOp::Ord { ordering: ast::Ordering::Less, strict: true } => T![>=],
-                    ast::CmpOp::Ord { ordering: ast::Ordering::Less, strict: false } => T![>],
-                    ast::CmpOp::Ord { ordering: ast::Ordering::Greater, strict: true } => T![<=],
-                    ast::CmpOp::Ord { ordering: ast::Ordering::Greater, strict: false } => T![<],
-                };
-                bin.replace_op(rev_op).map(ast::Expr::from)
-            }
-            // Parenthesize other expressions before prefixing `!`
-            _ => Some(make::expr_prefix(T![!], make::expr_paren(expr.clone()))),
-        },
+        ast::Expr::BinExpr(bin) => {
+            let bin = bin.clone_for_update();
+            let op_token = bin.op_token()?;
+            let rev_token = match op_token.kind() {
+                T![==] => T![!=],
+                T![!=] => T![==],
+                T![<] => T![>=],
+                T![<=] => T![>],
+                T![>] => T![<=],
+                T![>=] => T![<],
+                // Parenthesize other expressions before prefixing `!`
+                _ => return Some(make::expr_prefix(T![!], make::expr_paren(expr.clone()))),
+            };
+            ted::replace(op_token, make::token(rev_token));
+            Some(bin.into())
+        }
         ast::Expr::MethodCallExpr(mce) => {
             let receiver = mce.receiver()?;
             let method = mce.name_ref()?;
diff --git a/crates/syntax/src/ast/edit.rs b/crates/syntax/src/ast/edit.rs
index ff31bf5cc73..af440426a66 100644
--- a/crates/syntax/src/ast/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/syntax/src/ast/edit.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,16 @@
 //! This module contains functions for editing syntax trees. As the trees are
 //! immutable, all function here return a fresh copy of the tree, instead of
 //! doing an in-place modification.
-use std::{
-    fmt, iter,
-    ops::{self, RangeInclusive},
-};
+use std::{fmt, iter, ops};
 
 use crate::{
     algo,
     ast::{self, make, AstNode},
-    ted, AstToken, NodeOrToken, SyntaxElement, SyntaxKind,
+    ted, AstToken, NodeOrToken, SyntaxElement,
     SyntaxKind::{ATTR, COMMENT, WHITESPACE},
     SyntaxNode, SyntaxToken,
 };
 
-impl ast::BinExpr {
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn replace_op(&self, op: SyntaxKind) -> Option<ast::BinExpr> {
-        let op_node: SyntaxElement = self.op_details()?.0.into();
-        let to_insert: Option<SyntaxElement> = Some(make::token(op).into());
-        Some(self.replace_children(single_node(op_node), to_insert))
-    }
-}
-
 impl ast::UseTree {
     /// Splits off the given prefix, making it the path component of the use tree, appending the rest of the path to all UseTreeList items.
     #[must_use]
@@ -191,15 +179,6 @@ fn prev_tokens(token: SyntaxToken) -> impl Iterator<Item = SyntaxToken> {
 }
 
 pub trait AstNodeEdit: AstNode + Clone + Sized {
-    #[must_use]
-    fn replace_children(
-        &self,
-        to_replace: RangeInclusive<SyntaxElement>,
-        to_insert: impl IntoIterator<Item = SyntaxElement>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let new_syntax = algo::replace_children(self.syntax(), to_replace, to_insert);
-        Self::cast(new_syntax).unwrap()
-    }
     fn indent_level(&self) -> IndentLevel {
         IndentLevel::from_node(self.syntax())
     }
@@ -220,11 +199,6 @@ fn reset_indent(&self) -> Self {
 
 impl<N: AstNode + Clone> AstNodeEdit for N {}
 
-fn single_node(element: impl Into<SyntaxElement>) -> RangeInclusive<SyntaxElement> {
-    let element = element.into();
-    element.clone()..=element
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn test_increase_indent() {
     let arm_list = {