diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs
index 636c26bcde04b..3c231be20dce5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ impl TokenTree {
         match (self, other) {
             (TokenTree::Token(token, _), TokenTree::Token(token2, _)) => token.kind == token2.kind,
             (TokenTree::Delimited(.., delim, tts), TokenTree::Delimited(.., delim2, tts2)) => {
-                delim == delim2 && tts.eq_unspanned(tts2)
+                delim == delim2
+                    && tts.len() == tts2.len()
+                    && tts.iter().zip(tts2.iter()).all(|(a, b)| a.eq_unspanned(b))
             }
             _ => false,
         }
@@ -694,18 +696,6 @@ impl TokenStream {
         TokenStreamIter::new(self)
     }
 
-    /// Compares two `TokenStream`s, checking equality without regarding span information.
-    pub fn eq_unspanned(&self, other: &TokenStream) -> bool {
-        let mut iter1 = self.iter();
-        let mut iter2 = other.iter();
-        for (tt1, tt2) in iter::zip(&mut iter1, &mut iter2) {
-            if !tt1.eq_unspanned(tt2) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        iter1.next().is_none() && iter2.next().is_none()
-    }
-
     /// Create a token stream containing a single token with alone spacing. The
     /// spacing used for the final token in a constructed stream doesn't matter
     /// because it's never used. In practice we arbitrarily use
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs
index aac75323ff3d2..19b2c98f5af82 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ fn sp(a: u32, b: u32) -> Span {
     Span::with_root_ctxt(BytePos(a), BytePos(b))
 }
 
+fn cmp_token_stream(a: &TokenStream, b: &TokenStream) -> bool {
+    a.len() == b.len() && a.iter().zip(b.iter()).all(|(x, y)| x.eq_unspanned(y))
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_concat() {
     create_default_session_globals_then(|| {
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ fn test_concat() {
         eq_res.push_stream(test_snd);
         assert_eq!(test_res.iter().count(), 5);
         assert_eq!(eq_res.iter().count(), 5);
-        assert_eq!(test_res.eq_unspanned(&eq_res), true);
+        assert_eq!(cmp_token_stream(&test_res, &eq_res), true);
     })
 }
 
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ fn test_dotdotdot() {
         stream.push_tree(TokenTree::token_joint(token::Dot, sp(0, 1)));
         stream.push_tree(TokenTree::token_joint(token::Dot, sp(1, 2)));
         stream.push_tree(TokenTree::token_alone(token::Dot, sp(2, 3)));
-        assert!(stream.eq_unspanned(&string_to_ts("...")));
+        assert!(cmp_token_stream(&stream, &string_to_ts("...")));
         assert_eq!(stream.iter().count(), 1);
     })
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_utils/src/ast_utils/mod.rs b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_utils/src/ast_utils/mod.rs
index 8996b694ed8f7..01e916fb5353b 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_utils/src/ast_utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_utils/src/ast_utils/mod.rs
@@ -960,5 +960,7 @@ pub fn eq_attr_args(l: &AttrArgs, r: &AttrArgs) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn eq_delim_args(l: &DelimArgs, r: &DelimArgs) -> bool {
-    l.delim == r.delim && l.tokens.eq_unspanned(&r.tokens)
+    l.delim == r.delim
+        && l.tokens.len() == r.tokens.len()
+        && l.tokens.iter().zip(r.tokens.iter()).all(|(a, b)| a.eq_unspanned(b))
 }