diff --git a/lib/std/priority_dequeue.zig b/lib/std/priority_dequeue.zig
index 0d789bbdc8..9655458890 100644
--- a/lib/std/priority_dequeue.zig
+++ b/lib/std/priority_dequeue.zig
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ pub fn PriorityDequeue(comptime T: type) type {
         }
 
         pub fn update(self: *Self, elem: T, new_elem: T) !void {
-            var old_index: usize = std.mem.indexOfScalar(T, self.items[0 .. self.len - 1], elem) orelse return error.ElementNotFound;
+            var old_index: usize = std.mem.indexOfScalar(T, self.items[0..self.len], elem) orelse return error.ElementNotFound;
             _ = self.removeIndex(old_index);
             self.addUnchecked(new_elem);
         }
diff --git a/lib/std/priority_queue.zig b/lib/std/priority_queue.zig
index 6e286f1cea..dc3070d1b3 100644
--- a/lib/std/priority_queue.zig
+++ b/lib/std/priority_queue.zig
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub fn PriorityQueue(comptime T: type) type {
         }
 
         pub fn update(self: *Self, elem: T, new_elem: T) !void {
-            var update_index: usize = std.mem.indexOfScalar(T, self.items[0 .. self.len - 1], elem) orelse return error.ElementNotFound;
+            var update_index: usize = std.mem.indexOfScalar(T, self.items[0..self.len], elem) orelse return error.ElementNotFound;
             const old_elem: T = self.items[update_index];
             self.items[update_index] = new_elem;
             if (self.compareFn(new_elem, old_elem)) {