diff --git a/src/hb-array.hh b/src/hb-array.hh
index 955373662..cd0e6c45c 100644
--- a/src/hb-array.hh
+++ b/src/hb-array.hh
@@ -194,13 +194,6 @@ struct hb_array_t : hb_iter_with_fallback_t<hb_array_t<Type>, Type&>
       hb_qsort (arrayZ, length, this->get_item_size (), Type::cmp);
     return hb_sorted_array_t<Type> (*this);
   }
-  void qsort (unsigned int start, unsigned int end)
-  {
-    end = hb_min (end, length);
-    assert (start <= end);
-    if (likely (start < end))
-      hb_qsort (arrayZ + start, end - start, this->get_item_size (), Type::cmp);
-  }
 
   /*
    * Other methods.
diff --git a/src/hb-open-type.hh b/src/hb-open-type.hh
index e66f45182..ac79f9421 100644
--- a/src/hb-open-type.hh
+++ b/src/hb-open-type.hh
@@ -667,8 +667,8 @@ struct ArrayOf
 	      unsigned int to_store = (unsigned int) -1) const
   { return as_array ().lfind (x, i, not_found, to_store); }
 
-  void qsort (unsigned int start = 0, unsigned int end = (unsigned int) -1)
-  { as_array ().qsort (start, end); }
+  void qsort ()
+  { as_array ().qsort (); }
 
   HB_NODISCARD bool serialize (hb_serialize_context_t *c, unsigned items_len)
   {
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-map.cc b/src/hb-ot-map.cc
index 39215b335..39cc9fed2 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-map.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-map.cc
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ hb_ot_map_builder_t::compile (hb_ot_map_t                  &m,
       /* Sort lookups and merge duplicates */
       if (last_num_lookups < m.lookups[table_index].length)
       {
-	m.lookups[table_index].qsort (last_num_lookups, m.lookups[table_index].length);
+	m.lookups[table_index].sub_array (last_num_lookups, m.lookups[table_index].length - last_num_lookups).qsort ();
 
 	unsigned int j = last_num_lookups;
 	for (unsigned int i = j + 1; i < m.lookups[table_index].length; i++)
diff --git a/src/hb-vector.hh b/src/hb-vector.hh
index 31b430fe1..b636e1d22 100644
--- a/src/hb-vector.hh
+++ b/src/hb-vector.hh
@@ -425,10 +425,8 @@ struct hb_vector_t
 
 
   /* Sorting API. */
-  void qsort (int (*cmp)(const void*, const void*))
+  void qsort (int (*cmp)(const void*, const void*) = Type::cmp)
   { as_array ().qsort (cmp); }
-  void qsort (unsigned int start = 0, unsigned int end = (unsigned int) -1)
-  { as_array ().qsort (start, end); }
 
   /* Unsorted search API. */
   template <typename T>