diff --git a/contrib/intarray/_int.h b/contrib/intarray/_int.h
index 0352cbd36826..c92ef13f8e28 100644
--- a/contrib/intarray/_int.h
+++ b/contrib/intarray/_int.h
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ typedef struct
 #define SORT(x) \
 	do { \
 		int		_nelems_ = ARRNELEMS(x); \
-		if (_nelems_ > 1) \
-			isort(ARRPTR(x), _nelems_); \
+		bool _asc = true; \
+		isort(ARRPTR(x), _nelems_, &_asc); \
 	} while(0)
 
 /* sort the elements of the array and remove duplicates */
 #define PREPAREARR(x) \
 	do { \
 		int		_nelems_ = ARRNELEMS(x); \
-		if (_nelems_ > 1) \
-			if (isort(ARRPTR(x), _nelems_)) \
-				(x) = _int_unique(x); \
+		bool _asc = true; \
+		isort(ARRPTR(x), _nelems_, &_asc); \
+		(x) = _int_unique(x); \
 	} while(0)
 
 /* "wish" function */
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ typedef struct
 /*
  * useful functions
  */
-bool		isort(int32 *a, int len);
+void		isort(int32 *a, size_t len, void *arg);
 ArrayType  *new_intArrayType(int num);
 ArrayType  *copy_intArrayType(ArrayType *a);
 ArrayType  *resize_intArrayType(ArrayType *a, int num);
@@ -176,16 +176,12 @@ bool		execconsistent(QUERYTYPE *query, ArrayType *array, bool calcnot);
 bool		gin_bool_consistent(QUERYTYPE *query, bool *check);
 bool		query_has_required_values(QUERYTYPE *query);
 
-int			compASC(const void *a, const void *b);
-int			compDESC(const void *a, const void *b);
-
 /* sort, either ascending or descending */
 #define QSORT(a, direction) \
 	do { \
 		int		_nelems_ = ARRNELEMS(a); \
-		if (_nelems_ > 1) \
-			qsort((void*) ARRPTR(a), _nelems_, sizeof(int32), \
-				  (direction) ? compASC : compDESC ); \
+		bool _asc = (direction) ? true : false; \
+		isort(ARRPTR(a), _nelems_, &_asc); \
 	} while(0)
 
 #endif							/* ___INT_H__ */
diff --git a/contrib/intarray/_int_tool.c b/contrib/intarray/_int_tool.c
index c85280c8422c..0d0cdc289cde 100644
--- a/contrib/intarray/_int_tool.c
+++ b/contrib/intarray/_int_tool.c
@@ -186,36 +186,38 @@ rt__int_size(ArrayType *a, float *size)
 	*size = (float) ARRNELEMS(a);
 }
 
-/* qsort_arg comparison function for isort() */
-static int
+/* comparison function for isort() and _int_unique() */
+static inline int
 isort_cmp(const void *a, const void *b, void *arg)
 {
 	int32		aval = *((const int32 *) a);
 	int32		bval = *((const int32 *) b);
 
-	if (aval < bval)
-		return -1;
-	if (aval > bval)
-		return 1;
-
-	/*
-	 * Report if we have any duplicates.  If there are equal keys, qsort must
-	 * compare them at some point, else it wouldn't know whether one should go
-	 * before or after the other.
-	 */
-	*((bool *) arg) = true;
+	if (*((bool *) arg))
+	{
+		/* compare for ascending order */
+		if (aval < bval)
+			return -1;
+		if (aval > bval)
+			return 1;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (aval > bval)
+			return -1;
+		if (aval < bval)
+			return 1;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Sort the given data (len >= 2).  Return true if any duplicates found */
-bool
-isort(int32 *a, int len)
-{
-	bool		r = false;
-
-	qsort_arg(a, len, sizeof(int32), isort_cmp, &r);
-	return r;
-}
+#define ST_SORT isort
+#define ST_ELEMENT_TYPE int32
+#define ST_COMPARE(a, b, ascending) isort_cmp(a, b, ascending)
+#define ST_COMPARE_ARG_TYPE void
+#define ST_SCOPE
+#define ST_DEFINE
+#include "lib/sort_template.h"
 
 /* Create a new int array with room for "num" elements */
 ArrayType *
@@ -311,10 +313,10 @@ ArrayType *
 _int_unique(ArrayType *r)
 {
 	int			num = ARRNELEMS(r);
-	bool		duplicates_found;	/* not used */
+	bool		ascending = true;
 
 	num = qunique_arg(ARRPTR(r), num, sizeof(int), isort_cmp,
-					  &duplicates_found);
+					  &ascending);
 
 	return resize_intArrayType(r, num);
 }
@@ -393,15 +395,3 @@ int_to_intset(int32 elem)
 	aa[0] = elem;
 	return result;
 }
-
-int
-compASC(const void *a, const void *b)
-{
-	return pg_cmp_s32(*(const int32 *) a, *(const int32 *) b);
-}
-
-int
-compDESC(const void *a, const void *b)
-{
-	return pg_cmp_s32(*(const int32 *) b, *(const int32 *) a);
-}