diff --git a/crates/circuit/src/slice.rs b/crates/circuit/src/slice.rs
index f152b085647b..056adff0a282 100644
--- a/crates/circuit/src/slice.rs
+++ b/crates/circuit/src/slice.rs
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@ impl<'py> FromPyObject<'py> for PySequenceIndex<'py> {
 impl<'py> PySequenceIndex<'py> {
     /// Specialize this index to a collection of the given `len`, returning a Rust-native type.
     pub fn with_len(&self, len: usize) -> Result<SequenceIndex, PySequenceIndexError> {
-        let abs = |index: isize| -> Result<usize, PySequenceIndexError> {
-            if index >= 0 {
-                Ok(index as usize)
-            } else if index == ::std::isize::MIN {
-                Err(PySequenceIndexError::OutOfRange)
-            } else {
-                Ok(-index as usize)
-            }
-        };
         match self {
             PySequenceIndex::Int(index) => {
                 let index = if *index >= 0 {
@@ -62,7 +53,7 @@ impl<'py> PySequenceIndex<'py> {
                     }
                     index
                 } else {
-                    len.checked_sub(abs(*index)?)
+                    len.checked_sub(index.unsigned_abs())
                         .ok_or(PySequenceIndexError::OutOfRange)?
                 };
                 Ok(SequenceIndex::Int(index))
@@ -83,7 +74,7 @@ impl<'py> PySequenceIndex<'py> {
                         start: (indices.start >= 0).then_some(indices.start as usize),
                         // `indices.stop` can be negative if the 0 index should be output.
                         stop: (indices.stop >= 0).then_some(indices.stop as usize),
-                        step: abs(indices.step)?,
+                        step: indices.step.unsigned_abs(),
                     })
                 }
             }