diff --git a/src/compute/comparison/simd/packed.rs b/src/compute/comparison/simd/packed.rs
index c36c6d52cd7..9348cbed484 100644
--- a/src/compute/comparison/simd/packed.rs
+++ b/src/compute/comparison/simd/packed.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::convert::TryInto;
+use std::simd::ToBitMask;
 
 use crate::types::simd::*;
-
 use crate::types::{days_ms, months_days_ns};
 
 use super::*;
@@ -29,34 +29,34 @@ macro_rules! simd8 {
         impl Simd8PartialEq for $md {
             #[inline]
             fn eq(self, other: Self) -> u8 {
-                to_bitmask(self.lanes_eq(other))
+                self.lanes_eq(other).to_bitmask()
             }
 
             #[inline]
             fn neq(self, other: Self) -> u8 {
-                to_bitmask(self.lanes_ne(other))
+                self.lanes_ne(other).to_bitmask()
             }
         }
 
         impl Simd8PartialOrd for $md {
             #[inline]
             fn lt_eq(self, other: Self) -> u8 {
-                to_bitmask(self.lanes_le(other))
+                self.lanes_le(other).to_bitmask()
             }
 
             #[inline]
             fn lt(self, other: Self) -> u8 {
-                to_bitmask(self.lanes_lt(other))
+                self.lanes_lt(other).to_bitmask()
             }
 
             #[inline]
             fn gt_eq(self, other: Self) -> u8 {
-                to_bitmask(self.lanes_ge(other))
+                self.lanes_ge(other).to_bitmask()
             }
 
             #[inline]
             fn gt(self, other: Self) -> u8 {
-                to_bitmask(self.lanes_gt(other))
+                self.lanes_gt(other).to_bitmask()
             }
         }
     };
@@ -77,14 +77,3 @@ simd8_native!(days_ms);
 simd8_native_partial_eq!(days_ms);
 simd8_native!(months_days_ns);
 simd8_native_partial_eq!(months_days_ns);
-
-fn to_bitmask<T: std::simd::MaskElement>(mask: std::simd::Mask<T, 8>) -> u8 {
-    mask.test(0) as u8
-        | ((mask.test(1) as u8) << 1)
-        | ((mask.test(2) as u8) << 2)
-        | ((mask.test(3) as u8) << 3)
-        | ((mask.test(4) as u8) << 4)
-        | ((mask.test(5) as u8) << 5)
-        | ((mask.test(6) as u8) << 6)
-        | ((mask.test(7) as u8) << 7)
-}