diff --git a/src/admin/user/commands.rs b/src/admin/user/commands.rs
index 3f961d60..821f51f1 100644
--- a/src/admin/user/commands.rs
+++ b/src/admin/user/commands.rs
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ pub(super) async fn last_active(&self, limit: Option<usize>) -> Result {
 		.ready_filter(|(ts, _)| ts.get() > uint!(0))
 		.collect::<Vec<_>>()
 		.map(|mut vec| {
-			vec.sort_by(|a, b| b.0.cmp(&a.0));
+			vec.sort_by_key(|k| cmp::Reverse(k.0));
 			vec
 		})
 		.map(Vec::into_iter)
diff --git a/src/api/client/directory.rs b/src/api/client/directory.rs
index 453ef82a..6e5e7f41 100644
--- a/src/api/client/directory.rs
+++ b/src/api/client/directory.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::cmp;
+
 use axum::extract::State;
 use axum_client_ip::InsecureClientIp;
 use futures::{
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_public_rooms_filtered_helper(
 		.collect()
 		.await;
 
-	all_rooms.sort_by(|l, r| r.num_joined_members.cmp(&l.num_joined_members));
+	all_rooms.sort_by_key(|r| cmp::Reverse(r.num_joined_members));
 
 	let total_room_count_estimate = UInt::try_from(all_rooms.len())
 		.unwrap_or_else(|_| uint!(0))