diff --git a/src/Init/Data/Array/Basic.lean b/src/Init/Data/Array/Basic.lean
index 7a1556efa513..8b35d1a91704 100644
--- a/src/Init/Data/Array/Basic.lean
+++ b/src/Init/Data/Array/Basic.lean
@@ -727,33 +727,38 @@ def takeWhile (p : α → Bool) (as : Array α) : Array α :=
     termination_by as.size - i
   go 0 #[]
 
-def eraseIdxAux (i : Nat) (a : Array α) : Array α :=
-  if h : i < a.size then
-    let idx  : Fin a.size := ⟨i, h⟩;
-    let idx1 : Fin a.size := ⟨i - 1, by exact Nat.lt_of_le_of_lt (Nat.pred_le i) h⟩;
-    let a' := a.swap idx idx1
-    eraseIdxAux (i+1) a'
+/-- Remove the element at a given index from an array without bounds checks, using a `Fin` index.
+
+  This function takes worst case O(n) time because
+  it has to backshift all elements at positions greater than `i`.-/
+def feraseIdx (a : Array α) (i : Fin a.size) : Array α :=
+  if h : i.val + 1 < a.size then
+    let a' := a.swap ⟨i.val + 1, h⟩ i
+    let i' : Fin a'.size := ⟨i.val + 1, by simp [a', h]⟩
+    have : a'.size - i' < a.size - i := by
+      simp [a', Nat.sub_succ_lt_self _ _ i.isLt]
+    a'.feraseIdx i'
   else
     a.pop
-termination_by a.size - i
+termination_by a.size - i.val
 
-def feraseIdx (a : Array α) (i : Fin a.size) : Array α :=
-  eraseIdxAux (i.val + 1) a
+derive_functional_induction feraseIdx
 
-def eraseIdx (a : Array α) (i : Nat) : Array α :=
-  if i < a.size then eraseIdxAux (i+1) a else a
+theorem size_feraseIdx (a : Array α) (i : Fin a.size) : (a.feraseIdx i).size = a.size - 1 := by
+  induction a, i using feraseIdx.induct with
+  | @case1 a i h a' _ _ ih =>
+    unfold feraseIdx
+    simp [h, a', ih]
+  | case2 a i h =>
+    unfold feraseIdx
+    simp [h]
 
-def eraseIdxSzAux (a : Array α) (i : Nat) (r : Array α) (heq : r.size = a.size) : { r : Array α // r.size = a.size - 1 } :=
-  if h : i < r.size then
-    let idx  : Fin r.size := ⟨i, h⟩;
-    let idx1 : Fin r.size := ⟨i - 1, by exact Nat.lt_of_le_of_lt (Nat.pred_le i) h⟩;
-    eraseIdxSzAux a (i+1) (r.swap idx idx1) ((size_swap r idx idx1).trans heq)
-  else
-    ⟨r.pop, (size_pop r).trans (heq ▸ rfl)⟩
-termination_by r.size - i
+/-- Remove the element at a given index from an array, or do nothing if the index is out of bounds.
 
-def eraseIdx' (a : Array α) (i : Fin a.size) : { r : Array α // r.size = a.size - 1 } :=
-  eraseIdxSzAux a (i.val + 1) a rfl
+  This function takes worst case O(n) time because
+  it has to backshift all elements at positions greater than `i`.-/
+def eraseIdx (a : Array α) (i : Nat) : Array α :=
+  if h : i < a.size then a.feraseIdx ⟨i, h⟩ else a
 
 def erase [BEq α] (as : Array α) (a : α) : Array α :=
   match as.indexOf? a with
diff --git a/src/Lean/Data/PersistentHashMap.lean b/src/Lean/Data/PersistentHashMap.lean
index e9b94cab2d06..b90a38258950 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Data/PersistentHashMap.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Data/PersistentHashMap.lean
@@ -226,8 +226,10 @@ partial def eraseAux [BEq α] : Node α β → USize → α → Node α β × Bo
   | n@(Node.collision keys vals heq), _, k =>
     match keys.indexOf? k with
     | some idx =>
-      let ⟨keys', keq⟩ := keys.eraseIdx' idx
-      let ⟨vals', veq⟩ := vals.eraseIdx' (Eq.ndrec idx heq)
+      let keys' := keys.feraseIdx idx
+      have keq := keys.size_feraseIdx idx
+      let vals' := vals.feraseIdx (Eq.ndrec idx heq)
+      have veq := vals.size_feraseIdx (Eq.ndrec idx heq)
       have : keys.size - 1 = vals.size - 1 := by rw [heq]
       (Node.collision keys' vals' (keq.trans (this.trans veq.symm)), true)
     | none     => (n, false)