diff --git a/cpp/src/structure/detail/structure_utils.cuh b/cpp/src/structure/detail/structure_utils.cuh
index 7630d5855a0..f0f729bce18 100644
--- a/cpp/src/structure/detail/structure_utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/structure/detail/structure_utils.cuh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <cugraph/utilities/dataframe_buffer.hpp>
 #include <cugraph/utilities/device_functors.cuh>
 #include <cugraph/utilities/error.hpp>
+#include <cugraph/utilities/mask_utils.cuh>
 #include <cugraph/utilities/misc_utils.cuh>
 #include <cugraph/utilities/packed_bool_utils.hpp>
 
@@ -524,35 +525,21 @@ std::tuple<size_t, rmm::device_uvector<uint32_t>> mark_entries(raft::handle_t co
                      return word;
                    });
 
-  // FIXME:  use detail::count_set_bits
-  size_t bit_count = thrust::transform_reduce(
-    handle.get_thrust_policy(),
-    marked_entries.begin(),
-    marked_entries.end(),
-    [] __device__(auto word) { return __popc(word); },
-    size_t{0},
-    thrust::plus<size_t>());
+  size_t bit_count = detail::count_set_bits(handle, marked_entries.begin(), num_entries);
 
   return std::make_tuple(bit_count, std::move(marked_entries));
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-rmm::device_uvector<T> remove_flagged_elements(raft::handle_t const& handle,
-                                               rmm::device_uvector<T>&& vector,
-                                               raft::device_span<uint32_t const> remove_flags,
-                                               size_t remove_count)
+rmm::device_uvector<T> keep_flagged_elements(raft::handle_t const& handle,
+                                             rmm::device_uvector<T>&& vector,
+                                             raft::device_span<uint32_t const> keep_flags,
+                                             size_t keep_count)
 {
-  rmm::device_uvector<T> result(vector.size() - remove_count, handle.get_stream());
-
-  thrust::copy_if(
-    handle.get_thrust_policy(),
-    thrust::make_counting_iterator(size_t{0}),
-    thrust::make_counting_iterator(vector.size()),
-    thrust::make_transform_output_iterator(result.begin(),
-                                           indirection_t<size_t, T*>{vector.data()}),
-    [remove_flags] __device__(size_t i) {
-      return !(remove_flags[cugraph::packed_bool_offset(i)] & cugraph::packed_bool_mask(i));
-    });
+  rmm::device_uvector<T> result(keep_count, handle.get_stream());
+
+  detail::copy_if_mask_set(
+    handle, vector.begin(), vector.end(), keep_flags.begin(), result.begin());
 
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/cpp/src/structure/remove_multi_edges_impl.cuh b/cpp/src/structure/remove_multi_edges_impl.cuh
index ab6b1fba8eb..fdd3059f874 100644
--- a/cpp/src/structure/remove_multi_edges_impl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/structure/remove_multi_edges_impl.cuh
@@ -254,50 +254,47 @@ remove_multi_edges(raft::handle_t const& handle,
     }
   }
 
-  auto [multi_edge_count, multi_edges_to_delete] =
-    detail::mark_entries(handle,
-                         edgelist_srcs.size(),
-                         [d_edgelist_srcs = edgelist_srcs.data(),
-                          d_edgelist_dsts = edgelist_dsts.data()] __device__(auto idx) {
-                           return (idx > 0) && (d_edgelist_srcs[idx - 1] == d_edgelist_srcs[idx]) &&
-                                  (d_edgelist_dsts[idx - 1] == d_edgelist_dsts[idx]);
-                         });
-
-  if (multi_edge_count > 0) {
-    edgelist_srcs = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+  auto [keep_count, keep_flags] = detail::mark_entries(
+    handle,
+    edgelist_srcs.size(),
+    [d_edgelist_srcs = edgelist_srcs.data(),
+     d_edgelist_dsts = edgelist_dsts.data()] __device__(auto idx) {
+      return !((idx > 0) && (d_edgelist_srcs[idx - 1] == d_edgelist_srcs[idx]) &&
+               (d_edgelist_dsts[idx - 1] == d_edgelist_dsts[idx]));
+    });
+
+  if (keep_count < edgelist_srcs.size()) {
+    edgelist_srcs = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
       handle,
       std::move(edgelist_srcs),
-      raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{multi_edges_to_delete.data(), multi_edges_to_delete.size()},
-      multi_edge_count);
-    edgelist_dsts = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+      raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+      keep_count);
+    edgelist_dsts = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
       handle,
       std::move(edgelist_dsts),
-      raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{multi_edges_to_delete.data(), multi_edges_to_delete.size()},
-      multi_edge_count);
+      raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+      keep_count);
 
     if (edgelist_weights)
-      edgelist_weights = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+      edgelist_weights = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
         handle,
         std::move(*edgelist_weights),
-        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{multi_edges_to_delete.data(),
-                                          multi_edges_to_delete.size()},
-        multi_edge_count);
+        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+        keep_count);
 
     if (edgelist_edge_ids)
-      edgelist_edge_ids = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+      edgelist_edge_ids = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
         handle,
         std::move(*edgelist_edge_ids),
-        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{multi_edges_to_delete.data(),
-                                          multi_edges_to_delete.size()},
-        multi_edge_count);
+        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+        keep_count);
 
     if (edgelist_edge_types)
-      edgelist_edge_types = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+      edgelist_edge_types = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
         handle,
         std::move(*edgelist_edge_types),
-        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{multi_edges_to_delete.data(),
-                                          multi_edges_to_delete.size()},
-        multi_edge_count);
+        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+        keep_count);
   }
 
   return std::make_tuple(std::move(edgelist_srcs),
diff --git a/cpp/src/structure/remove_self_loops_impl.cuh b/cpp/src/structure/remove_self_loops_impl.cuh
index 161ffeae28e..dafe26cd1c5 100644
--- a/cpp/src/structure/remove_self_loops_impl.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/structure/remove_self_loops_impl.cuh
@@ -44,44 +44,44 @@ remove_self_loops(raft::handle_t const& handle,
                   std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<edge_t>>&& edgelist_edge_ids,
                   std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<edge_type_t>>&& edgelist_edge_types)
 {
-  auto [self_loop_count, self_loops_to_delete] =
+  auto [keep_count, keep_flags] =
     detail::mark_entries(handle,
                          edgelist_srcs.size(),
                          [d_srcs = edgelist_srcs.data(), d_dsts = edgelist_dsts.data()] __device__(
-                           size_t i) { return d_srcs[i] == d_dsts[i]; });
+                           size_t i) { return d_srcs[i] != d_dsts[i]; });
 
-  if (self_loop_count > 0) {
-    edgelist_srcs = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+  if (keep_count < edgelist_srcs.size()) {
+    edgelist_srcs = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
       handle,
       std::move(edgelist_srcs),
-      raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{self_loops_to_delete.data(), self_loops_to_delete.size()},
-      self_loop_count);
-    edgelist_dsts = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+      raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+      keep_count);
+    edgelist_dsts = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
       handle,
       std::move(edgelist_dsts),
-      raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{self_loops_to_delete.data(), self_loops_to_delete.size()},
-      self_loop_count);
+      raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+      keep_count);
 
     if (edgelist_weights)
-      edgelist_weights = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+      edgelist_weights = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
         handle,
         std::move(*edgelist_weights),
-        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{self_loops_to_delete.data(), self_loops_to_delete.size()},
-        self_loop_count);
+        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+        keep_count);
 
     if (edgelist_edge_ids)
-      edgelist_edge_ids = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+      edgelist_edge_ids = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
         handle,
         std::move(*edgelist_edge_ids),
-        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{self_loops_to_delete.data(), self_loops_to_delete.size()},
-        self_loop_count);
+        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+        keep_count);
 
     if (edgelist_edge_types)
-      edgelist_edge_types = detail::remove_flagged_elements(
+      edgelist_edge_types = detail::keep_flagged_elements(
         handle,
         std::move(*edgelist_edge_types),
-        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{self_loops_to_delete.data(), self_loops_to_delete.size()},
-        self_loop_count);
+        raft::device_span<uint32_t const>{keep_flags.data(), keep_flags.size()},
+        keep_count);
   }
 
   return std::make_tuple(std::move(edgelist_srcs),
diff --git a/cpp/tests/community/triangle_count_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/community/triangle_count_test.cpp
index 836bab59457..592924c3c47 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/community/triangle_count_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/community/triangle_count_test.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class Tests_TriangleCount
       for (size_t i = 0; i < h_cugraph_vertices.size(); ++i) {
         auto v     = h_cugraph_vertices[i];
         auto count = h_cugraph_triangle_counts[i];
-        ASSERT_TRUE(count == h_reference_triangle_counts[v])
+        ASSERT_EQ(count, h_reference_triangle_counts[v])
           << "Triangle count values do not match with the reference values.";
       }
     }
diff --git a/cpp/tests/utilities/test_graphs.hpp b/cpp/tests/utilities/test_graphs.hpp
index 16c9d3ed145..8cc87b26f1d 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/utilities/test_graphs.hpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/utilities/test_graphs.hpp
@@ -621,9 +621,25 @@ construct_graph(raft::handle_t const& handle,
 
   CUGRAPH_EXPECTS(d_src_v.size() <= static_cast<size_t>(std::numeric_limits<edge_t>::max()),
                   "Invalid template parameter: edge_t overflow.");
-  if (drop_self_loops) { remove_self_loops(handle, d_src_v, d_dst_v, d_weights_v); }
+  if (drop_self_loops) {
+    std::tie(d_src_v, d_dst_v, d_weights_v, std::ignore, std::ignore) =
+      cugraph::remove_self_loops<vertex_t, edge_t, weight_t, int32_t>(handle,
+                                                                      std::move(d_src_v),
+                                                                      std::move(d_dst_v),
+                                                                      std::move(d_weights_v),
+                                                                      std::nullopt,
+                                                                      std::nullopt);
+  }
 
-  if (drop_multi_edges) { sort_and_remove_multi_edges(handle, d_src_v, d_dst_v, d_weights_v); }
+  if (drop_multi_edges) {
+    std::tie(d_src_v, d_dst_v, d_weights_v, std::ignore, std::ignore) =
+      cugraph::remove_multi_edges<vertex_t, edge_t, weight_t, int32_t>(handle,
+                                                                       std::move(d_src_v),
+                                                                       std::move(d_dst_v),
+                                                                       std::move(d_weights_v),
+                                                                       std::nullopt,
+                                                                       std::nullopt);
+  }
 
   graph_t<vertex_t, edge_t, store_transposed, multi_gpu> graph(handle);
   std::optional<
diff --git a/cpp/tests/utilities/thrust_wrapper.cu b/cpp/tests/utilities/thrust_wrapper.cu
index cb7e6f1bd66..2daf250b4a2 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/utilities/thrust_wrapper.cu
+++ b/cpp/tests/utilities/thrust_wrapper.cu
@@ -206,131 +206,5 @@ template void populate_vertex_ids(raft::handle_t const& handle,
                                   rmm::device_uvector<int64_t>& d_vertices_v,
                                   int64_t vertex_id_offset);
 
-template <typename vertex_t, typename weight_t>
-void remove_self_loops(raft::handle_t const& handle,
-                       rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-                       rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-                       std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<weight_t>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */)
-{
-  if (d_weight_v) {
-    auto edge_first = thrust::make_zip_iterator(
-      thrust::make_tuple(d_src_v.begin(), d_dst_v.begin(), (*d_weight_v).begin()));
-    d_src_v.resize(
-      thrust::distance(edge_first,
-                       thrust::remove_if(
-                         handle.get_thrust_policy(),
-                         edge_first,
-                         edge_first + d_src_v.size(),
-                         [] __device__(auto e) { return thrust::get<0>(e) == thrust::get<1>(e); })),
-      handle.get_stream());
-    d_dst_v.resize(d_src_v.size(), handle.get_stream());
-    (*d_weight_v).resize(d_src_v.size(), handle.get_stream());
-  } else {
-    auto edge_first =
-      thrust::make_zip_iterator(thrust::make_tuple(d_src_v.begin(), d_dst_v.begin()));
-    d_src_v.resize(
-      thrust::distance(edge_first,
-                       thrust::remove_if(
-                         handle.get_thrust_policy(),
-                         edge_first,
-                         edge_first + d_src_v.size(),
-                         [] __device__(auto e) { return thrust::get<0>(e) == thrust::get<1>(e); })),
-      handle.get_stream());
-    d_dst_v.resize(d_src_v.size(), handle.get_stream());
-  }
-
-  d_src_v.shrink_to_fit(handle.get_stream());
-  d_dst_v.shrink_to_fit(handle.get_stream());
-  if (d_weight_v) { (*d_weight_v).shrink_to_fit(handle.get_stream()); }
-}
-
-template void remove_self_loops(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int32_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int32_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<float>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
-template void remove_self_loops(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int32_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int32_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<double>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
-template void remove_self_loops(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int64_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int64_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<float>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
-template void remove_self_loops(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int64_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int64_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<double>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
-template <typename vertex_t, typename weight_t>
-void sort_and_remove_multi_edges(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<weight_t>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */)
-{
-  if (d_weight_v) {
-    auto edge_first = thrust::make_zip_iterator(
-      thrust::make_tuple(d_src_v.begin(), d_dst_v.begin(), (*d_weight_v).begin()));
-    thrust::sort(handle.get_thrust_policy(), edge_first, edge_first + d_src_v.size());
-    d_src_v.resize(
-      thrust::distance(edge_first,
-                       thrust::unique(handle.get_thrust_policy(),
-                                      edge_first,
-                                      edge_first + d_src_v.size(),
-                                      [] __device__(auto lhs, auto rhs) {
-                                        return (thrust::get<0>(lhs) == thrust::get<0>(rhs)) &&
-                                               (thrust::get<1>(lhs) == thrust::get<1>(rhs));
-                                      })),
-      handle.get_stream());
-    d_dst_v.resize(d_src_v.size(), handle.get_stream());
-    (*d_weight_v).resize(d_src_v.size(), handle.get_stream());
-  } else {
-    auto edge_first =
-      thrust::make_zip_iterator(thrust::make_tuple(d_src_v.begin(), d_dst_v.begin()));
-    thrust::sort(handle.get_thrust_policy(), edge_first, edge_first + d_src_v.size());
-    d_src_v.resize(
-      thrust::distance(
-        edge_first,
-        thrust::unique(handle.get_thrust_policy(), edge_first, edge_first + d_src_v.size())),
-      handle.get_stream());
-    d_dst_v.resize(d_src_v.size(), handle.get_stream());
-  }
-
-  d_src_v.shrink_to_fit(handle.get_stream());
-  d_dst_v.shrink_to_fit(handle.get_stream());
-  if (d_weight_v) { (*d_weight_v).shrink_to_fit(handle.get_stream()); }
-}
-
-template void sort_and_remove_multi_edges(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int32_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int32_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<float>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
-template void sort_and_remove_multi_edges(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int32_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int32_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<double>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
-template void sort_and_remove_multi_edges(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int64_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int64_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<float>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
-template void sort_and_remove_multi_edges(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int64_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<int64_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<double>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
 }  // namespace test
 }  // namespace cugraph
diff --git a/cpp/tests/utilities/thrust_wrapper.hpp b/cpp/tests/utilities/thrust_wrapper.hpp
index eead4dc268f..fb82d781198 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/utilities/thrust_wrapper.hpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/utilities/thrust_wrapper.hpp
@@ -46,18 +46,5 @@ void populate_vertex_ids(raft::handle_t const& handle,
                          rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t>& d_vertices_v /* [INOUT] */,
                          vertex_t vertex_id_offset);
 
-template <typename vertex_t, typename weight_t>
-void remove_self_loops(raft::handle_t const& handle,
-                       rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-                       rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-                       std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<weight_t>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
-template <typename vertex_t, typename weight_t>
-void sort_and_remove_multi_edges(
-  raft::handle_t const& handle,
-  rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t>& d_src_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  rmm::device_uvector<vertex_t>& d_dst_v /* [INOUT] */,
-  std::optional<rmm::device_uvector<weight_t>>& d_weight_v /* [INOUT] */);
-
 }  // namespace test
 }  // namespace cugraph