diff --git a/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts b/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts
index f9f91415e18c..ca71d13873ce 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Event, EventProcessor, Hub, Integration, StackFrame } from '@sentry/types';
-import { getEventDescription, isMatchingPattern, logger } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { getEventDescription, logger, stringMatchesSomePattern } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 // "Script error." is hard coded into browsers for errors that it can't read.
 // this is the result of a script being pulled in from an external domain and CORS.
@@ -107,9 +107,7 @@ function _isIgnoredError(event: Event, ignoreErrors?: Array<string | RegExp>): b
     return false;
   }
 
-  return _getPossibleEventMessages(event).some(message =>
-    ignoreErrors.some(pattern => isMatchingPattern(message, pattern)),
-  );
+  return _getPossibleEventMessages(event).some(message => stringMatchesSomePattern(message, ignoreErrors));
 }
 
 function _isDeniedUrl(event: Event, denyUrls?: Array<string | RegExp>): boolean {
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ function _isDeniedUrl(event: Event, denyUrls?: Array<string | RegExp>): boolean
     return false;
   }
   const url = _getEventFilterUrl(event);
-  return !url ? false : denyUrls.some(pattern => isMatchingPattern(url, pattern));
+  return !url ? false : stringMatchesSomePattern(url, denyUrls);
 }
 
 function _isAllowedUrl(event: Event, allowUrls?: Array<string | RegExp>): boolean {
@@ -127,7 +125,7 @@ function _isAllowedUrl(event: Event, allowUrls?: Array<string | RegExp>): boolea
     return true;
   }
   const url = _getEventFilterUrl(event);
-  return !url ? true : allowUrls.some(pattern => isMatchingPattern(url, pattern));
+  return !url ? true : stringMatchesSomePattern(url, allowUrls);
 }
 
 function _getPossibleEventMessages(event: Event): string[] {
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
index 634b13db1930..e4da4195f54e 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/http.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { EventProcessor, Integration, Span, TracePropagationTargets } from '@sen
 import {
   dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader,
   fill,
-  isMatchingPattern,
   logger,
   parseSemver,
+  stringMatchesSomePattern,
 } from '@sentry/utils';
 import * as http from 'http';
 import * as https from 'https';
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ function _createWrappedRequestMethodFactory(
       return headersUrlMap[url];
     }
 
-    headersUrlMap[url] = tracingOptions.tracePropagationTargets.some(tracePropagationTarget =>
-      isMatchingPattern(url, tracePropagationTarget),
-    );
+    headersUrlMap[url] = stringMatchesSomePattern(url, tracingOptions.tracePropagationTargets);
 
     return headersUrlMap[url];
   };
diff --git a/packages/tracing/src/browser/request.ts b/packages/tracing/src/browser/request.ts
index bfcd5e4146d7..c3ebc1e00240 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/src/browser/request.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing/src/browser/request.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   BAGGAGE_HEADER_NAME,
   dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader,
   isInstanceOf,
-  isMatchingPattern,
+  stringMatchesSomePattern,
 } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { getActiveTransaction, hasTracingEnabled } from '../utils';
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ export function instrumentOutgoingRequests(_options?: Partial<RequestInstrumenta
     typeof shouldCreateSpanForRequest === 'function' ? shouldCreateSpanForRequest : (_: string) => true;
 
   const shouldAttachHeaders = (url: string): boolean =>
-    tracingOrigins.some(origin => isMatchingPattern(url, origin)) ||
-    tracePropagationTargets.some(origin => isMatchingPattern(url, origin));
+    stringMatchesSomePattern(url, tracingOrigins) || stringMatchesSomePattern(url, tracePropagationTargets);
 
   const spans: Record<string, Span> = {};