diff --git a/synthesizer/src/vm/finalize.rs b/synthesizer/src/vm/finalize.rs
index 7b59956b28..46d1598166 100644
--- a/synthesizer/src/vm/finalize.rs
+++ b/synthesizer/src/vm/finalize.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use super::*;
 
 use ledger_committee::{MAX_DELEGATORS, MIN_DELEGATOR_STAKE, MIN_VALIDATOR_STAKE};
+use utilities::cfg_sort_by_cached_key;
 
 impl<N: Network, C: ConsensusStorage<N>> VM<N, C> {
     /// Speculates on the given list of transactions in the VM.
@@ -835,9 +836,9 @@ impl<N: Network, C: ConsensusStorage<N>> VM<N, C> {
         }
 
         // Sort the valid and aborted transactions based on their position in the original list.
-        let position: IndexMap<_, _> = cfg_iter!(transactions).enumerate().map(|(i, &tx)| (tx.id(), i)).collect();
-        valid_transactions.sort_by(|a, b| position.get(&a.id()).cmp(&position.get(&b.id())));
-        aborted_transactions.sort_by(|a, b| position.get(&a.0.id()).cmp(&position.get(&b.0.id())));
+        let position: IndexSet<_> = transactions.iter().map(|tx| tx.id()).collect();
+        cfg_sort_by_cached_key!(valid_transactions, |tx| position.get_index_of(&tx.id()));
+        cfg_sort_by_cached_key!(aborted_transactions, |tx| position.get_index_of(&tx.0.id()));
 
         // Return the valid and invalid transactions.
         Ok((valid_transactions, aborted_transactions))
diff --git a/utilities/src/parallel.rs b/utilities/src/parallel.rs
index 05d95978af..be2520f7ef 100644
--- a/utilities/src/parallel.rs
+++ b/utilities/src/parallel.rs
@@ -268,3 +268,27 @@ macro_rules! cfg_zip_fold {
         result
     }};
 }
+
+/// Performs an unstable sort
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! cfg_sort_unstable_by {
+    ($self: expr, $closure: expr) => {{
+        #[cfg(feature = "serial")]
+        $self.sort_unstable_by($closure);
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "serial"))]
+        $self.par_sort_unstable_by($closure);
+    }};
+}
+
+/// Performs a sort that caches the extracted keys
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! cfg_sort_by_cached_key {
+    ($self: expr, $closure: expr) => {{
+        #[cfg(feature = "serial")]
+        $self.sort_by_cached_key($closure);
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "serial"))]
+        $self.par_sort_by_cached_key($closure);
+    }};
+}