diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-gd.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-gd.php
index 34c0453ff693a..5bd845457f0e4 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-gd.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-gd.php
@@ -435,31 +435,22 @@ public function rotate( $angle ) {
 	 *
 	 * @param bool $horz Flip along Horizontal Axis.
 	 * @param bool $vert Flip along Vertical Axis.
-	 * @return true|WP_Error
+	 * @return bool|WP_Error
 	 */
 	public function flip( $horz, $vert ) {
-		$w   = $this->size['width'];
-		$h   = $this->size['height'];
-		$dst = wp_imagecreatetruecolor( $w, $h );
-
-		if ( is_gd_image( $dst ) ) {
-			$sx = $vert ? ( $w - 1 ) : 0;
-			$sy = $horz ? ( $h - 1 ) : 0;
-			$sw = $vert ? -$w : $w;
-			$sh = $horz ? -$h : $h;
-
-			if ( imagecopyresampled( $dst, $this->image, 0, 0, $sx, $sy, $w, $h, $sw, $sh ) ) {
-				if ( PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 ) { // imagedestroy() has no effect as of PHP 8.0.
-					imagedestroy( $this->image );
-				}
-
-				$this->image = $dst;
+		if ( ! is_gd_image( $this->image ) ) {
+			return new WP_Error( 'image_flip_error', __( 'Image flip failed.' ), $this->file );
+		}
 
-				return true;
-			}
+		if ( $horz && $vert ) {
+			return imageflip( $this->image, IMG_FLIP_BOTH );
+		} elseif ( $horz ) {
+			return imageflip( $this->image, IMG_FLIP_VERTICAL );
+		} elseif ( $vert ) {
+			return imageflip( $this->image, IMG_FLIP_HORIZONTAL );
 		}
 
-		return new WP_Error( 'image_flip_error', __( 'Image flip failed.' ), $this->file );
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	/**