diff --git a/R/slice.R b/R/slice.R
index 4f8f4549df..f41609d3f7 100644
--- a/R/slice.R
+++ b/R/slice.R
@@ -139,16 +139,10 @@ slice_head <- function(.data, ..., n, prop) {
 #' @export
 slice_head.data.frame <- function(.data, ..., n, prop) {
   size <- get_slice_size(n = n, prop = prop)
-  idx <- function(n) {
-    to <- size(n)
-    if (to > n) {
-      to <- n
-    }
-    seq2(1, to)
-  }
 
-  dplyr_local_error_call()
-  slice(.data, idx(dplyr::n()))
+  group_idx <- group_rows(.data)
+  slice_idx <- lapply(group_idx, function(x) head(x, size(length(x))))
+  dplyr_row_slice(.data, unlist(slice_idx))
 }
 
 #' @export
@@ -162,16 +156,10 @@ slice_tail <- function(.data, ..., n, prop) {
 #' @export
 slice_tail.data.frame <- function(.data, ..., n, prop) {
   size <- get_slice_size(n = n, prop = prop)
-  idx <- function(n) {
-    from <- n - size(n) + 1
-    if (from < 1L) {
-      from <- 1L
-    }
-    seq2(from, n)
-  }
 
-  dplyr_local_error_call()
-  slice(.data, idx(dplyr::n()))
+  group_idx <- group_rows(.data)
+  slice_idx <- lapply(group_idx, function(x) tail(x, size(length(x))))
+  dplyr_row_slice(.data, unlist(slice_idx))
 }
 
 #' @export
@@ -265,16 +253,20 @@ slice_sample <- function(.data, ..., n, prop, weight_by = NULL, replace = FALSE)
 slice_sample.data.frame <- function(.data, ..., n, prop, weight_by = NULL, replace = FALSE) {
   size <- get_slice_size(n = n, prop = prop, allow_negative = FALSE)
 
-  dplyr_local_error_call()
-  slice(.data, local({
-    weight_by <- {{ weight_by }}
+  if (!missing(weight_by)) {
+    weight_by <- transmute(.data, ..weight_by = {{ weight_by }})[[1]]
+  }
 
-    n <- dplyr::n()
-    if (!is.null(weight_by)) {
-      weight_by <- vec_assert(weight_by, size = n, arg = "weight_by")
-    }
-    sample_int(n, size(n), replace = replace, wt = weight_by)
-  }))
+  group_idx <- group_rows(.data)
+  slice_idx <- vector("list", length(group_idx))
+  for (i in seq_along(group_idx)) {
+    idx <- group_idx[[i]]
+    n <- size(length(idx))
+
+    slice_idx[[i]] <- sample_int(idx, n, replace = replace, wt = weight_by[idx])
+  }
+
+  dplyr_row_slice(.data, unlist(slice_idx))
 }
 
 # helpers -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -466,15 +458,15 @@ get_slice_size <- function(n, prop, allow_negative = TRUE, error_call = caller_e
   }
 }
 
-sample_int <- function(n, size, replace = FALSE, wt = NULL, call = caller_env()) {
-  if (!replace && n < size) {
-    size <- n
+sample_int <- function(x, size, replace = FALSE, wt = NULL, call = caller_env()) {
+  if (!replace && length(x) < size) {
+    size <- length(x)
   }
 
   if (size == 0L) {
-    integer(0)
+    x[integer(0)]
   } else {
-    sample.int(n, size, prob = wt, replace = replace)
+    x[sample.int(length(x), size, prob = wt, replace = replace)]
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/slice.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/slice.md
index 5e246eba73..3cbd141b2c 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/slice.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/slice.md
@@ -234,10 +234,9 @@
     Code
       slice_sample(df, n = 2, weight_by = 1:6)
     Condition
-      Error in `slice_sample()`:
-      ! Problem while computing indices.
-      Caused by error:
-      ! `weight_by` must have size 10, not size 6.
+      Error in `transmute()`:
+      ! Problem while computing `..weight_by = 1:6`.
+      x `..weight_by` must be size 10 or 1, not 6.
 
 # `slice_sample()` validates `replace`
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-slice.r b/tests/testthat/test-slice.r
index 6da205ff3c..7e6cb899d3 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-slice.r
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-slice.r
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ test_that("slice_*() checks that `n=` is explicitly named and ... is empty", {
 
 test_that("slice_helpers do call slice() and benefit from dispatch (#6084)", {
   local_methods(
-    slice.noisy = function(.data, ..., .preserve = FALSE) {
+    dplyr_row_slice.noisy = function(.data, ..., .preserve = FALSE) {
       warning("noisy")
       NextMethod()
     }