diff --git a/Lib/textwrap.py b/Lib/textwrap.py
index 1bf07aa46cad99..38ab6256b8f028 100644
--- a/Lib/textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/textwrap.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Written by Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
 
 import re
+import os
 
 __all__ = ['TextWrapper', 'wrap', 'fill', 'dedent', 'indent', 'shorten']
 
@@ -413,9 +414,6 @@ def shorten(text, width, **kwargs):
 
 # -- Loosely related functionality -------------------------------------
 
-_whitespace_only_re = re.compile('^[ \t]+$', re.MULTILINE)
-_leading_whitespace_re = re.compile('(^[ \t]*)(?:[^ \t\n])', re.MULTILINE)
-
 def dedent(text):
     """Remove any common leading whitespace from every line in `text`.
 
@@ -429,42 +427,15 @@ def dedent(text):
 
     Entirely blank lines are normalized to a newline character.
     """
-    # Look for the longest leading string of spaces and tabs common to
-    # all lines.
-    margin = None
-    text = _whitespace_only_re.sub('', text)
-    indents = _leading_whitespace_re.findall(text)
-    for indent in indents:
-        if margin is None:
-            margin = indent
-
-        # Current line more deeply indented than previous winner:
-        # no change (previous winner is still on top).
-        elif indent.startswith(margin):
-            pass
-
-        # Current line consistent with and no deeper than previous winner:
-        # it's the new winner.
-        elif margin.startswith(indent):
-            margin = indent
-
-        # Find the largest common whitespace between current line and previous
-        # winner.
-        else:
-            for i, (x, y) in enumerate(zip(margin, indent)):
-                if x != y:
-                    margin = margin[:i]
-                    break
+    if not text:
+        return text
+
+    lines = text.split("\n")
 
-    # sanity check (testing/debugging only)
-    if 0 and margin:
-        for line in text.split("\n"):
-            assert not line or line.startswith(margin), \
-                   "line = %r, margin = %r" % (line, margin)
+    margin = os.path.commonprefix([line for line in lines if line.strip()])
+    margin_len = len(margin) - len(margin.lstrip())
 
-    if margin:
-        text = re.sub(r'(?m)^' + margin, '', text)
-    return text
+    return "\n".join([line[margin_len:] if line.strip() else "" for line in lines])
 
 
 def indent(text, prefix, predicate=None):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-27-04-35-17.gh-issue-131792.UtGg3O.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-27-04-35-17.gh-issue-131792.UtGg3O.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3c531b86b018ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-27-04-35-17.gh-issue-131792.UtGg3O.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Optimized :func:`textwrap.dedent`. It is now 2x faster than before for large inputs.