diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 21ce1ff7282d..0de8dcaa81da 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ function equals(o1, o2) {
         if (!isArray(o2)) return false;
         if ((length = o1.length) == o2.length) {
           for(key=0; key<length; key++) {
-            if (!equals(o1[key], o2[key])) return false;
+            if (!angular.equals(o1[key], o2[key])) return false;
           }
           return true;
         }
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ function equals(o1, o2) {
         keySet = {};
         for(key in o1) {
           if (key.charAt(0) === '$' || isFunction(o1[key])) continue;
-          if (!equals(o1[key], o2[key])) return false;
+          if (!angular.equals(o1[key], o2[key])) return false;
           keySet[key] = true;
         }
         for(key in o2) {
diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
index dd47ca3bc080..f98bf468dfc6 100644
--- a/src/ng/compile.js
+++ b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
                 }
                 parentGet = $parse(attrs[attrName]);
                 if (parentGet.literal) {
-                  compare = equals;
+                  compare = angular.equals;
                 } else {
                   compare = function(a,b) { return a === b; };
                 }
diff --git a/src/ng/rootScope.js b/src/ng/rootScope.js
index bbf290b2909a..3dfa44ad6761 100644
--- a/src/ng/rootScope.js
+++ b/src/ng/rootScope.js
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ function $RootScopeProvider(){
                   if (watch) {
                     if ((value = watch.get(current)) !== (last = watch.last) &&
                         !(watch.eq
-                            ? equals(value, last)
+                            ? angular.equals(value, last)
                             : (typeof value == 'number' && typeof last == 'number'
                                && isNaN(value) && isNaN(last)))) {
                       dirty = true;