diff --git a/lib/bootstrap.js b/lib/bootstrap.js
index 53b4c9c1..94cd508a 100644
--- a/lib/bootstrap.js
+++ b/lib/bootstrap.js
@@ -229,48 +229,6 @@ var Base = new function() { // Bootstrap scope
 		}, new obj.constructor());
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Checks if two values or objects are equals to each other, by using their
-	 * equals() methods if available, and also comparing elements of arrays
-	 * and properties of objects.
-	 */ 
-	function equals(obj1, obj2) {
-		if (obj1 == obj2)
-			return true;
-		// Call #equals() on both obj1 and obj2
-		if (obj1 != null && obj1.equals)
-			return obj1.equals(obj2);
-		if (obj2 != null && obj2.equals)
-			return obj2.equals(obj1);
-		// Compare arrays
-		if (isArray(obj1) && isArray(obj2)) {
-			if (obj1.length !== obj2.length)
-				return false;
-			for (var i = 0, l = obj1.length; i < l; i++) {
-				if (!Base.equals(obj1, obj2))
-					return false;
-			}
-			return true;
-		}
-		// Compare objects
-		if (typeof obj1 === 'object' && typeof obj2 === 'object') {
-			function checkKeys(o1, o2) {
-				for (var i in o1)
-					if (typeof o2[i] === 'undefined')
-						return false;
-				return true;
-			}
-			if (!checkKeys(obj1, obj2) || !checkKeys(obj2, obj1))
-				return false;
-			for (var i in obj1) {
-				if (obj1.hasOwnProperty(i) && !Base.equals(obj1[i], obj2[i]))
-					return false;
-			}
-			return true;
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	// Inject into new ctor object that's passed to inject(), and then returned
 	return inject(function() {}, {
 		inject: function(src/*, ... */) {
@@ -364,7 +322,6 @@ var Base = new function() { // Bootstrap scope
 			// Expose some local privates as Base generics.
 			each: each,
 			clone: clone,
-			equals: equals,
 			// Base.create does something different from Object.create, it only
 			// works on constructors and uses their prototype.
 			create: function(ctor) {
diff --git a/src/core/Base.js b/src/core/Base.js
index 62975a45..0cc911c4 100644
--- a/src/core/Base.js
+++ b/src/core/Base.js
@@ -51,6 +51,49 @@ this.Base = Base.inject(/** @lends Base# */{
 	},
 
 	statics: /** @lends Base */{
+
+		/**
+		 * Checks if two values or objects are equals to each other, by using their
+		 * equals() methods if available, and also comparing elements of arrays
+		 * and properties of objects.
+		 */ 
+		equals: function(obj1, obj2) {
+			if (obj1 == obj2)
+				return true;
+			// Call #equals() on both obj1 and obj2
+			if (obj1 != null && obj1.equals)
+				return obj1.equals(obj2);
+			if (obj2 != null && obj2.equals)
+				return obj2.equals(obj1);
+			// Compare arrays
+			if (Array.isArray(obj1) && Array.isArray(obj2)) {
+				if (obj1.length !== obj2.length)
+					return false;
+				for (var i = 0, l = obj1.length; i < l; i++) {
+					if (!Base.equals(obj1, obj2))
+						return false;
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+			// Compare objects
+			if (typeof obj1 === 'object' && typeof obj2 === 'object') {
+				function checkKeys(o1, o2) {
+					for (var i in o1)
+						if (o1.hasOwnProperty(i) && typeof o2[i] === 'undefined')
+							return false;
+					return true;
+				}
+				if (!checkKeys(obj1, obj2) || !checkKeys(obj2, obj1))
+					return false;
+				for (var i in obj1) {
+					if (obj1.hasOwnProperty(i) && !Base.equals(obj1[i], obj2[i]))
+						return false;
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+			return false;
+		},
+
 		/**
 		 * Reads arguments of the type of the class on which it is called on
 		 * from the passed arguments list or array, at the given index, up to