diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/forms/checklistmodel.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/forms/checklistmodel.directive.js
index d944989bab..491dff3a41 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/forms/checklistmodel.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/forms/checklistmodel.directive.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ angular.module('umbraco.directives')
   function contains(arr, item) {
     if (Utilities.isArray(arr)) {
       for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
-        if (angular.equals(arr[i], item)) {
+        if (Utilities.equals(arr[i], item)) {
           return true;
         }
       }
@@ -19,23 +19,23 @@ angular.module('umbraco.directives')
     return false;
   }
 
-  // add 
+  // add
   function add(arr, item) {
     arr = Utilities.isArray(arr) ? arr : [];
     for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
-      if (angular.equals(arr[i], item)) {
+      if (Utilities.equals(arr[i], item)) {
         return arr;
       }
-    }    
+    }
     arr.push(item);
     return arr;
-  }  
+  }
 
   // remove
   function remove(arr, item) {
     if (Utilities.isArray(arr)) {
       for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
-        if (angular.equals(arr[i], item)) {
+        if (Utilities.equals(arr[i], item)) {
           arr.splice(i, 1);
           break;
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/imaging/umbimagegravity.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/imaging/umbimagegravity.directive.js
index dfa58f34f8..fd9a236f87 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/imaging/umbimagegravity.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/imaging/umbimagegravity.directive.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
         function onChanges(changes) {
             if (changes.center && !changes.center.isFirstChange()
                 && changes.center.currentValue
-                && !angular.equals(changes.center.currentValue, changes.center.previousValue)) {
+                && !Utilities.equals(changes.center.currentValue, changes.center.previousValue)) {
                 //when center changes update the dimensions
                 setDimensions();
             }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/validation/valserver.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/validation/valserver.directive.js
index ea6087d4e9..4180457792 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/validation/valserver.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/validation/valserver.directive.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function valServer(serverValidationManager) {
                         return modelCtrl.$modelValue;
                     }, function (newValue, oldValue) {
 
-                        if (!newValue || angular.equals(newValue, oldValue)) {
+                        if (!newValue || Utilities.equals(newValue, oldValue)) {
                             return;
                         }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/media.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/media.controller.js
index 0ed3ea6419..c2c4d8081c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/media.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/grid/editors/media.controller.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ angular.module("umbraco")
         };
         
         $scope.$watch('control.value', function(newValue, oldValue) {
-            if(angular.equals(newValue, oldValue)){
+            if(Utilities.equals(newValue, oldValue)){
                 return; // simply skip that
             }
             
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/test/lib/angular/angular-mocks.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/test/lib/angular/angular-mocks.js
index 9760a91c7c..1c13b21fb1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/test/lib/angular/angular-mocks.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/test/lib/angular/angular-mocks.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ angular.mock.$Browser.prototype = {
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            if (!angular.equals(this.cookieHash, this.lastCookieHash)) {
+            if (!Utilities.equals(this.cookieHash, this.lastCookieHash)) {
                 this.lastCookieHash = Utilities.copy(this.cookieHash);
                 this.cookieHash = Utilities.copy(this.cookieHash);
             }
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ function MockHttpExpectation(method, url, data, headers) {
     this.matchHeaders = function (h) {
         if (Utilities.isUndefined(headers)) return true;
         if (angular.isFunction(headers)) return headers(h);
-        return angular.equals(headers, h);
+        return Utilities.equals(headers, h);
     };
 
     this.matchData = function (d) {