diff --git a/examples/apisample.htm b/examples/apisample.htm
index 504a343..a361d18 100644
--- a/examples/apisample.htm
+++ b/examples/apisample.htm
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@ <h1>Sample HTML5 API Tests</h1>
     }
     test(basicAssertArrayEquals, "basic assert_array_equals test");
 
-    function basicAssertObjectEquals()
-    {
-        assert_object_equals([1, 2, [1, 2]], { 0: 1, 1: 2, 2: { 0: 1, 1: 2} }, "array is equal to object")
-    }
-    test(basicAssertObjectEquals, "basic assert_object_equals test");
-
     function basicAssertApproxEquals()
     {
         assert_approx_equals(10, 11, 1, "10 is approximately (+/- 1) 11")
diff --git a/testharness.js b/testharness.js
index f4c66aa..b74b4c7 100644
--- a/testharness.js
+++ b/testharness.js
@@ -891,39 +891,6 @@ policies and contribution forms [3].
     }
     expose(assert_in_array, "assert_in_array");
 
-    function assert_object_equals(actual, expected, description)
-    {
-         //This needs to be improved a great deal
-         function check_equal(actual, expected, stack)
-         {
-             stack.push(actual);
-
-             var p;
-             for (p in actual) {
-                 assert(expected.hasOwnProperty(p), "assert_object_equals", description,
-                                                    "unexpected property ${p}", {p:p});
-
-                 if (typeof actual[p] === "object" && actual[p] !== null) {
-                     if (stack.indexOf(actual[p]) === -1) {
-                         check_equal(actual[p], expected[p], stack);
-                     }
-                 } else {
-                     assert(same_value(actual[p], expected[p]), "assert_object_equals", description,
-                                                       "property ${p} expected ${expected} got ${actual}",
-                                                       {p:p, expected:expected, actual:actual});
-                 }
-             }
-             for (p in expected) {
-                 assert(actual.hasOwnProperty(p),
-                        "assert_object_equals", description,
-                        "expected property ${p} missing", {p:p});
-             }
-             stack.pop();
-         }
-         check_equal(actual, expected, []);
-    }
-    expose(assert_object_equals, "assert_object_equals");
-
     function assert_array_equals(actual, expected, description)
     {
         assert(actual.length === expected.length,