diff --git a/src/generic/TotalFraction.jl b/src/generic/TotalFraction.jl
index 7087244fa3..0a957dfee3 100644
--- a/src/generic/TotalFraction.jl
+++ b/src/generic/TotalFraction.jl
@@ -315,10 +315,6 @@ function ==(x::TotFrac{T}, y::TotFrac{T}) where {T <: RingElem}
            denominator(x, false)*numerator(y, false))
 end
 
-function isequal(x::TotFrac{T}, y::TotFrac{T}) where {T <: RingElem}
-   return x == y
-end
-
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 #
 #   Ad hoc comparisons