diff --git a/code/numbers.lisp b/code/numbers.lisp
index 0313929098cd045a3279e46210990e88e44935fe..5cdd50a96790ff6f60981012551426070d1aff86 100644
--- a/code/numbers.lisp
+++ b/code/numbers.lisp
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 ;;; Scott Fahlman or slisp-group@cs.cmu.edu.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/code/numbers.lisp,v 1.21 1993/03/01 16:11:25 ram Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/code/numbers.lisp,v 1.22 1993/06/17 22:14:56 wlott Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
-;;; $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/code/numbers.lisp,v 1.21 1993/03/01 16:11:25 ram Exp $
+;;; $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/code/numbers.lisp,v 1.22 1993/06/17 22:14:56 wlott Exp $
 ;;;
 ;;; This file contains the definitions of most number functions.
 ;;;
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
 
 (defun two-arg-= (x y)
   (number-dispatch ((x number) (y number))
-    (basic-compare eql)
+    (basic-compare =)
 
     ((fixnum (or bignum ratio)) nil)