diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/bindings.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/bindings.ts
index 0fe18bc2ee2f7..989c410ba9924 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/bindings.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/bindings.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import {throwErrorIfNoChangesMode} from './errors';
 import {LView} from './interfaces/view';
 import {getCheckNoChangesMode} from './state';
 import {NO_CHANGE} from './tokens';
-import {isDifferent} from './util/misc_utils';
-
 
 
 // TODO(misko): consider inlining
@@ -36,9 +34,11 @@ export function bindingUpdated(lView: LView, bindingIndex: number, value: any):
   ngDevMode && assertNotSame(value, NO_CHANGE, 'Incoming value should never be NO_CHANGE.');
   ngDevMode &&
       assertLessThan(bindingIndex, lView.length, `Slot should have been initialized to NO_CHANGE`);
-
   const oldValue = lView[bindingIndex];
-  if (isDifferent(oldValue, value)) {
+
+  if (Object.is(oldValue, value)) {
+    return false;
+  } else {
     if (ngDevMode && getCheckNoChangesMode()) {
       // View engine didn't report undefined values as changed on the first checkNoChanges pass
       // (before the change detection was run).
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ export function bindingUpdated(lView: LView, bindingIndex: number, value: any):
     lView[bindingIndex] = value;
     return true;
   }
-
-  return false;
 }
 
 /** Updates 2 bindings if changed, then returns whether either was updated. */
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/styling_next/util.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/styling_next/util.ts
index 209b51f30d24f..2bc267661fb4c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/styling_next/util.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/styling_next/util.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
 */
 import {TNode, TNodeFlags} from '../interfaces/node';
-import {isDifferent} from '../util/misc_utils';
 
 import {StylingMapArray, StylingMapArrayIndex, TStylingConfigFlags, TStylingContext, TStylingContextIndex, TStylingContextPropConfigFlags} from './interfaces';
 
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ export function hasValueChanged(
   if (compareValueB instanceof String) {
     compareValueB = compareValueB.toString();
   }
-  return isDifferent(compareValueA, compareValueB);
+  return !Object.is(compareValueA, compareValueB);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/util/misc_utils.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/util/misc_utils.ts
index aa7680e3645d6..9ff7eb08c31ff 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/util/misc_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/util/misc_utils.ts
@@ -8,18 +8,6 @@
 
 import {global} from '../../util/global';
 import {RElement} from '../interfaces/renderer';
-import {NO_CHANGE} from '../tokens';
-
-/**
- * Returns whether the values are different from a change detection stand point.
- *
- * Constraints are relaxed in checkNoChanges mode. See `devModeEqual` for details.
- */
-export function isDifferent(a: any, b: any): boolean {
-  // NaN is the only value that is not equal to itself so the first
-  // test checks if both a and b are not NaN
-  return !(a !== a && b !== b) && a !== b;
-}
 
 /**
  * Used for stringify render output in Ivy.
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index fe2d63d0a026b..59561d7d399e0 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -1010,9 +1010,6 @@
   {
     "name": "isDevMode"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "isDifferent"
-  },
   {
     "name": "isFactory"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/util_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/util_spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b8673e8bf9b3..0000000000000
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/util_spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
- */
-
-import {devModeEqual} from '@angular/core/src/change_detection/change_detection_util';
-import {isDifferent} from '../../src/render3/util/misc_utils';
-
-describe('util', () => {
-
-  describe('isDifferent', () => {
-
-    describe('checkNoChangeMode = false', () => {
-      it('should mark non-equal arguments as different', () => {
-        expect(isDifferent({}, {})).toBeTruthy();
-        expect(isDifferent('foo', 'bar')).toBeTruthy();
-        expect(isDifferent(0, 1)).toBeTruthy();
-      });
-
-      it('should not mark equal arguments as different', () => {
-        const obj = {};
-        expect(isDifferent(obj, obj)).toBeFalsy();
-        expect(isDifferent('foo', 'foo')).toBeFalsy();
-        expect(isDifferent(1, 1)).toBeFalsy();
-      });
-
-      it('should not mark NaN as different', () => { expect(isDifferent(NaN, NaN)).toBeFalsy(); });
-
-      it('should mark NaN with other values as different', () => {
-        expect(isDifferent(NaN, 'foo')).toBeTruthy();
-        expect(isDifferent(5, NaN)).toBeTruthy();
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('checkNoChangeMode = true', () => {
-      // Assert relaxed constraint in checkNoChangeMode
-      it('should not mark non-equal arrays, object and function as different', () => {
-        expect(!devModeEqual([], [])).toBeFalsy();
-        expect(!devModeEqual(() => 0, () => 0)).toBeFalsy();
-        expect(!devModeEqual({}, {})).toBeFalsy();
-      });
-
-      it('should mark non-equal arguments as different', () => {
-        expect(!devModeEqual('foo', 'bar')).toBeTruthy();
-        expect(!devModeEqual(0, 1)).toBeTruthy();
-      });
-
-      it('should not mark equal arguments as different', () => {
-        const obj = {};
-        expect(isDifferent(obj, obj)).toBeFalsy();
-        expect(isDifferent('foo', 'foo')).toBeFalsy();
-        expect(isDifferent(1, 1)).toBeFalsy();
-      });
-
-      it('should not mark NaN as different', () => { expect(isDifferent(NaN, NaN)).toBeFalsy(); });
-
-      it('should mark NaN with other values as different', () => {
-        expect(isDifferent(NaN, 'foo')).toBeTruthy();
-        expect(isDifferent(5, NaN)).toBeTruthy();
-      });
-    });
-
-  });
-
-});