diff --git a/lib/arel/algebra/relations/operations/take.rb b/lib/arel/algebra/relations/operations/take.rb
index 7098d578d5def32e2332b52f8236fd6444397573..421051124c90cc0912bd952e93c0a0e1dc4ae5bf 100644
--- a/lib/arel/algebra/relations/operations/take.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/algebra/relations/operations/take.rb
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@ def initialize relation, taken
       @taken = taken
     end
 
-    def == other
-      super ||
-        Take === other &&
-        relation == other.relation &&
-        taken == other.taken
-    end
-
     def engine
       engine   = relation.engine
 
diff --git a/spec/algebra/unit/relations/relation_spec.rb b/spec/algebra/unit/relations/relation_spec.rb
index ec311d0c43697e26678a5ca7f71f36ef4c76a19e..1a15471f9aa3fcf366569c230583150a082916c5 100644
--- a/spec/algebra/unit/relations/relation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/algebra/unit/relations/relation_spec.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ module Arel
 
       describe '#take' do
         it "manufactures a take relation" do
-          @relation.take(5).should == Take.new(@relation, 5)
+          take = @relation.take(5)
+          take.relation.should == @relation
+          take.taken.should == 5
         end
 
         describe 'when given a blank number of items' do