diff --git a/include/git2/oid.h b/include/git2/oid.h
index a05b40a37..d6b2d1e7f 100644
--- a/include/git2/oid.h
+++ b/include/git2/oid.h
@@ -136,7 +136,31 @@ GIT_EXTERN(void) git_oid_cpy(git_oid *out, const git_oid *src);
  * @param b second oid structure.
  * @return <0, 0, >0 if a < b, a == b, a > b.
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_oid_cmp(const git_oid *a, const git_oid *b);
+GIT_INLINE(int) git_oid_cmp(const git_oid *a, const git_oid *b)
+{
+	const unsigned char *sha1 = a->id;
+	const unsigned char *sha2 = b->id;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < GIT_OID_RAWSZ; i++, sha1++, sha2++) {
+		if (*sha1 != *sha2)
+			return *sha1 - *sha2;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compare two oid structures for equality
+ *
+ * @param a first oid structure.
+ * @param b second oid structure.
+ * @return true if equal, false otherwise
+ */
+GIT_INLINE(int) git_oid_equal(const git_oid *a, const git_oid *b)
+{
+	return !git_oid_cmp(a, b);
+}
 
 /**
  * Compare the first 'len' hexadecimal characters (packets of 4 bits)
diff --git a/src/oid.c b/src/oid.c
index 87756010b..556a2cf85 100644
--- a/src/oid.c
+++ b/src/oid.c
@@ -161,11 +161,6 @@ void git_oid_cpy(git_oid *out, const git_oid *src)
 	memcpy(out->id, src->id, sizeof(out->id));
 }
 
-int git_oid_cmp(const git_oid *a, const git_oid *b)
-{
-	return memcmp(a->id, b->id, sizeof(a->id));
-}
-
 int git_oid_ncmp(const git_oid *oid_a, const git_oid *oid_b, unsigned int len)
 {
 	const unsigned char *a = oid_a->id;
diff --git a/src/oidmap.h b/src/oidmap.h
index 5a0bab6ec..1791adb16 100644
--- a/src/oidmap.h
+++ b/src/oidmap.h
@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@ GIT_INLINE(khint_t) hash_git_oid(const git_oid *oid)
 	return h;
 }
 
-GIT_INLINE(int) hash_git_oid_equal(const git_oid *a, const git_oid *b)
-{
-	return (memcmp(a->id, b->id, sizeof(a->id)) == 0);
-}
-
 #define GIT__USE_OIDMAP \
-	__KHASH_IMPL(oid, static kh_inline, const git_oid *, void *, 1, hash_git_oid, hash_git_oid_equal)
+	__KHASH_IMPL(oid, static kh_inline, const git_oid *, void *, 1, hash_git_oid, git_oid_equal)
 
 #define git_oidmap_alloc() kh_init(oid)
 #define git_oidmap_free(h) kh_destroy(oid,h), h = NULL