diff --git a/Deveroom.VisualStudio.Package/Deveroom.VisualStudio.Package.csproj b/Deveroom.VisualStudio.Package/Deveroom.VisualStudio.Package.csproj
index ead7e0c..410d464 100644
--- a/Deveroom.VisualStudio.Package/Deveroom.VisualStudio.Package.csproj
+++ b/Deveroom.VisualStudio.Package/Deveroom.VisualStudio.Package.csproj
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
     <AdditionalDeveroomDependencies Include="Utf8Json.dll" />
     <AdditionalDeveroomDependencies Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll" />
     <AdditionalDeveroomDependencies Include="System.IO.Abstractions.dll" />
-    <AdditionalDeveroomDependencies Include="Equ.dll" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Import Project="..\Deveroom.VisualStudio.SpecFlowConnector.V1\DeploymentAssets.props" />
diff --git a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/DeveroomConfiguration.cs b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/DeveroomConfiguration.cs
index f29e8b7..0baea7e 100644
--- a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/DeveroomConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/DeveroomConfiguration.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 using System;
-using Equ;
 
 namespace Deveroom.VisualStudio.Configuration
 {
-    public class DeveroomConfiguration: MemberwiseEquatable<DeveroomConfiguration>
+    public class DeveroomConfiguration
     {
-        [MemberwiseEqualityIgnore]
         public DateTime ConfigurationChangeTime { get; set; } = DateTime.MinValue;
 
         public string ConfigurationBaseFolder { get; set; }
@@ -38,5 +36,36 @@ public void CheckConfiguration()
             Traceability.CheckConfiguration();
         }
 
+        #region Equality
+
+        protected bool Equals(DeveroomConfiguration other)
+        {
+            return string.Equals(ConfigurationBaseFolder, other.ConfigurationBaseFolder) && Equals(SpecFlow, other.SpecFlow) && Equals(Traceability, other.Traceability) && ProcessorArchitecture == other.ProcessorArchitecture && DebugConnector == other.DebugConnector && string.Equals(DefaultFeatureLanguage, other.DefaultFeatureLanguage) && string.Equals(ConfiguredBindingCulture, other.ConfiguredBindingCulture);
+        }
+
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            if (ReferenceEquals(null, obj)) return false;
+            if (ReferenceEquals(this, obj)) return true;
+            if (obj.GetType() != this.GetType()) return false;
+            return Equals((DeveroomConfiguration) obj);
+        }
+
+        public override int GetHashCode()
+        {
+            unchecked
+            {
+                var hashCode = (ConfigurationBaseFolder != null ? ConfigurationBaseFolder.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (SpecFlow != null ? SpecFlow.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (Traceability != null ? Traceability.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (int) ProcessorArchitecture;
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ DebugConnector.GetHashCode();
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (DefaultFeatureLanguage != null ? DefaultFeatureLanguage.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (ConfiguredBindingCulture != null ? ConfiguredBindingCulture.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                return hashCode;
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/SpecFlowConfiguration.cs b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/SpecFlowConfiguration.cs
index 784bd64..0dd0749 100644
--- a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/SpecFlowConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/SpecFlowConfiguration.cs
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Deveroom.VisualStudio.Common;
 using Deveroom.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.Settings;
-using Equ;
 
 namespace Deveroom.VisualStudio.Configuration
 {
-    public class SpecFlowConfiguration: MemberwiseEquatable<SpecFlowConfiguration>
+    public class SpecFlowConfiguration
     {
         public bool? IsSpecFlowProject { get; set; }
 
@@ -28,5 +27,35 @@ public void CheckConfiguration()
             if (Version != null && !Regex.IsMatch(Version, @"^(?:\.?[0-9]+){2,}(?:\-[\-a-z0-9]*)?$"))
                 throw new DeveroomConfigurationException("'specFlow/version' was not in a correct format");
         }
+
+        #region Equality
+
+        protected bool Equals(SpecFlowConfiguration other)
+        {
+            return IsSpecFlowProject == other.IsSpecFlowProject && string.Equals(Version, other.Version) && string.Equals(GeneratorFolder, other.GeneratorFolder) && string.Equals(ConfigFilePath, other.ConfigFilePath) && Equals(Traits, other.Traits);
+        }
+
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            if (ReferenceEquals(null, obj)) return false;
+            if (ReferenceEquals(this, obj)) return true;
+            if (obj.GetType() != this.GetType()) return false;
+            return Equals((SpecFlowConfiguration) obj);
+        }
+
+        public override int GetHashCode()
+        {
+            unchecked
+            {
+                var hashCode = IsSpecFlowProject.GetHashCode();
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (Version != null ? Version.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (GeneratorFolder != null ? GeneratorFolder.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (ConfigFilePath != null ? ConfigFilePath.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (Traits != null ? Traits.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                return hashCode;
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/TagLinkConfiguration.cs b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/TagLinkConfiguration.cs
index e8fca1f..206e3d9 100644
--- a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/TagLinkConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/TagLinkConfiguration.cs
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Deveroom.VisualStudio.Common;
-using Equ;
 
 namespace Deveroom.VisualStudio.Configuration
 {
-    public class TagLinkConfiguration : MemberwiseEquatable<TagLinkConfiguration>
+    public class TagLinkConfiguration
     {
         public string TagPattern { get; set; }
         public string UrlTemplate { get; set; }
@@ -39,5 +38,33 @@ public void CheckConfiguration()
                 throw new DeveroomConfigurationException($"Invalid regular expression '{TagPattern}' was specified as 'traceability/tagLinks[]/tagPattern': {e.Message}");
             }
         }
+
+        #region Equality
+
+        protected bool Equals(TagLinkConfiguration other)
+        {
+            return string.Equals(TagPattern, other.TagPattern) && string.Equals(UrlTemplate, other.UrlTemplate) && Equals(ResolvedTagPattern, other.ResolvedTagPattern);
+        }
+
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            if (ReferenceEquals(null, obj)) return false;
+            if (ReferenceEquals(this, obj)) return true;
+            if (obj.GetType() != this.GetType()) return false;
+            return Equals((TagLinkConfiguration) obj);
+        }
+
+        public override int GetHashCode()
+        {
+            unchecked
+            {
+                var hashCode = (TagPattern != null ? TagPattern.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (UrlTemplate != null ? UrlTemplate.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                hashCode = (hashCode * 397) ^ (ResolvedTagPattern != null ? ResolvedTagPattern.GetHashCode() : 0);
+                return hashCode;
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/TraceabilityConfiguration.cs b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/TraceabilityConfiguration.cs
index db67e89..be133f9 100644
--- a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/TraceabilityConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Configuration/TraceabilityConfiguration.cs
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Equ;
 
 namespace Deveroom.VisualStudio.Configuration
 {
-    public class TraceabilityConfiguration : MemberwiseEquatable<TraceabilityConfiguration>
+    public class TraceabilityConfiguration
     {
         public TagLinkConfiguration[] TagLinks { get; set; } = new TagLinkConfiguration[0];
 
@@ -25,5 +24,27 @@ public void CheckConfiguration()
                 tagLinkConfiguration.CheckConfiguration();
             }
         }
+
+        #region Equality
+
+        protected bool Equals(TraceabilityConfiguration other)
+        {
+            return Equals(TagLinks, other.TagLinks);
+        }
+
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            if (ReferenceEquals(null, obj)) return false;
+            if (ReferenceEquals(this, obj)) return true;
+            if (obj.GetType() != this.GetType()) return false;
+            return Equals((TraceabilityConfiguration) obj);
+        }
+
+        public override int GetHashCode()
+        {
+            return (TagLinks != null ? TagLinks.GetHashCode() : 0);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Deveroom.VisualStudio.csproj b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Deveroom.VisualStudio.csproj
index a9cc089..4da89fc 100644
--- a/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Deveroom.VisualStudio.csproj
+++ b/Deveroom.VisualStudio/Deveroom.VisualStudio.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Abstractions" Version="4.2.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Composition" Version="1.0.31" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="10.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Equ" Version="2.1.0-deveroomhotfix" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data" Version="15.6.27740" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Logic" Version="15.6.27740" />