diff --git a/src/ast.cc b/src/ast.cc
index 7fe02be5d8..239e5d0ffe 100644
--- a/src/ast.cc
+++ b/src/ast.cc
@@ -243,55 +243,21 @@ bool IsEqualNumber(void* first, void* second) {
 
 
 void ObjectLiteral::CalculateEmitStore() {
-  ZoneHashMap properties(&IsEqualString);
-  ZoneHashMap elements(&IsEqualNumber);
-  for (int i = this->properties()->length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-    ObjectLiteral::Property* property = this->properties()->at(i);
+  ZoneHashMap table(Literal::Match);
+  for (int i = properties()->length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    ObjectLiteral::Property* property = properties()->at(i);
     Literal* literal = property->key();
-    Handle<Object> handle = literal->handle();
-
-    if (handle->IsNull()) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    uint32_t hash;
-    ZoneHashMap* table;
-    void* key;
-    Factory* factory = Isolate::Current()->factory();
-    if (handle->IsSymbol()) {
-      Handle<String> name(String::cast(*handle));
-      if (name->AsArrayIndex(&hash)) {
-        Handle<Object> key_handle = factory->NewNumberFromUint(hash);
-        key = key_handle.location();
-        table = &elements;
-      } else {
-        key = name.location();
-        hash = name->Hash();
-        table = &properties;
-      }
-    } else if (handle->ToArrayIndex(&hash)) {
-      key = handle.location();
-      table = &elements;
-    } else {
-      ASSERT(handle->IsNumber());
-      double num = handle->Number();
-      char arr[100];
-      Vector<char> buffer(arr, ARRAY_SIZE(arr));
-      const char* str = DoubleToCString(num, buffer);
-      Handle<String> name = factory->NewStringFromAscii(CStrVector(str));
-      key = name.location();
-      hash = name->Hash();
-      table = &properties;
-    }
+    if (literal->handle()->IsNull()) continue;
+    uint32_t hash = literal->Hash();
     // If the key of a computed property is in the table, do not emit
     // a store for the property later.
-    if (property->kind() == ObjectLiteral::Property::COMPUTED) {
-      if (table->Lookup(key, hash, false) != NULL) {
-        property->set_emit_store(false);
-      }
+    if (property->kind() == ObjectLiteral::Property::COMPUTED &&
+        table.Lookup(literal, hash, false) != NULL) {
+      property->set_emit_store(false);
+    } else {
+      // Add key to the table.
+      table.Lookup(literal, hash, true);
     }
-    // Add key to the table.
-    table->Lookup(key, hash, true);
   }
 }
 
@@ -1168,4 +1134,22 @@ void AstConstructionVisitor::VisitCallRuntime(CallRuntime* node) {
   }
 }
 
+
+Handle<String> Literal::ToString() {
+  if (handle_->IsString()) return Handle<String>::cast(handle_);
+  ASSERT(handle_->IsNumber());
+  char arr[100];
+  Vector<char> buffer(arr, ARRAY_SIZE(arr));
+  const char* str;
+  if (handle_->IsSmi()) {
+    // Optimization only, the heap number case would subsume this.
+    OS::SNPrintF(buffer, "%d", Smi::cast(*handle_)->value());
+    str = arr;
+  } else {
+    str = DoubleToCString(handle_->Number(), buffer);
+  }
+  return FACTORY->NewStringFromAscii(CStrVector(str));
+}
+
+
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
diff --git a/src/ast.h b/src/ast.h
index 3342de479b..09864885e9 100644
--- a/src/ast.h
+++ b/src/ast.h
@@ -1211,11 +1211,6 @@ class Literal: public Expression {
  public:
   DECLARE_NODE_TYPE(Literal)
 
-  // Check if this literal is identical to the other literal.
-  bool IsIdenticalTo(const Literal* other) const {
-    return handle_.is_identical_to(other->handle_);
-  }
-
   virtual bool IsPropertyName() {
     if (handle_->IsSymbol()) {
       uint32_t ignored;
@@ -1248,6 +1243,16 @@ class Literal: public Expression {
 
   Handle<Object> handle() const { return handle_; }
 
+  // Support for using Literal as a HashMap key. NOTE: Currently, this works
+  // only for string and number literals!
+  uint32_t Hash() { return ToString()->Hash(); }
+
+  static bool Match(void* literal1, void* literal2) {
+    Handle<String> s1 = static_cast<Literal*>(literal1)->ToString();
+    Handle<String> s2 = static_cast<Literal*>(literal2)->ToString();
+    return s1->Equals(*s2);
+  }
+
  protected:
   template<class> friend class AstNodeFactory;
 
@@ -1256,6 +1261,8 @@ class Literal: public Expression {
         handle_(handle) { }
 
  private:
+  Handle<String> ToString();
+
   Handle<Object> handle_;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/parser.cc b/src/parser.cc
index a253854d6e..ca8cbb9029 100644
--- a/src/parser.cc
+++ b/src/parser.cc
@@ -3899,17 +3899,11 @@ Handle<Object> Parser::GetBoilerplateValue(Expression* expression) {
   return isolate()->factory()->undefined_value();
 }
 
-// Defined in ast.cc
-bool IsEqualString(void* first, void* second);
-bool IsEqualNumber(void* first, void* second);
-
-
 // Validation per 11.1.5 Object Initialiser
 class ObjectLiteralPropertyChecker {
  public:
   ObjectLiteralPropertyChecker(Parser* parser, LanguageMode language_mode) :
-    props(&IsEqualString),
-    elems(&IsEqualNumber),
+    props_(Literal::Match),
     parser_(parser),
     language_mode_(language_mode) {
   }
@@ -3938,8 +3932,7 @@ class ObjectLiteralPropertyChecker {
     }
   }
 
-  HashMap props;
-  HashMap elems;
+  HashMap props_;
   Parser* parser_;
   LanguageMode language_mode_;
 };
@@ -3949,44 +3942,9 @@ void ObjectLiteralPropertyChecker::CheckProperty(
     ObjectLiteral::Property* property,
     Scanner::Location loc,
     bool* ok) {
-
   ASSERT(property != NULL);
-
-  Literal* lit = property->key();
-  Handle<Object> handle = lit->handle();
-
-  uint32_t hash;
-  HashMap* map;
-  void* key;
-
-  if (handle->IsSymbol()) {
-    Handle<String> name(String::cast(*handle));
-    if (name->AsArrayIndex(&hash)) {
-      Handle<Object> key_handle = FACTORY->NewNumberFromUint(hash);
-      key = key_handle.location();
-      map = &elems;
-    } else {
-      key = handle.location();
-      hash = name->Hash();
-      map = &props;
-    }
-  } else if (handle->ToArrayIndex(&hash)) {
-    key = handle.location();
-    map = &elems;
-  } else {
-    ASSERT(handle->IsNumber());
-    double num = handle->Number();
-    char arr[100];
-    Vector<char> buffer(arr, ARRAY_SIZE(arr));
-    const char* str = DoubleToCString(num, buffer);
-    Handle<String> name = FACTORY->NewStringFromAscii(CStrVector(str));
-    key = name.location();
-    hash = name->Hash();
-    map = &props;
-  }
-
-  // Lookup property previously defined, if any.
-  HashMap::Entry* entry = map->Lookup(key, hash, true);
+  Literal* literal = property->key();
+  HashMap::Entry* entry = props_.Lookup(literal, literal->Hash(), true);
   intptr_t prev = reinterpret_cast<intptr_t> (entry->value);
   intptr_t curr = GetPropertyKind(property);