diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Move.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Move.java
index a2680705d..358654fcc 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Move.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Move.java
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public class Move extends Copy {
         } else if (destFile.isFile()) {
             sourceFile = getFileUtils().normalize(sourceFile.getAbsolutePath()).getCanonicalFile();
             destFile = getFileUtils().normalize(destFile.getAbsolutePath());
-            if (destFile.equals(sourceFile)) {
+            if (destFile.getAbsolutePath().equals(sourceFile.getAbsolutePath())) {
                 //no point in renaming a file to its own canonical version...
                 log("Rename of " + sourceFile + " to " + destFile
                     + " is a no-op.", Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.java
index b36f01f1a..fe1b6859a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ public class FileUtils {
             System.err.println("Cannot rename nonexistent file " + from);
             return;
         }
-        if (from.equals(to)) {
+        if (from.getAbsolutePath().equals(to.getAbsolutePath())) {
             System.err.println("Rename of " + from + " to " + to + " is a no-op.");
             return;
         }