diff --git a/bindgen/templates/ObjectTemplate.cs b/bindgen/templates/ObjectTemplate.cs
index 18db7b9..c488ef1 100644
--- a/bindgen/templates/ObjectTemplate.cs
+++ b/bindgen/templates/ObjectTemplate.cs
@@ -82,16 +82,6 @@ public override bool Equals(object? obj)
         if (obj is null || !(obj is {{type_name}})) return false;
         return Equals(obj as {{type_name}});
     }
-    public static bool operator == ({{type_name}}? a, {{type_name}}? b)
-    {
-        if (a is null || b is null) return Object.Equals(a, b);
-        return a.Equals(b);
-    }
-    public static bool operator != ({{type_name}}? a, {{type_name}}? b)
-    {
-        if (a is null || b is null) return !Object.Equals(a, b);
-        return !(a.Equals(b));
-    }
     {%- when UniffiTrait::Hash  { hash }  %}
     public override int GetHashCode() { 
         return (int){{ Type::UInt64.borrow()|lift_fn }}({%- call cs::to_ffi_call_with_prefix("this.GetHandle()", hash)  %});
diff --git a/dotnet-tests/UniffiCS.BindingTests/TestTraitMethod.cs b/dotnet-tests/UniffiCS.BindingTests/TestTraitMethod.cs
index b6aee35..2f53b9b 100644
--- a/dotnet-tests/UniffiCS.BindingTests/TestTraitMethod.cs
+++ b/dotnet-tests/UniffiCS.BindingTests/TestTraitMethod.cs
@@ -24,20 +24,17 @@ public void TestEq()
     {
         using (var methods = new TraitMethods("yo"))
         {
+            // Values are equal if input is the same
             Assert.Equal(methods, new TraitMethods("yo"));
-            Assert.True(methods == new TraitMethods("yo"));
-
-            Assert.Equal(methods, methods);
-
             Assert.NotEqual(methods, new TraitMethods("yoyo"));
-            Assert.True(methods != new TraitMethods("yoyo"));
-        }
 
-        Assert.False(new TraitMethods("yo") == null);
+            // Values are not referentially equal
+            Assert.False(methods == new TraitMethods("yo"));
+        }
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void TestEqNulls()
+    public void TestEqNull()
     {
         TraitMethods? t1 = null;
         TraitMethods? t2 = null;
@@ -54,8 +51,10 @@ public void TestEqNulls()
     public void TestEqContains() 
     {
         var tm = new TraitMethods("yo");
-        var list = new List<TraitMethods>();
-        list.Add(tm);
+        var list = new List<TraitMethods>
+        {
+            tm
+        };
 
         Assert.Contains(tm, list);
         Assert.Contains(new TraitMethods("yo"), list);
@@ -90,20 +89,17 @@ public void TestEq()
     {
         using (var methods = new ProcTraitMethods("yo"))
         {
+            // Values are equal if input is the same
             Assert.Equal(methods, new ProcTraitMethods("yo"));
-            Assert.True(methods == new ProcTraitMethods("yo"));
-
-            Assert.Equal(methods, methods);
-
             Assert.NotEqual(methods, new ProcTraitMethods("yoyo"));
-            Assert.True(methods != new ProcTraitMethods("yoyo"));
-        }
 
-        Assert.False(new ProcTraitMethods("yo") == null);
+            // Values are not referentially equal
+            Assert.False(methods == new ProcTraitMethods("yo"));
+        }
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void TestEqNulls()
+    public void TestEqNull()
     {
         ProcTraitMethods? t1 = null;
         ProcTraitMethods? t2 = null;
@@ -116,8 +112,10 @@ public void TestEqNulls()
     public void TestEqContains() 
     {
         var tm = new ProcTraitMethods("yo");
-        var list = new List<ProcTraitMethods>();
-        list.Add(tm);
+        var list = new List<ProcTraitMethods>
+        {
+            tm
+        };
 
         Assert.Contains(tm, list);
         Assert.Contains(new ProcTraitMethods("yo"), list);