diff --git a/infer/src/concurrency/starvationDomain.ml b/infer/src/concurrency/starvationDomain.ml
index ae3a83949..965a9fa8a 100644
--- a/infer/src/concurrency/starvationDomain.ml
+++ b/infer/src/concurrency/starvationDomain.ml
@@ -27,19 +27,6 @@ module Lock = struct
 
   let equal = [%compare.equal: t]
 
-  let equal_modulo_base (((root, typ), aclist) as l) (((root', typ'), aclist') as l') =
-    phys_equal l l'
-    ||
-    match (root, root') with
-    | Var.LogicalVar _, Var.LogicalVar _ ->
-        (* only class objects are supposed to appear as idents *)
-        equal l l'
-    | Var.ProgramVar _, Var.ProgramVar _ ->
-        [%compare.equal: Typ.t * AccessPath.access list] (typ, aclist) (typ', aclist')
-    | _, _ ->
-        false
-
-
   let pp = AccessPath.pp
 
   let owner_class ((_, {Typ.desc}), _) =
@@ -144,7 +131,7 @@ module Order = struct
   let may_deadlock {elem= {first; eventually}} {elem= {first= first'; eventually= eventually'}} =
     match (eventually.elem, eventually'.elem) with
     | LockAcquire e, LockAcquire e' ->
-        Lock.equal_modulo_base first e' && Lock.equal_modulo_base first' e
+        Lock.equal first e' && Lock.equal first' e
     | _, _ ->
         false
 
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Interproc.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Interproc.java
index 7aa2ba0a7..fbb81fc8e 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Interproc.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Interproc.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Interproc {
 }
 
 class InterprocA {
-  synchronized void interproc1Bad(Interproc c) {
+  synchronized void FN_interproc1Bad(Interproc c) {
     interproc2Bad(c);
   }
 
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Intraproc.java b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Intraproc.java
index fb7a5e9c7..b09d8959a 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Intraproc.java
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Intraproc.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Intraproc {
 }
 
 class IntraprocA {
-  void intraBad(Intraproc o) {
+  void FN_intraBad(Intraproc o) {
     synchronized (this) {
       synchronized (o) {
       }
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp
index 065133d31..60b3dddaa 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/java/starvation/issues.exp
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ codetoanalyze/java/starvation/IndirectBlock.java, IndirectBlock.takeRemoteExpens
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/InnerClass.java, InnerClass$InnerClassA.<init>(InnerClass,java.lang.Object), 47, DEADLOCK, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `InnerClass$InnerClassA.<init>(InnerClass,Object)`, locks `this` in `class InnerClass$InnerClassA`,Method call: `void InnerClass.bar()`, locks `this` in `class InnerClass`,[Trace 2] `void InnerClass.outerInnerBad(InnerClass$InnerClassA)`, locks `this` in `class InnerClass`,Method call: `void InnerClass$InnerClassA.baz()`, locks `this` in `class InnerClass$InnerClassA`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/InnerClass.java, InnerClass$InnerClassA.innerOuterBad():void, 33, DEADLOCK, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `void InnerClass$InnerClassA.innerOuterBad()`, locks `this` in `class InnerClass$InnerClassA`,Method call: `void InnerClass.bar()`, locks `this` in `class InnerClass`,[Trace 2] `void InnerClass.outerInnerBad(InnerClass$InnerClassA)`, locks `this` in `class InnerClass`,Method call: `void InnerClass$InnerClassA.baz()`, locks `this` in `class InnerClass$InnerClassA`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Interclass.java, Interclass.interclass1Bad(InterclassA):void, 10, DEADLOCK, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `void Interclass.interclass1Bad(InterclassA)`, locks `this` in `class Interclass`,Method call: `void InterclassA.interclass1Bad()`, locks `this` in `class InterclassA`,[Trace 2] `void InterclassA.interclass2Bad(Interclass)`, locks `this` in `class InterclassA`,Method call: `void Interclass.interclass2Bad()`, locks `this` in `class Interclass`]
-codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Interproc.java, Interproc.interproc1Bad(InterprocA):void, 9, DEADLOCK, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `void Interproc.interproc1Bad(InterprocA)`, locks `this` in `class Interproc`,Method call: `void Interproc.interproc2Bad(InterprocA)`, locks `b` in `class InterprocA`,[Trace 2] `void InterprocA.interproc1Bad(Interproc)`, locks `this` in `class InterprocA`,Method call: `void InterprocA.interproc2Bad(Interproc)`, locks `d` in `class Interproc`]
-codetoanalyze/java/starvation/Intraproc.java, Intraproc.intraBad(IntraprocA):void, 10, DEADLOCK, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `void Intraproc.intraBad(IntraprocA)`, locks `this` in `class Intraproc`, locks `o` in `class IntraprocA`,[Trace 2] `void IntraprocA.intraBad(Intraproc)`, locks `this` in `class IntraprocA`, locks `o` in `class Intraproc`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/LegacySync.java, LegacySync.onUiThreadOpBad():java.lang.Object, 25, STARVATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [[Trace 1] `Object LegacySync.onUiThreadOpBad()`, locks `this.table` in `class LegacySync`,[Trace 2] `void LegacySync.notOnUiThreadSyncedBad()`, locks `this.table` in `class LegacySync`,calls `Object Future.get()`,[Trace 1 on UI thread] `Object LegacySync.onUiThreadOpBad()`,`Object LegacySync.onUiThreadOpBad()` is annotated `UiThread`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/LocklessTests.java, LocklessTestsA.locklessMethod():void, 23, LOCKLESS_VIOLATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void LocklessTestsA.locklessMethod()`, locks `this` in `class LocklessTestsA`]
 codetoanalyze/java/starvation/LocklessTests.java, LocklessTestsB.locklessMethod():void, 39, LOCKLESS_VIOLATION, no_bucket, ERROR, [`void LocklessTestsB.locklessMethod()`, locks `this` in `class LocklessTestsB`]