diff --git a/src/cc65/typecmp.c b/src/cc65/typecmp.c
index 0eddf2988..39f13b79e 100644
--- a/src/cc65/typecmp.c
+++ b/src/cc65/typecmp.c
@@ -148,41 +148,6 @@ static int EqualFuncParams (const FuncDesc* F1, const FuncDesc* F2)
 
 
 
-static int EqualSymTables (SymTable* Tab1, SymTable* Tab2)
-/* Compare two symbol tables. Return 1 if they are equal and 0 otherwise */
-{
-    /* Compare the parameter lists */
-    SymEntry* Sym1 = Tab1->SymHead;
-    SymEntry* Sym2 = Tab2->SymHead;
-
-    /* Compare the fields */
-    while (Sym1 && Sym2) {
-
-        /* Compare the names of this field */
-        if (!HasAnonName (Sym1) || !HasAnonName (Sym2)) {
-            if (strcmp (Sym1->Name, Sym2->Name) != 0) {
-                /* Names are not identical */
-                return 0;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /* Compare the types of this field */
-        if (TypeCmp (Sym1->Type, Sym2->Type) < TC_EQUAL) {
-            /* Field types not equal */
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        /* Get the pointers to the next fields */
-        Sym1 = Sym1->NextSym;
-        Sym2 = Sym2->NextSym;
-    }
-
-    /* Check both pointers against NULL to compare the field count */
-    return (Sym1 == 0 && Sym2 == 0);
-}
-
-
-
 static void DoCompare (const Type* lhs, const Type* rhs, typecmp_t* Result)
 /* Recursively compare two types. */
 {
@@ -190,8 +155,6 @@ static void DoCompare (const Type* lhs, const Type* rhs, typecmp_t* Result)
     unsigned    ElementCount;
     SymEntry*   Sym1;
     SymEntry*   Sym2;
-    SymTable*   Tab1;
-    SymTable*   Tab2;
     FuncDesc*   F1;
     FuncDesc*   F2;
 
@@ -235,6 +198,40 @@ static void DoCompare (const Type* lhs, const Type* rhs, typecmp_t* Result)
             return;
         }
 
+        /* Enums must be handled specially */
+        if ((IsTypeEnum (lhs) || IsTypeEnum (rhs))) {
+
+            /* Compare the tag types */
+            Sym1 = GetESUSymEntry (lhs);
+            Sym2 = GetESUSymEntry (rhs);
+
+            if (Sym1 != Sym2) {
+                if (Sym1 == 0 || Sym2 == 0) {
+
+                    /* Only one is an enum. So they can't be identical */
+                    SetResult (Result, TC_STRICT_COMPATIBLE);
+
+                } else {
+                    /* For the two to be identical, they must be in the same
+                    ** scope and have the same name.
+                    */
+                    if (Sym1->Owner != Sym2->Owner ||
+                        strcmp (Sym1->Name, Sym2->Name) != 0) {
+
+                        /* If any one of the two is incomplete, we can't guess
+                        ** their underlying types and have to assume that they
+                        ** be incompatible.
+                        */
+                        if (SizeOf (lhs) == 0 || SizeOf (rhs) == 0) {
+                            SetResult (Result, TC_INCOMPATIBLE);
+                            return;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }                
+            }
+
+        }
+
         /* On indirection level zero, a qualifier or sign difference is
         ** accepted. The types are no longer equal, but compatible.
         */
@@ -364,41 +361,25 @@ static void DoCompare (const Type* lhs, const Type* rhs, typecmp_t* Result)
 
             case T_TYPE_STRUCT:
             case T_TYPE_UNION:
-                /* Compare the fields recursively. To do that, we fetch the
-                ** pointer to the struct definition from the type, and compare
-                ** the fields.
-                */
+                /* Compare the tag types */
                 Sym1 = GetESUSymEntry (lhs);
                 Sym2 = GetESUSymEntry (rhs);
 
-                /* If one symbol has a name, the names must be identical */
-                if (!HasAnonName (Sym1) || !HasAnonName (Sym2)) {
-                    if (strcmp (Sym1->Name, Sym2->Name) != 0) {
-                        /* Names are not identical */
+                CHECK (Sym1 != 0 || Sym2 != 0);
+
+                if (Sym1 != Sym2) {
+                    /* Both must be in the same scope and have the same name to
+                    ** be identical. This shouldn't happen in the current code
+                    ** base, but we still do this to be future-proof.
+                    */
+                    if (Sym1->Owner != Sym2->Owner ||
+                        strcmp (Sym1->Name, Sym2->Name) != 0) {
                         SetResult (Result, TC_INCOMPATIBLE);
                         return;
                     }
                 }
 
-                /* Get the field tables from the struct entry */
-                Tab1 = Sym1->V.S.SymTab;
-                Tab2 = Sym2->V.S.SymTab;
-
-                /* One or both structs may be forward definitions. In this case,
-                ** the symbol tables are both non existant. Assume that the
-                ** structs are equal in this case.
-                */
-                if (Tab1 != 0 && Tab2 != 0) {
-
-                    if (EqualSymTables (Tab1, Tab2) == 0) {
-                        /* Field lists are not equal */
-                        SetResult (Result, TC_INCOMPATIBLE);
-                        return;
-                    }
-
-                }
-
-                /* Structs are equal */
+                /* Both are identical */
                 break;
         }
 
@@ -410,7 +391,7 @@ static void DoCompare (const Type* lhs, const Type* rhs, typecmp_t* Result)
 
     /* Check if end of rhs reached */
     if (rhs->C == T_END) {
-        SetResult (Result, TC_EQUAL);
+        SetResult (Result, TC_IDENTICAL);
     } else {
         SetResult (Result, TC_INCOMPATIBLE);
     }