diff --git a/cmd/helm/downloader/manager.go b/cmd/helm/downloader/manager.go
index daa65ef97..5c9118888 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/downloader/manager.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/downloader/manager.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (m *Manager) hasAllRepos(deps []*chartutil.Dependency) error {
 			found = true
 		} else {
 			for _, repo := range repos {
-				if urlutil.URLAreEqual(repo.URL, strings.TrimSuffix(dd.Repository, "/")) {
+				if urlutil.Equal(repo.URL, strings.TrimSuffix(dd.Repository, "/")) {
 					found = true
 				}
 			}
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func (m *Manager) getRepoNames(deps []*chartutil.Dependency) (map[string]string,
 		found := false
 
 		for _, repo := range repos {
-			if urlutil.URLAreEqual(repo.URL, dd.Repository) {
+			if urlutil.Equal(repo.URL, dd.Repository) {
 				found = true
 				reposMap[dd.Name] = repo.Name
 				break
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func (m *Manager) parallelRepoUpdate(repos []*repo.ChartRepositoryConfig) error
 // If it finds a URL that is "relative", it will prepend the repoURL.
 func findChartURL(name, version, repoURL string, repos map[string]*repo.ChartRepository) (string, error) {
 	for _, cr := range repos {
-		if urlutil.URLAreEqual(repoURL, cr.Config.URL) {
+		if urlutil.Equal(repoURL, cr.Config.URL) {
 			entry, err := findEntryByName(name, cr)
 			if err != nil {
 				return "", err
diff --git a/pkg/urlutil/urlutil.go b/pkg/urlutil/urlutil.go
index f99294938..3a6570470 100644
--- a/pkg/urlutil/urlutil.go
+++ b/pkg/urlutil/urlutil.go
@@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ func URLJoin(baseURL string, paths ...string) (string, error) {
 	return u.String(), nil
 }
 
-// URLAreEqual normalizes two URLs and then compares for equality.
-//
-// TODO: This and the urlJoin functions should really be moved to a 'urlutil' package.
-func URLAreEqual(a, b string) bool {
+// Equal normalizes two URLs and then compares for equality.
+func Equal(a, b string) bool {
 	au, err := url.Parse(a)
 	if err != nil {
 		a = filepath.Clean(a)
diff --git a/pkg/urlutil/urlutil_test.go b/pkg/urlutil/urlutil_test.go
index d4aa1139d..5944df1ae 100644
--- a/pkg/urlutil/urlutil_test.go
+++ b/pkg/urlutil/urlutil_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestUrlJoin(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestUrlAreEqual(t *testing.T) {
+func TestEqual(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range []struct {
 		a, b  string
 		match bool
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestUrlAreEqual(t *testing.T) {
 		{"/foo", "/foo/", true},
 		{"/foo/.", "/foo/", true},
 	} {
-		if tt.match != URLAreEqual(tt.a, tt.b) {
+		if tt.match != Equal(tt.a, tt.b) {
 			t.Errorf("Expected %q==%q to be %t", tt.a, tt.b, tt.match)
 		}
 	}