diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
index aeddfe4ff..f470c27a0 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
@@ -297,18 +297,6 @@ Zotero.Utilities.prototype.parseMarkup = function(/**String*/ str) {
 	return parts;
 }
 
-Zotero.Utilities.prototype.min3 = function (a, b, c) {
-	var min = a;
-	if (b < min) {
-		min = b;
-	}
-	if (c < min) {
-		min = c;
-	}
-	return min;
-}
-
-
 Zotero.Utilities.prototype.levenshtein = function (a, b) {
 	var aLen = a.length;
 	var bLen = b.length;
@@ -328,7 +316,7 @@ Zotero.Utilities.prototype.levenshtein = function (a, b) {
 	for (i = 1; i <= aLen; i++) {
 		for (j = 1; j <= bLen; j++) {
 			cost = (a[i-1] == b[j-1]) ? 0 : 1;
-			arr[i][j] = this.min3(arr[i-1][j] + 1, arr[i][j-1] + 1, arr[i-1][j-1] + cost);
+			arr[i][j] = Math.min(arr[i-1][j] + 1, Math.min(arr[i][j-1] + 1, arr[i-1][j-1] + cost));
 		}
 	}