diff --git a/idea/src/jet/Library.jet b/idea/src/jet/Library.jet
index 15b5d8f73a4..28e0610879e 100644
--- a/idea/src/jet/Library.jet
+++ b/idea/src/jet/Library.jet
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ namespace typeinfo {
     }
 }
 
-fun Any?.equals(other : Any?) : Boolean = this === other
-
+// Can't write a body due to a bootstrapping problem (see JET-74)
+fun Any?.equals(other : Any?) : Boolean// = this === other
 
 class Iterator<out T> {
   fun next() : T
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/TopDownAnalyzer.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/TopDownAnalyzer.java
index 7184e507ee6..26f61448593 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/TopDownAnalyzer.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/TopDownAnalyzer.java
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ public class TopDownAnalyzer {
         };
     }
 
+    @Deprecated // For JetStandardLibraryOnly
+    public void processStandardLibraryNamespace(@NotNull WritableScope outerScope, @NotNull NamespaceDescriptorImpl standardLibraryNamespace, @NotNull JetNamespace namespace) {
+        namespaceScopes.put(namespace, standardLibraryNamespace.getMemberScope());
+        namespaceDescriptors.put(namespace, standardLibraryNamespace);
+        process(outerScope, standardLibraryNamespace, namespace.getDeclarations());
+    }
 
     public void process(@NotNull WritableScope outerScope, NamespaceLike owner, @NotNull List<JetDeclaration> declarations) {
         collectNamespacesAndClassifiers(outerScope, owner, declarations); // namespaceScopes, classes
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/JetStandardLibrary.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/JetStandardLibrary.java
index af915d769bb..8f390d1a342 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/JetStandardLibrary.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/JetStandardLibrary.java
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ public class JetStandardLibrary {
             TopDownAnalyzer bootstrappingTDA = new TopDownAnalyzer(bootstrappingSemanticServices, bindingTraceContext);
             WritableScopeImpl writableScope = new WritableScopeImpl(JetStandardClasses.STANDARD_CLASSES, JetStandardClasses.STANDARD_CLASSES_NAMESPACE, ErrorHandler.THROW_EXCEPTION);
 //            this.libraryScope = bootstrappingTDA.process(JetStandardClasses.STANDARD_CLASSES, file.getRootNamespace().getDeclarations());
-            bootstrappingTDA.process(writableScope, JetStandardClasses.STANDARD_CLASSES_NAMESPACE, file.getRootNamespace().getDeclarations());
+//            bootstrappingTDA.process(writableScope, JetStandardClasses.STANDARD_CLASSES_NAMESPACE, file.getRootNamespace().getDeclarations());
+            bootstrappingTDA.processStandardLibraryNamespace(writableScope, JetStandardClasses.STANDARD_CLASSES_NAMESPACE, file.getRootNamespace());
             this.libraryScope = JetStandardClasses.STANDARD_CLASSES_NAMESPACE.getMemberScope();
             AnalyzingUtils.applyHandler(ErrorHandler.THROW_EXCEPTION, bindingTraceContext);