diff --git a/src/kernel/equipment.c b/src/kernel/equipment.c
index cf2f8ca5c..bf22b8054 100644
--- a/src/kernel/equipment.c
+++ b/src/kernel/equipment.c
@@ -210,6 +210,32 @@ typedef struct eq_entry {
     equipment *value;
 } eq_entry;
 
+typedef struct name_cb_data {
+    const equipment *find;
+    const char *result;
+} name_cb_data;
+
+
+static int equipment_name_cb(const void * match, const void * key, size_t keylen, void *cbdata) {
+    const eq_entry *ent = (const eq_entry *)match;
+    name_cb_data *query = (name_cb_data *)cbdata;
+    if (ent->value == query->find) {
+        query->result = ent->key;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+const char *equipment_name(const struct equipment *eq)
+{
+    name_cb_data data;
+
+    data.find = eq;
+    data.result = NULL;
+    cb_foreach(&cb_equipments, "", 0, equipment_name_cb, &data);
+    return data.result;
+}
+
 equipment *get_equipment(const char *eqname)
 {
     const void *match;
@@ -237,7 +263,6 @@ equipment *create_equipment(const char *eqname)
     memcpy(ent.key, eqname, len);
 
     ent.value = (equipment *)calloc(1, sizeof(equipment));
-    ent.value->name = strdup(eqname);
 
     cb_insert(&cb_equipments, &ent, sizeof(ent));
     return ent.value;
@@ -254,7 +279,6 @@ equipment *get_or_create_equipment(const char *eqname)
 
 static void free_equipment(equipment *eq) {
     int i;
-    free(eq->name);
     if (eq->spells) {
         selist_foreach(eq->spells, free_ls);
         selist_free(eq->spells);
diff --git a/src/kernel/equipment.h b/src/kernel/equipment.h
index bc479662d..9fbffe67f 100644
--- a/src/kernel/equipment.h
+++ b/src/kernel/equipment.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ extern "C" {
     } subset;
 
     typedef struct equipment {
-        char *name;
         struct itemdata *items;
         char *skills[MAXSKILLS];
         struct selist *spells;
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     void equipment_done(void);
 
+    const char *equipment_name(const struct equipment *eq);
     struct equipment *get_or_create_equipment(const char *eqname);
     struct equipment *get_equipment(const char *eqname);
     struct equipment *create_equipment(const char *eqname);
diff --git a/src/kernel/equipment.test.c b/src/kernel/equipment.test.c
index 0398e2141..7952001fe 100644
--- a/src/kernel/equipment.test.c
+++ b/src/kernel/equipment.test.c
@@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ static void test_get_equipment(CuTest * tc)
     test_setup();
     eq = create_equipment("catapultammo123");
     CuAssertPtrNotNull(tc, eq);
-    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "catapultammo123", eq->name);
+    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "catapultammo123", equipment_name(eq));
     eq = get_equipment("catapultammo123");
     CuAssertPtrNotNull(tc, eq);
-    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "catapultammo123", eq->name);
+    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "catapultammo123", equipment_name(eq));
     eq = get_equipment("catapult");
     CuAssertPtrEquals(tc, NULL, eq);
     eq = create_equipment("catapult");
     eq = get_equipment("catapult");
     CuAssertPtrNotNull(tc, eq);
-    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "catapult", eq->name);
+    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "catapult", equipment_name(eq));
     eq = get_equipment("catapultammo123");
     CuAssertPtrNotNull(tc, eq);
-    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "catapultammo123", eq->name);
+    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "catapultammo123", equipment_name(eq));
     test_cleanup();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/xmlreader.c b/src/kernel/xmlreader.c
index 57ad5ffad..18bdedebc 100644
--- a/src/kernel/xmlreader.c
+++ b/src/kernel/xmlreader.c
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ static void add_spells(equipment * eq, xmlNodeSetPtr nsetItems)
                 equipment_addspell(eq, name, level);
             }
             else {
-                log_error("spell '%s' for equipment-set '%s' has no level\n", name, eq->name);
+                log_error("spell '%s' for equipment-set '%s' has no level\n", name, equipment_name(eq));
             }
             xmlFree(propValue);
         }
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ static void add_skills(equipment * eq, xmlNodeSetPtr nsetSkills)
             assert(propValue != NULL);
             sk = findskill((const char *)propValue);
             if (sk == NOSKILL) {
-                log_error("unknown skill '%s' in equipment-set %s\n", (const char *)propValue, eq->name);
+                log_error("unknown skill '%s' in equipment-set %s\n", (const char *)propValue, equipment_name(eq));
                 xmlFree(propValue);
             }
             else {
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ add_subsets(xmlDocPtr doc, equipment * eq, xmlNodeSetPtr nsetSubsets)
                     }
                 }
                 if (totalChance > 1.0f) {
-                    log_error("total chance exceeds 1.0: %f in equipment set %s.\n", totalChance, eq->name);
+                    log_error("total chance exceeds 1.0: %f in equipment set %s.\n", totalChance, equipment_name(eq));
                 }
             }
             xmlXPathFreeObject(xpathResult);