diff --git a/src/commands/quickCommand.helpers.ts b/src/commands/quickCommand.helpers.ts
index f4751e7..b2e7f85 100644
--- a/src/commands/quickCommand.helpers.ts
+++ b/src/commands/quickCommand.helpers.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
-import { intersectionWith } from 'lodash-es';
+import { Arrays } from '../system';
 import { GitBranch, GitTag, Repository } from '../git/git';
 import { BranchQuickPickItem, TagQuickPickItem } from '../quickpicks';
 
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ export async function getBranchesAndOrTags(
         ]);
 
         branches = GitBranch.sort(
-            intersectionWith(...branchesByRepo, ((b1: GitBranch, b2: GitBranch) => b1.name === b2.name) as any)
+            Arrays.intersection(...branchesByRepo, ((b1: GitBranch, b2: GitBranch) => b1.name === b2.name) as any)
         );
 
         if (includeTags) {
             tags = GitTag.sort(
-                intersectionWith(...tagsByRepo!, ((t1: GitTag, t2: GitTag) => t1.name === t2.name) as any)
+                Arrays.intersection(...tagsByRepo!, ((t1: GitTag, t2: GitTag) => t1.name === t2.name) as any)
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/configuration.ts b/src/configuration.ts
index 26eff87..6181ee1 100644
--- a/src/configuration.ts
+++ b/src/configuration.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from 'vscode';
 import { Config } from './config';
 import { extensionId } from './constants';
-import { Functions } from './system';
+import { Functions, Objects } from './system';
 
 const emptyConfig: Config = new Proxy<Config>({} as Config, {
     get: function() {
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export class Configuration {
 
         return configuration.update(
             section,
-            value === inspect.defaultValue ? undefined : value,
+            Objects.areEquivalent(value, inspect.defaultValue) ? undefined : value,
             ConfigurationTarget.Global
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/system/array.ts b/src/system/array.ts
index df0df8f..0443382 100644
--- a/src/system/array.ts
+++ b/src/system/array.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
+import { intersectionWith as _intersectionWith, isEqual as _isEqual, xor as _xor } from 'lodash-es';
 
 export namespace Arrays {
     export function countUniques<T>(source: T[], accessor: (item: T) => string): { [key: string]: number } {
@@ -78,6 +79,13 @@ export namespace Arrays {
         }, new Map<TKey, TMapped[]>());
     }
 
+    export const intersection = _intersectionWith;
+    export const isEqual = _isEqual;
+
+    export function areEquivalent<T>(value: T[], other: T[]) {
+        return _xor(value, other).length === 0;
+    }
+
     export interface HierarchicalItem<T> {
         name: string;
         relativePath: string;
diff --git a/src/system/object.ts b/src/system/object.ts
index 6dd091b..5978b40 100644
--- a/src/system/object.ts
+++ b/src/system/object.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
+import { isEqual as _isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
+import { Arrays } from './array';
 
 export namespace Objects {
     export function entries<T>(o: { [key: string]: T }): IterableIterator<[string, T]>;
@@ -53,6 +55,17 @@ export namespace Objects {
         }
     }
 
+    export function isEqual(value: any, other: any) {
+        return _isEqual(value, other);
+    }
+
+    export function areEquivalent(value: any, other: any) {
+        if (Array.isArray(value) && Array.isArray(other)) {
+            return Arrays.areEquivalent(value, other);
+        }
+        return isEqual(value, other);
+    }
+
     export function paths(o: { [key: string]: any }, path?: string): string[] {
         const results = [];