diff --git a/core/dictionary.cpp b/core/dictionary.cpp
index 382129e4e7c..599224da14c 100644
--- a/core/dictionary.cpp
+++ b/core/dictionary.cpp
@@ -39,40 +39,14 @@ struct _DictionaryVariantHash {
 
 struct DictionaryPrivate {
 
-	struct Data {
-		Variant variant;
-		int order;
-	};
-
 	SafeRefCount refcount;
-	HashMap<Variant, Data, _DictionaryVariantHash> variant_map;
-	int counter;
+	HashMap<Variant, Variant, _DictionaryVariantHash> variant_map;
 	bool shared;
 };
 
-struct DictionaryPrivateSort {
-
-	bool operator()(const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *A, const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *B) const {
-
-		return A->data.order < B->data.order;
-	}
-};
-
 void Dictionary::get_key_list(List<Variant> *p_keys) const {
 
-	if (_p->variant_map.empty())
-		return;
-
-	int count = _p->variant_map.size();
-	const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair **pairs = (const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair **)alloca(count * sizeof(HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *));
-	_p->variant_map.get_key_value_ptr_array(pairs);
-
-	SortArray<const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *, DictionaryPrivateSort> sort;
-	sort.sort(pairs, count);
-
-	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		p_keys->push_back(pairs[i]->key);
-	}
+	_p->variant_map.get_key_list(p_keys);
 }
 
 void Dictionary::_copy_on_write() const {
@@ -93,47 +67,29 @@ Variant &Dictionary::operator[](const Variant &p_key) {
 
 	_copy_on_write();
 
-	DictionaryPrivate::Data *v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
-
-	if (!v) {
-
-		DictionaryPrivate::Data d;
-		d.order = _p->counter++;
-		_p->variant_map[p_key] = d;
-		v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
-	}
-	return v->variant;
+	return _p->variant_map[p_key];
 }
 
 const Variant &Dictionary::operator[](const Variant &p_key) const {
 
-	return _p->variant_map[p_key].variant;
+	return _p->variant_map[p_key];
 }
 const Variant *Dictionary::getptr(const Variant &p_key) const {
 
-	const DictionaryPrivate::Data *v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
-	if (!v)
-		return NULL;
-	else
-		return &v->variant;
+	return _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
 }
 Variant *Dictionary::getptr(const Variant &p_key) {
 
 	_copy_on_write();
-	DictionaryPrivate::Data *v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
-	if (!v)
-		return NULL;
-	else
-		return &v->variant;
+	return _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
 }
 
 Variant Dictionary::get_valid(const Variant &p_key) const {
 
-	DictionaryPrivate::Data *v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
+	const Variant *v = getptr(p_key);
 	if (!v)
 		return Variant();
-	else
-		return v->variant;
+	return *v;
 }
 
 int Dictionary::size() const {
@@ -189,7 +145,6 @@ void Dictionary::clear() {
 
 	_copy_on_write();
 	_p->variant_map.clear();
-	_p->counter = 0;
 }
 
 bool Dictionary::is_shared() const {
@@ -237,20 +192,11 @@ Array Dictionary::values() const {
 
 	Array varr;
 	varr.resize(size());
-	if (_p->variant_map.empty())
-		return varr;
-
-	int count = _p->variant_map.size();
-	const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair **pairs = (const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair **)alloca(count * sizeof(HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *));
-	_p->variant_map.get_key_value_ptr_array(pairs);
-
-	SortArray<const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *, DictionaryPrivateSort> sort;
-	sort.sort(pairs, count);
-
-	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		varr[i] = pairs[i]->data.variant;
+	const Variant *key = NULL;
+	int i = 0;
+	while ((key = next(key))) {
+		varr[i++] = _p->variant_map[*key];
 	}
-
 	return varr;
 }
 
@@ -293,7 +239,6 @@ Dictionary::Dictionary(bool p_shared) {
 
 	_p = memnew(DictionaryPrivate);
 	_p->refcount.init();
-	_p->counter = 0;
 	_p->shared = p_shared;
 }
 Dictionary::~Dictionary() {
diff --git a/core/hash_map.h b/core/hash_map.h
index 1096269787e..1bbe6c1877f 100644
--- a/core/hash_map.h
+++ b/core/hash_map.h
@@ -570,20 +570,6 @@ public:
 		hash_table_power = 0;
 	}
 
-	void get_key_value_ptr_array(const Pair **p_pairs) const {
-		if (!hash_table)
-			return;
-		for (int i = 0; i < (1 << hash_table_power); i++) {
-
-			Entry *e = hash_table[i];
-			while (e) {
-				*p_pairs = &e->pair;
-				p_pairs++;
-				e = e->next;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	void get_key_list(List<TKey> *p_keys) const {
 		if (!hash_table)
 			return;