diff --git a/src/react/data/QueryData.ts b/src/react/data/QueryData.ts
index d0b3e2acb67..898cc74099f 100644
--- a/src/react/data/QueryData.ts
+++ b/src/react/data/QueryData.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import {
 } from '../types/types';
 import { OperationData } from './OperationData';
 
-const stripFns = ({ onCompleted, onError, ...rest }: any = {}) => rest;
-
 export class QueryData<TData, TVariables> extends OperationData {
   public onNewData: () => void;
 
@@ -241,15 +239,12 @@ export class QueryData<TData, TVariables> extends OperationData {
       children: null
     };
 
-    // When comparing new options against previously stored options,
-    // we'll ignore callback functions since their identities are not
-    // stable, meaning they'll always show as being different. Ignoring
-    // them when determining if options have changed is okay however, as
-    // callback functions are not normally changed between renders.
-    if (!equal(
-      stripFns(newObservableQueryOptions),
-      stripFns(this.previousData.observableQueryOptions),
-    )) {
+    if (
+      !equal(
+        newObservableQueryOptions,
+        this.previousData.observableQueryOptions
+      )
+    ) {
       this.previousData.observableQueryOptions = newObservableQueryOptions;
       this.currentObservable
         .setOptions(newObservableQueryOptions)