diff --git a/packages/minimongo/package.js b/packages/minimongo/package.js
index 3852607ee0..1b76f2c6b3 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/package.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/package.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Package.on_use(function (api, where) {
   api.add_files([
     'minimongo.js',
     'selector.js',
-    'sort.js',
     'uuid.js',
     'modify.js',
     'diff.js'
diff --git a/packages/minimongo/selector.js b/packages/minimongo/selector.js
index b2def5735c..b92db74f9f 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/selector.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/selector.js
@@ -543,4 +543,62 @@ LocalCollection._selectorIsId = function (selector) {
   return (typeof selector === "string") || (typeof selector === "number");
 };
 
+// Give a sort spec, which can be in any of these forms:
+//   {"key1": 1, "key2": -1}
+//   [["key1", "asc"], ["key2", "desc"]]
+//   ["key1", ["key2", "desc"]]
+//
+// (.. with the first form being dependent on the key enumeration
+// behavior of your javascript VM, which usually does what you mean in
+// this case if the key names don't look like integers ..)
+//
+// return a function that takes two objects, and returns -1 if the
+// first object comes first in order, 1 if the second object comes
+// first, or 0 if neither object comes before the other.
+
+LocalCollection._compileSort = function (spec) {
+  var sortSpecParts = [];
+
+  if (spec instanceof Array) {
+    for (var i = 0; i < spec.length; i++) {
+      if (typeof spec[i] === "string") {
+        sortSpecParts.push({
+          lookup: makeLookupFunction(spec[i]),
+          ascending: true
+        });
+      } else {
+        sortSpecParts.push({
+          lookup: makeLookupFunction(spec[i][0]),
+          ascending: spec[i][1] !== "desc"
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  } else if (typeof spec === "object") {
+    for (var key in spec) {
+      sortSpecParts.push({
+        lookup: makeLookupFunction(key),
+        ascending: spec[key] >= 0
+      });
+    }
+  } else {
+    throw Error("Bad sort specification: ", JSON.stringify(spec));
+  }
+
+  if (sortSpecParts.length === 0)
+    return function () {return 0;};
+
+  return function (a, b) {
+    for (var i = 0; i < sortSpecParts.length; ++i) {
+      var specPart = sortSpecParts[i];
+      var aValue = specPart.lookup(a);
+      var bValue = specPart.lookup(b);
+      var compare = LocalCollection._f._cmp(aValue, bValue);
+      if (compare !== 0)
+        return specPart.ascending ? compare : -compare;
+    };
+    return 0;
+  };
+};
+
+
 })();
diff --git a/packages/minimongo/sort.js b/packages/minimongo/sort.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 94420cf237..0000000000
--- a/packages/minimongo/sort.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-// Give a sort spec, which can be in any of these forms:
-//   {"key1": 1, "key2": -1}
-//   [["key1", "asc"], ["key2", "desc"]]
-//   ["key1", ["key2", "desc"]]
-//
-// (.. with the first form being dependent on the key enumeration
-// behavior of your javascript VM, which usually does what you mean in
-// this case if the key names don't look like integers ..)
-//
-// return a function that takes two objects, and returns -1 if the
-// first object comes first in order, 1 if the second object comes
-// first, or 0 if neither object comes before the other.
-
-LocalCollection._compileSort = function (spec) {
-  var keys = [];
-  var asc = [];
-
-  if (spec instanceof Array) {
-    for (var i = 0; i < spec.length; i++) {
-      if (typeof spec[i] === "string") {
-        keys.push(spec[i]);
-        asc.push(true);
-      } else {
-        keys.push(spec[i][0]);
-        asc.push(spec[i][1] !== "desc");
-      }
-    }
-  } else if (typeof spec === "object") {
-    for (key in spec) {
-      keys.push(key);
-      asc.push(!(spec[key] < 0));
-    }
-  } else {
-    throw Error("Bad sort specification: ", JSON.stringify(spec));
-  }
-
-  if (keys.length === 0)
-    return function () {return 0;};
-
-  // eval() does not return a value in IE8, nor does the spec say it
-  // should. Assign to a local to get the value, instead.
-  var _func;
-  var code = "_func = (function(c){return function(a,b){var x;";
-  for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
-    // handle dotted subpaths. Make sure to avoid dereferencing
-    // undefined if a subkey doesn't exist.
-    var splittedKeys = keys[i].split(".");
-    var keyString = "";
-    var aCode = "a";
-    var bCode = "b";
-    for(var o = 0; o < splittedKeys.length; o++) {
-      keyString  = keyString + "[" + JSON.stringify(splittedKeys[o]) + "]";
-      aCode += '&&a' + keyString;
-      bCode += '&&b' + keyString;
-    }
-    if (i !== 0) {
-      code += "if(x!==0)return x;";
-    }
-    code += "x=" + (asc[i] ? "" : "-") +
-      "c(" + aCode + "," + bCode + ");";
-  }
-  code += "return x;};})";
-  eval(code);
-  return _func(LocalCollection._f._cmp);
-};