diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 5c1a9a401..7397ec7cb 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def ident_for(contact)
-    if contact.kind_of? Hash
+    if contact.is_a? Hash
       ident_country_code = contact[:ident_country_code]
       ident_type = contact[:ident_type]
       ident = contact[:ident]