diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5de4402..ea716c8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,17 +7,15 @@
  * MIT Licensed
  */
 
-var type = require('type-detect');
-
 /**
  * ### .hasProperty(object, name)
  *
- * This allows checking whether an object has
- * named property or numeric array index.
+ * This allows checking whether an object has own
+ * or inherited from prototype chain named property.
  *
  * Basically does the same thing as the `in`
- * operator but works properly with natives
- * and null/undefined values.
+ * operator but works properly with null/undefined values
+ * and other primitives.
  *
  *     var obj = {
  *         arr: ['a', 'b', 'c']
@@ -39,31 +37,20 @@ var type = require('type-detect');
  *     hasProperty(obj.arr, 3);  // false
  *
  * @param {Object} object
- * @param {String|Number} name
+ * @param {String|Symbol} name
  * @returns {Boolean} whether it exists
  * @namespace Utils
  * @name hasProperty
  * @api public
  */
 
-var literals = {
-  'number': Number,
-  'string': String,
-};
 function hasProperty(obj, name) {
-  var objType = type(obj);
-  // Bad Object, obviously no props at all
-  if (objType === 'null' || objType === 'undefined') {
+  if (typeof obj === 'undefined' || obj === null) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  // The `in` operator does not work with certain literals
-  // box these before the check
-  if (literals[objType] && typeof obj !== 'object') {
-    obj = new literals[objType](obj);
-  }
-
-  return name in obj;
+  // The `in` operator does not work with primitives.
+  return name in Object(obj);
 }
 
 /* !
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83c045d..4db4386 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@
       "max-statements": 0
     }
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "type-detect": "^2.0.1"
-  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "browserify": "^13.0.0",
     "browserify-istanbul": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index b8dea8e..c24f668 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -9,15 +9,23 @@ describe('hasProperty', function () {
     assert(pathval.hasProperty(arr, 3) === false);
   });
 
-  it('should handle literal types', function () {
+  it('should handle primitives', function () {
     var exampleString = 'string literal';
     assert(pathval.hasProperty(exampleString, 'length') === true);
     assert(pathval.hasProperty(exampleString, 3) === true);
     assert(pathval.hasProperty(exampleString, 14) === false);
+
     assert(pathval.hasProperty(1, 'foo') === false);
+    assert(pathval.hasProperty(false, 'bar') === false);
+    assert(pathval.hasProperty(true, 'toString') === true);
+
+    if (typeof Symbol === 'function') {
+      assert(pathval.hasProperty(Symbol(), 1) === false);
+      assert(pathval.hasProperty(Symbol.iterator, 'valueOf') === true);
+    }
   });
 
-  it('should handle undefined', function () {
+  it('should handle objects', function () {
     var exampleObj = {
       foo: 'bar',
     };