diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index a470bf0..f9c6248 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 * Support colors (by Jochen Sprickerhof)
 * Decode URLs in XML (by Jean-Marc Martins)
 * Fix PAM authentication (by Stepan Henek)
-* Use consistent hashes for etags (by 9m66p93w)
+* Use consistent etags (by 9m66p93w)
 
 
 0.8 - Rainbow
diff --git a/radicale/ical.py b/radicale/ical.py
index a0e3397..3df7aaf 100644
--- a/radicale/ical.py
+++ b/radicale/ical.py
@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ class Item(object):
                 "\nEND:", "\nX-RADICALE-NAME:%s\nEND:" % self._name)
 
     def __hash__(self):
-        md5 = hashlib.md5()
-        md5.update(self.text.encode("utf-8"))
-        return md5.hexdigest()
+        return hash(self.text)
 
     def __eq__(self, item):
         return isinstance(item, Item) and self.text == item.text
@@ -124,7 +122,9 @@ class Item(object):
         Etag is mainly used to know if an item has changed.
 
         """
-        return '"%s"' % hash(self)
+        md5 = hashlib.md5()
+        md5.update(self.text.encode("utf-8"))
+        return '"%s"' % md5.hexdigest()
 
     @property
     def name(self):