diff --git a/src/storm/modelchecker/multiobjective/rewardbounded/MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding.cpp b/src/storm/modelchecker/multiobjective/rewardbounded/MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding.cpp
index d8bf245b6..78d31ffe8 100644
--- a/src/storm/modelchecker/multiobjective/rewardbounded/MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/modelchecker/multiobjective/rewardbounded/MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace storm {
             template<typename ValueType, bool SingleObjectiveMode>
             typename MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding<ValueType, SingleObjectiveMode>::EpochModel& MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding<ValueType, SingleObjectiveMode>::setCurrentEpoch(Epoch const& epoch) {
                 // Check if we need to update the current epoch class
-                if (!currentEpoch || getClassOfEpoch(epoch) != getClassOfEpoch(currentEpoch.get())) {
+                if (!currentEpoch || !sameEpochClass(epoch, currentEpoch.get())) {
                     setCurrentEpochClass(epoch);
                 }
                 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ namespace storm {
                     swAux2.start();
                     SolutionType choiceSolution;
                     bool firstSuccessor = true;
-                    if (getClassOfEpoch(epoch) == getClassOfEpoch(successorEpoch)) {
+                    if (sameEpochClass(epoch, successorEpoch)) {
                         swAux3.start();
                         for (auto const& successor : memoryProduct.getProduct().getTransitionMatrix().getRow(productChoice)) {
                             if (firstSuccessor) {
@@ -836,17 +836,14 @@ namespace storm {
             }
             
             template<typename ValueType, bool SingleObjectiveMode>
-            typename MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding<ValueType, SingleObjectiveMode>::EpochClass MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding<ValueType, SingleObjectiveMode>::getClassOfEpoch(Epoch const& epoch) const {
-                // Get a BitVector that is 1 wherever the epoch is non-negative
-                storm::storage::BitVector classAsBitVector(epoch.size(), false);
-                uint64_t i = 0;
-                for (auto const& e : epoch) {
-                    if (e >= 0) {
-                        classAsBitVector.set(i, true);
+            bool MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding<ValueType, SingleObjectiveMode>::sameEpochClass(Epoch const& epoch1, Epoch const& epoch2) const {
+                assert(epoch1.size() == epoch2.size());
+                for (auto e1It = epoch1.begin(), e2It = epoch2.begin(); e1It != epoch1.end(); ++e1It, ++e2It) {
+                    if ((*e1It) < 0 != (*e2It < 0)) {
+                        return false;
                     }
-                    ++i;
                 }
-                return classAsBitVector.getAsInt(0, epoch.size());
+                return true;
             }
             
             template<typename ValueType, bool SingleObjectiveMode>
diff --git a/src/storm/modelchecker/multiobjective/rewardbounded/MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding.h b/src/storm/modelchecker/multiobjective/rewardbounded/MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding.h
index 2a42c1dd6..ea70fb781 100644
--- a/src/storm/modelchecker/multiobjective/rewardbounded/MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding.h
+++ b/src/storm/modelchecker/multiobjective/rewardbounded/MultiDimensionalRewardUnfolding.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ namespace storm {
             public:
                 
                 typedef std::vector<int64_t> Epoch; // The number of reward steps that are "left" for each dimension
-                typedef uint64_t EpochClass; // Collection of epochs that consider the same epoch model
                 
                 typedef typename std::conditional<SingleObjectiveMode, ValueType, std::vector<ValueType>>::type SolutionType;
 
@@ -132,8 +131,7 @@ namespace storm {
                 std::vector<storm::storage::BitVector> computeMemoryStateMap(storm::storage::MemoryStructure const& memory) const;
                 std::vector<std::vector<ValueType>> computeObjectiveRewardsForProduct(Epoch const& epoch) const;
                 
-                
-                EpochClass getClassOfEpoch(Epoch const& epoch) const;
+                bool sameEpochClass(Epoch const& epoch1, Epoch const& epoch2) const;
                 Epoch getSuccessorEpoch(Epoch const& epoch, Epoch const& step) const;