diff --git a/http/src/main/java/io/micronaut/http/MediaType.java b/http/src/main/java/io/micronaut/http/MediaType.java
index 1a90d68262..a92c49d401 100644
--- a/http/src/main/java/io/micronaut/http/MediaType.java
+++ b/http/src/main/java/io/micronaut/http/MediaType.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * @since 1.0
  */
 @TypeHint(value = MediaType[].class)
-public class MediaType implements CharSequence, Comparable<MediaType> {
+public class MediaType implements CharSequence {
 
     /**
      * Default file extension used for JSON.
@@ -1273,10 +1273,29 @@ public static List<MediaType> orderedOf(List<? extends CharSequence> values) {
                 }
             }
         }
-        mediaTypes.sort(null);
+        mediaTypes.sort(MediaType::naturalSort);
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(mediaTypes);
     }
 
+    private static int naturalSort(MediaType o1, MediaType o2)  {
+        //The */* type is always last
+        boolean fullWildcard1 = o1.type.equals(WILDCARD);
+        boolean fullWildcard2 = o2.type.equals(WILDCARD);
+        if (fullWildcard1 && fullWildcard2) {
+            return 0;
+        } else if (fullWildcard1) {
+            return 1;
+        } else if (fullWildcard2) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (o2.subtype.equals(WILDCARD) && !o1.subtype.equals(WILDCARD)) {
+            return -1;
+        } else if (o1.subtype.equals(WILDCARD) && !o2.subtype.equals(WILDCARD)) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        return o2.getQualityAsNumber().compareTo(o1.getQualityAsNumber());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new {@link MediaType} from the given text.
      *
@@ -1397,25 +1416,4 @@ private static Map<String, String> loadMimeTypes() {
 
         return Collections.emptyMap();
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public int compareTo(@NonNull MediaType o2) {
-        //The */* type is always last
-        MediaType o1 = this;
-        boolean fullWildcard1 = o1.type.equals(WILDCARD);
-        boolean fullWildcard2 = o2.type.equals(WILDCARD);
-        if (fullWildcard1 && fullWildcard2) {
-            return 0;
-        } else if (fullWildcard1) {
-            return 1;
-        } else if (fullWildcard2) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        if (o2.subtype.equals(WILDCARD) && !o1.subtype.equals(WILDCARD)) {
-            return -1;
-        } else if (o1.subtype.equals(WILDCARD) && !o2.subtype.equals(WILDCARD)) {
-            return 1;
-        }
-        return o2.getQualityAsNumber().compareTo(o1.getQualityAsNumber());
-    }
 }
diff --git a/http/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/http/MediaTypeSpec.groovy b/http/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/http/MediaTypeSpec.groovy
index fbc824d80c..14fb9c8248 100644
--- a/http/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/http/MediaTypeSpec.groovy
+++ b/http/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/http/MediaTypeSpec.groovy
@@ -189,32 +189,6 @@ class MediaTypeSpec extends Specification {
         "text/plain, text/html, application/json;q=1"     | [new MediaType("text/plain"), new MediaType("text/html"), new MediaType("application/json;q=1")]
     }
 
-    @Unroll
-    void "test natural order types: #commaSeparatedList"() {
-        given:
-        List<MediaType> orderedList = MediaType.orderedOf(commaSeparatedList.split(','))
-
-        when:
-        orderedList = new ArrayList<>(orderedList)
-        Collections.shuffle(orderedList)
-        orderedList.sort(null)
-
-        then:
-        orderedList.size() == expectedList.size()
-        for (int i = 0; i < orderedList.size(); i++) {
-            assert orderedList.get(i) == expectedList.get(i)
-        }
-
-        where:
-        commaSeparatedList                                | expectedList
-        "audio/basic;q=.5, application/json"              | [new MediaType("application/json"), new MediaType("audio/basic;q=.5")]
-        "text/html"                                       | [new MediaType("text/html")]
-        "*/*, text/*, text/html"                          | [new MediaType("text/html"), new MediaType("text/*"), new MediaType("*/*")]
-        "text/html;level=1, text/html;level=2;q=.3"       | [new MediaType("text/html;level=1"), new MediaType("text/html;level=2;q=.3")]
-        "text/*;blah=1, text/html;q=.3, audio/basic;q=.4" | [new MediaType("audio/basic;q=.4"), new MediaType("text/html;q=.3"), new MediaType("text/*;blah=1")]
-        "text/plain, text/html, application/json;q=1"     | [new MediaType("text/plain"), new MediaType("text/html"), new MediaType("application/json;q=1")]
-    }
-
     @Unroll
     void "test type match #desiredType"() {
         given:
@@ -231,4 +205,11 @@ class MediaTypeSpec extends Specification {
         "text/plain"            | "text/hml"            | false
         "text/*"                | "application/json"    | false
     }
+
+    @Unroll
+    void "compare media type"() {
+        expect:
+            !MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE.equals(MediaType.TEXT_XML_TYPE)
+            MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE != MediaType.TEXT_XML_TYPE
+    }
 }