JavaScriptCollection
diff --git a/‎src/item/Item.js‎
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diff --git a/‎src/path/CompoundPath.js‎
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diff --git a/‎src/path/Path.js‎
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@@ -1741,6 +1741,23 @@ var Item = Base.extend(Callback, /** @lends Item# */{
 	 */
 	moveBelow: '#insertBelow',
 
+	/**
+	 * If this is a group, layer or compound-path with only one child-item,
+	 * the child-item is moved outside and the parent is erased. Otherwise, the
+	 * item itself is returned unmodified.
+	 *
+	 * @return {Item} the reduced item
+	 */
+	reduce: function() {
+		if (this._children && this._children.length === 1) {
+			var child = this._children[0];
+			child.insertAbove(this);
+			this.remove();
+			return child;
+		}
+		return this;
+	},
+
 	/**
 	* Removes the item from its parent's named children list.
 	*/
 
@@ -73,23 +73,6 @@ var CompoundPath = PathItem.extend(/** @lends CompoundPath# */{
 		return items;
 	},
 
-	/**
-	 * If this is a compound path with only one path inside,
-	 * the path is moved outside and the compound path is erased.
-	 * Otherwise, the compound path is returned unmodified.
-	 *
-	 * @return {CompoundPath|Path} the flattened compound path
-	 */
-	reduce: function() {
-		if (this._children.length == 1) {
-			var child = this._children[0];
-			child.insertAbove(this);
-			this.remove();
-			return child;
-		}
-		return this;
-	},
-
 	/**
 	 * Reverses the orientation of all nested paths.
 	 */
 
@@ -1229,14 +1229,6 @@ var Path = PathItem.extend(/** @lends Path# */{
 		return false;
 	},
 
-	/**
-	 * For simple paths, reduce always returns the path itself. See
-	 * {@link CompoundPath#reduce()} for more explanations.
-	 */
-	reduce: function() {
-		return this;
-	},
-
 	/**
 	 * The approximate length of the path in points.
 	 *