diff --git a/cpp/cucul++.cpp b/cpp/cucul++.cpp
index 325289b..0cd3d04 100644
--- a/cpp/cucul++.cpp
+++ b/cpp/cucul++.cpp
@@ -194,11 +194,6 @@ int 	Cucul::rand (int min, int max)
     return cucul_rand(min, max);
 }
 
-unsigned int 	Cucul::sqrt (unsigned int v)
-{
-    return cucul_sqrt(v);
-}
-
 Cucul::Sprite * Cucul::load_sprite (char const *f)
 {
     Cucul::Sprite *s = new Cucul::Sprite();
diff --git a/cpp/cucul++.h b/cpp/cucul++.h
index ff8d1fd..a425c72 100644
--- a/cpp/cucul++.h
+++ b/cpp/cucul++.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ class Cucul {
     void 	draw_thin_triangle ( int, int, int, int, int, int);
     void 	fill_triangle ( int, int, int, int, int, int, char const *);
     int 	rand (int, int);
-    unsigned int 	sqrt (unsigned int);
     Sprite * 	load_sprite (char const *);
     int 	get_sprite_frames (Cucul::Sprite const *);
     int 	get_sprite_width (Cucul::Sprite const *, int);
diff --git a/cucul/Makefile.am b/cucul/Makefile.am
index 027b122..ece1b4f 100644
--- a/cucul/Makefile.am
+++ b/cucul/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ libcucul_la_SOURCES = \
 	transform.c \
 	charset.c \
 	colour.c \
-	math.c \
 	line.c \
 	box.c \
 	conic.c \
diff --git a/cucul/cucul.c b/cucul/cucul.c
index 4447726..3d1242b 100644
--- a/cucul/cucul.c
+++ b/cucul/cucul.c
@@ -236,6 +236,17 @@ void cucul_free(cucul_t *qq)
     free(qq);
 }
 
+/** \brief Generate a random integer within a range.
+ *
+ *  \param min The lower bound of the integer range.
+ *  \param max The upper bound of the integer range.
+ *  \return A random integer comprised between \p min and \p max, inclusive.
+ */
+int cucul_rand(int min, int max)
+{
+    return min + (int)((1.0*(max-min+1)) * rand() / (RAND_MAX+1.0));
+}
+
 /** \brief Export a canvas into a foreign format.
  *
  *  This function exports a libcucul canvas into various foreign formats such
diff --git a/cucul/cucul.h b/cucul/cucul.h
index d651de9..01bd62d 100644
--- a/cucul/cucul.h
+++ b/cucul/cucul.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ void cucul_set_size(cucul_t *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
 unsigned int cucul_get_width(cucul_t *);
 unsigned int cucul_get_height(cucul_t *);
 void cucul_free(cucul_t *);
+int cucul_rand(int, int);
 /*  @} */
 
 /** \defgroup buffer Buffer handling
@@ -143,15 +144,6 @@ void cucul_draw_thin_triangle(cucul_t *, int, int, int, int, int, int);
 void cucul_fill_triangle(cucul_t *, int, int, int, int, int, int, char const *);
 /*  @} */
 
-/** \defgroup math Mathematical functions
- *
- *  These functions provide a few useful math-related routines.
- *
- *  @{ */
-int cucul_rand(int, int);
-unsigned int cucul_sqrt(unsigned int);
-/*  @} */
-
 /** \defgroup sprite Sprite handling
  *
  *  These functions provide high level routines for sprite loading, animation
diff --git a/cucul/math.c b/cucul/math.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ee3b82..0000000
--- a/cucul/math.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  libcucul      Canvas for ultrafast compositing of Unicode letters
- *  Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
- *                All Rights Reserved
- *
- *  $Id$
- *
- *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *  modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To
- *  Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
- *  http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
- */
-
-/*
- *  This file contains simple mathematical routines.
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#if !defined(__KERNEL__)
-#   include <stdlib.h>
-#endif
-
-#include "cucul.h"
-#include "cucul_internals.h"
-
-/** \brief Generate a random integer within a range.
- *
- *  \param min The lower bound of the integer range.
- *  \param max The upper bound of the integer range.
- *  \return A random integer comprised between \p min and \p max, inclusive.
- */
-int cucul_rand(int min, int max)
-{
-    return min + (int)((1.0*(max-min+1)) * rand() / (RAND_MAX+1.0));
-}
-
-/** \brief Approximate a square root, using Newton's method to avoid
- *         costly floating point calculations.
- *
- *  \param a A positive integer.
- *  \return The approximate square root of \p a.
- */
-unsigned int cucul_sqrt(unsigned int a)
-{
-    if(a == 0)
-        return 0;
-
-    if(a < 1000000000)
-    {
-        unsigned int x = a < 10 ? 1
-                       : a < 1000 ? 10
-                       : a < 100000 ? 100
-                       : a < 10000000 ? 1000
-                       : 10000;
-
-        /* Newton's method. Three iterations would be more than enough. */
-        x = (x * x + a) / x / 2;
-        x = (x * x + a) / x / 2;
-        x = (x * x + a) / x / 2;
-        x = (x * x + a) / x / 2;
-
-        return x;
-    }
-
-    return 2 * cucul_sqrt(a / 4);
-}
-