diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index ace6fa270..b9f188880 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -50,18 +50,6 @@
 */
 #define SB_MAX_SIZE 32767
 
-float minf( float a,
-			float b )
-{
-	return a<b?a:b;
-}
-
-
-float maxf( float a,
-			float b )
-{
-	return a>b?a:b;
-}
 
 int mini( int a,
 		  int b )
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index b2c6fec7b..5d7d3740f 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -160,16 +160,6 @@ int maxi( int a, int b );
  */
 int mini( int a, int b );
 
-/**
-   Returns the larger of two floats
-*/
-float maxf( float a, float b );
-
-/**
-   Returns the smaller of two floats
-*/
-float minf( float a, float b );
-
 /*
   All the datastuctures below autoresize. The queue, stack and
   priority queue are all impemented using an array and are guaranteed