diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/HeadSpin.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/HeadSpin.cpp
index caff9906..ad9bcc71 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/HeadSpin.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/HeadSpin.cpp
@@ -377,20 +377,6 @@ int hsMessageBox(const wchar_t message[], const wchar_t caption[], int kind, int
     return hsMessageBoxWithOwner((hsWindowHndl)nil,message,caption,kind,icon);
 }
 
-/* Generic psuedo RNG used in ANSI C. */
-static unsigned long SEED = 1;
-int hsRand()
-{
-    register int temp;
-    SEED = SEED * 1103515245 + 12345;
-    temp = (int)((SEED/65536)&32767);
-    return (temp);
-}
-
-void hsRandSeed(int seed)
-{
-    SEED = seed;
-}
 /**************************************/
 char* hsStrcpy(char dst[], const char src[])
 {
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/HeadSpin.h b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/HeadSpin.h
index c5d13732..37e039c3 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/HeadSpin.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/HeadSpin.h
@@ -520,11 +520,6 @@ inline float hsRadiansToDegrees(float rad) { return float(rad * (180 / M_PI)); }
 #   define ALIGN(n) __atribute__(aligned(n))
 #endif
 
-inline int hsRandMax() { return 32767; }
-inline float hsRandNorm() { return 1.f / 32767.f; } // multiply by hsRand to get randoms ranged [0..1]
-int hsRand(void);
-void hsRandSeed(int seed);
-
 #define hsFopen(name, mode) fopen(name, mode)
 
 char** DisplaySystemVersion();
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfAnimation/plRandomCommandMod.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfAnimation/plRandomCommandMod.cpp
index 3601316c..5597752b 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfAnimation/plRandomCommandMod.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfAnimation/plRandomCommandMod.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ int plRandomCommandMod::IExcludeSelections(int ncmds)
 
 float plRandomCommandMod::IGetDelay(float len) const
 {
-    float r = float(hsRand() * kRandNormalize);
+    float r = float(rand() * kRandNormalize);
 
     float delay = fMinDelay + (fMaxDelay - fMinDelay) * r;
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ hsBool plRandomCommandMod::ISelectNext(int ncmds)
         }
         return true;
     }
-    float r = float(hsRand() * kRandNormalize);
+    float r = float(rand() * kRandNormalize);
 
     int nSelect = ncmds;
     
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plDrawable/plSpaceTreeMaker.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plDrawable/plSpaceTreeMaker.cpp
index c5d8c47c..587b1d91 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plDrawable/plSpaceTreeMaker.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plDrawable/plSpaceTreeMaker.cpp
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ int32_t plSpaceTreeMaker::AddLeaf(const hsBounds3Ext& worldBnd, hsBool disable)
 #define MF_DO_3D
 
 #ifdef MF_DO_RAND
-#define MF_SETPOINT(pt,a,b,c) pt.Set(hsRand()/32767.f, hsRand()/32767.f, hsRand()/32767.f)
+#define MF_SETPOINT(pt,a,b,c) pt.Set(rand()/32767.f, rand()/32767.f, rand()/32767.f)
 #else // MF_DO_RAND
 #define MF_SETPOINT(pt,a,b,c) pt.Set(a,b,c)
 #endif // MF_DO_RAND
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plParticleSystem/plParticleGenerator.h b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plParticleSystem/plParticleGenerator.h
index 666f3e2c..908f96cb 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plParticleSystem/plParticleGenerator.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plParticleSystem/plParticleGenerator.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public:
 
     static void ComputeDirection(float pitch, float yaw, hsVector3 &direction);
     static void ComputePitchYaw(float &pitch, float &yaw, const hsVector3 &dir);
-    static inline float GetRandomVar() { return 2.0f * (float)hsRand() / RAND_MAX - 1; } // returns a num between +/- 1.0
+    static inline float GetRandomVar() { return 2.0f * rand() / RAND_MAX - 1; } // returns a num between +/- 1.0
 };
 
 class plSimpleParticleGenerator : public plParticleGenerator