3 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/rand/rand.go b/src/pkg/rand/rand.go
index 8c1219a7a..459aed1db 100644
--- a/src/pkg/rand/rand.go
+++ b/src/pkg/rand/rand.go
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ func (r *Rand) Float64() float64 { return float64(r.Int63()) / (1 << 63) }
 // Float32 returns, as a float32, a pseudo-random number in [0.0,1.0).
 func (r *Rand) Float32() float32 { return float32(r.Float64()) }
 
-// Float returns, as a float, a pseudo-random number in [0.0,1.0).
-func (r *Rand) Float() float { return float(r.Float64()) }
-
 // Perm returns, as a slice of n ints, a pseudo-random permutation of the integers [0,n).
 func (r *Rand) Perm(n int) []int {
 	m := make([]int, n)
@@ -140,9 +137,6 @@ func Float64() float64 { return globalRand.Float64() }
 // Float32 returns, as a float32, a pseudo-random number in [0.0,1.0).
 func Float32() float32 { return globalRand.Float32() }
 
-// Float returns, as a float, a pseudo-random number in [0.0,1.0).
-func Float() float { return globalRand.Float() }
-
 // Perm returns, as a slice of n ints, a pseudo-random permutation of the integers [0,n).
 func Perm(n int) []int { return globalRand.Perm(n) }
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/rand/rand_test.go b/src/pkg/rand/rand_test.go
index b9bf43208..2476ebaf6 100644
--- a/src/pkg/rand/rand_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/rand/rand_test.go
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ func TestStandardNormalValues(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNonStandardNormalValues(t *testing.T) {
-	for sd := float64(0.5); sd < 1000; sd *= 2 {
-		for m := float64(0.5); m < 1000; m *= 2 {
+	for sd := 0.5; sd < 1000; sd *= 2 {
+		for m := 0.5; m < 1000; m *= 2 {
 			for _, seed := range testSeeds {
 				testNormalDistribution(t, numTestSamples, m, sd, seed)
 			}
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func TestStandardExponentialValues(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNonStandardExponentialValues(t *testing.T) {
-	for rate := float64(0.05); rate < 10; rate *= 2 {
+	for rate := 0.05; rate < 10; rate *= 2 {
 		for _, seed := range testSeeds {
 			testExponentialDistribution(t, numTestSamples, rate, seed)
 		}
diff --git a/src/pkg/rand/zipf.go b/src/pkg/rand/zipf.go
index c4e7b7d93..38e8ec516 100644
--- a/src/pkg/rand/zipf.go
+++ b/src/pkg/rand/zipf.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewZipf(r *Rand, s float64, v float64, imax uint64) *Zipf {
 // Uint64 returns a value drawn from the Zipf distributed described
 // by the Zipf object.
 func (z *Zipf) Uint64() uint64 {
-	k := float64(0.0)
+	k := 0.0
 
 	for {
 		r := z.r.Float64() // r on [0,1]