diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index 0872fc949c..7edcb365eb 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 int randseed = time(NULL);
 
 // From "Numerical Recipes in C".
-float RandomFloat( int &seed )
+static float RandomFloatFromSeed( int &seed )
 {
 	const int MASK = 123459876;
 	seed ^= MASK;
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ float RandomFloat( int &seed )
 	return ans;
 }
 
+float RandomFloat()
+{
+	return RandomFloatFromSeed( randseed );
+}
+
 RandomGen::RandomGen( unsigned long seed_ )
 {
 	seed = seed_;
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ RandomGen::RandomGen( unsigned long seed_ )
 
 int RandomGen::operator() ( int n )
 {
-	float f = RandomFloat(seed) * (n);
+	float f = RandomFloatFromSeed(seed) * (n);
 	int ans = int(f);
 	return ans;
 }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
index 62f01ab07e..4e885d3e22 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
@@ -227,14 +227,8 @@ inline uint32_t Swap24LE( uint32_t n ) { return Swap24( n ); }
 inline uint16_t Swap16LE( uint16_t n ) { return Swap16( n ); }
 #endif
 
-extern int randseed;
-
-float RandomFloat( int &seed );	// [0.0f,1.0f)
-
-inline float RandomFloat()
-{
-	return RandomFloat( randseed );
-}
+// [0.0f,1.0f)
+float RandomFloat();
 
 // Returns a float between dLow and dHigh inclusive
 inline float RandomFloat( float fLow, float fHigh )