diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
index 3bb1107083..9b7bf58bbe 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
@@ -24,16 +24,12 @@
 #define ZERO(x)					memset(&x, 0, sizeof(x))
 #define COPY(a,b)				{ ASSERT(sizeof(a)==sizeof(b)); memcpy(&a, &b, sizeof(a)); }
 
-/* Common harmless mismatches. */
-/* replace both with a single function (same with max)
- * --Steve */
-#ifndef min
-inline float min(float a, float b) { return a < b? a:b; }
-#endif
-
-#ifndef max
-inline float max(float a, float b) { return a > b? a:b; }
-#endif
+/* Common harmless mismatches.  All min(T,T) and max(T,T) cases are handled
+ * by the generic template we get from <algorithm>. */
+inline float min(float a, int b) { return a < b? a:b; }
+inline float min(int a, float b) { return a < b? a:b; }
+inline float max(float a, int b) { return a > b? a:b; }
+inline float max(int a, float b) { return a > b? a:b; }
 
 /* Traditional defines.  Only use this if you absolutely need
  * a constant value. */
diff --git a/stepmania/src/global.h b/stepmania/src/global.h
index 68f422d70f..d6ffae2b5d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/global.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/global.h
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ inline const T& min(const T &a, const T &b, P Pr)
 #endif
 
 /* Define a few functions if necessary */
+/* This is the wrong way to do this; see my post to sm-devs. -glenn */
+#if 0
 #ifndef powf
 #define powf (float)pow
 #endif
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ inline const T& min(const T &a, const T &b, P Pr)
 #ifndef acosf
 #define acosf (float)acos
 #endif
+#endif
 
 /* Don't include our own headers here, since they tend to change
  * often. */