diff --git a/src/util/u_vector.c b/src/util/u_vector.c
index 3c5593da77a..cd23b963e01 100644
--- a/src/util/u_vector.c
+++ b/src/util/u_vector.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ u_vector_add(struct u_vector *vector)
           * piece goes to the right locations.  Thanks to the change in
           * size, it may or may not still wrap around.
           */
-         split = u_align_u32(vector->tail, vector->size);
+         split = align(vector->tail, vector->size);
          assert(vector->tail <= split && split < vector->head);
          memcpy((char *)data + dst_tail, (char *)vector->data + src_tail,
                 split - vector->tail);
diff --git a/src/util/u_vector.h b/src/util/u_vector.h
index 5a1a0893429..50e706e32fc 100644
--- a/src/util/u_vector.h
+++ b/src/util/u_vector.h
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/* TODO - move to u_math.h - name it better etc */
-static inline uint32_t
-u_align_u32(uint32_t v, uint32_t a)
-{
-   assert(a != 0 && a == (a & -((int32_t) a)));
-   return (v + a - 1) & ~(a - 1);
-}
-
 struct u_vector {
    uint32_t head;
    uint32_t tail;