diff --git a/src/game/client/c_smokestack.cpp b/src/game/client/c_smokestack.cpp
index c2c0a9f0d..7d2eac62d 100644
--- a/src/game/client/c_smokestack.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/c_smokestack.cpp
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ void C_SmokeStack::RenderParticles( CParticleRenderIterator *pIterator )
 		// makes it get translucent and fade out for a longer time.
 		//float alpha = cosf( -M_PI_F + tLifetime * M_PI_F * 2.f ) * 0.5f + 0.5f;
 		float tLifetime = pParticle->m_Lifetime * m_InvLifetime;
-		float alpha = TableCos( -M_PI_F + tLifetime * M_PI_F * 2.f ) * 0.5f + 0.5f;
+		float alpha = FastCos( -M_PI_F + tLifetime * M_PI_F * 2.f ) * 0.5f + 0.5f;
 		if( tLifetime > 0.5f )
 			alpha *= alpha;
 
diff --git a/src/mathlib/mathlib_base.cpp b/src/mathlib/mathlib_base.cpp
index 61d677978..8a8ef75f3 100644
--- a/src/mathlib/mathlib_base.cpp
+++ b/src/mathlib/mathlib_base.cpp
@@ -115,15 +115,6 @@ float (*pfInvRSquared)(const float* v) = _InvRSquared;
 void  (*pfFastSinCos)(float x, float* s, float* c) = SinCos;
 float (*pfFastCos)(float x) = cosf;
 
-float SinCosTable[SIN_TABLE_SIZE];
-void InitSinCosTable()
-{
-	for( int i = 0; i < SIN_TABLE_SIZE; i++ )
-	{
-		SinCosTable[i] = sin(i * 2.0 * M_PI / SIN_TABLE_SIZE);
-	}
-}
-
 qboolean VectorsEqual( const float *v1, const float *v2 )
 {
 	Assert( s_bMathlibInitialized );
@@ -3402,7 +3393,6 @@ void MathLib_Init( float gamma, float texGamma, float brightness, int overbright
 
 	s_bMathlibInitialized = true;
 
-	InitSinCosTable();
 	BuildGammaTable( gamma, texGamma, brightness, overbright );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/public/mathlib/mathlib.h b/src/public/mathlib/mathlib.h
index 01107d199..f85c225ad 100644
--- a/src/public/mathlib/mathlib.h
+++ b/src/public/mathlib/mathlib.h
@@ -436,34 +436,14 @@ inline vec_t RoundInt (vec_t in)
 
 int Q_log2(int val);
 
-#define SIN_TABLE_SIZE	256
-#define FTOIBIAS		12582912.f
-extern float SinCosTable[SIN_TABLE_SIZE];
-
 inline float TableCos( float theta )
 {
-	union
-	{
-		int i;
-		float f;
-	} ftmp;
-
-	// ideally, the following should compile down to: theta * constant + constant, changing any of these constants from defines sometimes fubars this.
-	ftmp.f = theta * ( float )( SIN_TABLE_SIZE / ( 2.0f * M_PI ) ) + ( FTOIBIAS + ( SIN_TABLE_SIZE / 4 ) );
-	return SinCosTable[ ftmp.i & ( SIN_TABLE_SIZE - 1 ) ];
+	return FastCos( theta );
 }
 
 inline float TableSin( float theta )
 {
-	union
-	{
-		int i;
-		float f;
-	} ftmp;
-
-	// ideally, the following should compile down to: theta * constant + constant
-	ftmp.f = theta * ( float )( SIN_TABLE_SIZE / ( 2.0f * M_PI ) ) + FTOIBIAS;
-	return SinCosTable[ ftmp.i & ( SIN_TABLE_SIZE - 1 ) ];
+	return sinf( theta );
 }
 
 template<class T>