diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/include/common.h b/polymer/eduke32/build/include/common.h
index cd0bf622f..9028714a4 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/include/common.h
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/include/common.h
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
 #ifndef EDUKE32_COMMON_H_
 #define EDUKE32_COMMON_H_
 
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include "scriptfile.h"
 #include "cache1d.h"
+#include "pragmas.h"  // klabs
+#include "build.h"
+
 
 #ifdef EXTERNC
 extern "C" {
@@ -82,6 +86,42 @@ int32_t fnlist_getnames(fnlist_t *fnl, const char *dirname, const char *pattern,
 char *dup_filename(const char *fn);
 int32_t maybe_append_ext(char *wbuf, int32_t wbufsiz, const char *fn, const char *ext);
 
+// Approximations to 2D and 3D Euclidean distances. Initial EDuke32 SVN import says
+// in jmact/mathutil.c: "Ken's reverse-engineering job".
+// Note that jmact/mathutil.c contains practically the same code, but where the
+// individual x/y(/z) distances are passed instead.
+static inline int32_t sepldist(const int32_t dx, const int32_t dy)
+{
+    int32_t x = klabs(dx);
+    int32_t y = klabs(dy);
+
+    if (x < y)
+        swaplong(&x, &y);
+
+    {
+        int32_t t = y + (y>>1);
+        return x - (x>>5) - (x>>7) + (t>>2) + (t>>6);
+    }
+}
+
+// dz: in Build coordinates
+static inline int32_t sepdist(int32_t dx, int32_t dy, int32_t dz)
+{
+    int32_t x = klabs(dx);
+    int32_t y = klabs(dy);
+    int32_t z = klabs(dz>>4);
+
+    if (x < y)
+        swaplong(&x, &y);
+    if (x < z)
+        swaplong(&x, &z);
+
+    {
+        int32_t t = y + z;
+        return x - (x>>4) + (t>>2) + (t>>3);
+    }
+}
+
 int32_t ldist(const spritetype *s1, const spritetype *s2);
 int32_t dist(const spritetype *s1, const spritetype *s2);
 
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/common.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/common.c
index 9d2b7590f..810ad97e2 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/common.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/common.c
@@ -197,36 +197,14 @@ int32_t maybe_append_ext(char *wbuf, int32_t wbufsiz, const char *fn, const char
 }
 
 
-// Approximations to 2D and 3D Euclidean distances. Initial EDuke32 SVN import says
-// in jmact/mathutil.c: "Ken's reverse-engineering job".
-// Note that jmact/mathutil.c contains practically the same code, but where the
-// individual x/y(/z) distances are passed instead.
 int32_t ldist(const spritetype *s1, const spritetype *s2)
 {
-    int32_t x = klabs(s1->x-s2->x);
-    int32_t y = klabs(s1->y-s2->y);
-
-    if (x<y) swaplong(&x,&y);
-
-    {
-        int32_t t = y + (y>>1);
-        return (x - (x>>5) - (x>>7)  + (t>>2) + (t>>6));
-    }
+    return sepldist(s1->x-s2->x, s1->y-s2->y);
 }
 
 int32_t dist(const spritetype *s1, const spritetype *s2)
 {
-    int32_t x = klabs(s1->x-s2->x);
-    int32_t y = klabs(s1->y-s2->y);
-    int32_t z = klabs((s1->z-s2->z)>>4);
-
-    if (x<y) swaplong(&x,&y);
-    if (x<z) swaplong(&x,&z);
-
-    {
-        int32_t t = y + z;
-        return (x - (x>>4) + (t>>2) + (t>>3));
-    }
+    return sepdist(s1->x-s2->x, s1->y-s2->y, s1->z-s2->z);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/jmact/mathutil.c b/polymer/eduke32/source/jmact/mathutil.c
index 06803ce94..b43469e85 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/jmact/mathutil.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/jmact/mathutil.c
@@ -31,29 +31,14 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 */
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#include <limits.h>
-#include "compat.h"
-#include "pragmas.h"
-
-// I wonder if it's faster to use Ken's functions here...
+#include "common.h"
 
 int32_t FindDistance2D(int32_t x, int32_t y)
 {
-    if ((x=klabs(x)) < (y=klabs(y))) swaplong(&x,&y);
-
-    {
-        int32_t t = y + (y>>1);
-        return (x - (x>>5) - (x>>7)  + (t>>2) + (t>>6));
-    }
+    return sepldist(x, y);
 }
 
 int32_t FindDistance3D(int32_t x, int32_t y, int32_t z)
 {
-    if ((x=klabs(x)) < (y=klabs(y))) swaplong(&x,&y);
-    if (x < (z=klabs(z))) swaplong(&x,&z);
-
-    {
-        int32_t t = y + z;
-        return (x - (x>>4) + (t>>2) + (t>>3));
-    }
+    return sepdist(x, y, z);
 }