diff --git a/afl/src/events/llmp.rs b/afl/src/events/llmp.rs
index 43446acec1..ab470390e2 100644
--- a/afl/src/events/llmp.rs
+++ b/afl/src/events/llmp.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use super::shmem::{ShMem, ShMemDescription};
-use crate::utils::next_pow2;
 use crate::AflError;
 
 /// We'll start off with 256 megabyte maps per fuzzer client
@@ -155,10 +154,11 @@ fn msg_offset_from_env(env_name: &str) -> Result<Option<u64>, AflError> {
 /// largest messages we encountered (plus message one new_page message).
 #[inline]
 fn new_map_size(max_alloc: usize) -> usize {
-    next_pow2(max(
+    max(
         max_alloc * 2 + EOP_MSG_SIZE + LLMP_PAGE_HEADER_LEN,
         LLMP_PREF_INITIAL_MAP_SIZE,
-    ) as u64) as usize
+    )
+    .next_power_of_two()
 }
 
 /// Initialize a new llmp_page. size should be relative to
diff --git a/afl/src/inputs/bytes.rs b/afl/src/inputs/bytes.rs
index f2e5d8829e..308ff26e59 100644
--- a/afl/src/inputs/bytes.rs
+++ b/afl/src/inputs/bytes.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl BytesInput {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::utils::{next_pow2, Rand, StdRand};
+    use crate::utils::{Rand, StdRand};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_input() {
@@ -70,13 +70,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(rand.between(10, 10), 10);
         assert!(rand.between(11, 20) > 10);
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_next_pow2() {
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(0), 0);
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(1), 1);
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(2), 2);
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(3), 4);
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(1000), 1024);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/afl/src/utils.rs b/afl/src/utils.rs
index 8b38da47a7..bcba188d07 100644
--- a/afl/src/utils.rs
+++ b/afl/src/utils.rs
@@ -441,23 +441,11 @@ impl XKCDRand {
     }
 }
 
-/// Get the next higher power of two
-#[inline]
-pub const fn next_pow2(val: u64) -> u64 {
-    let mut out = val.wrapping_sub(1);
-    out |= out >> 1;
-    out |= out >> 2;
-    out |= out >> 4;
-    out |= out >> 8;
-    out |= out >> 16;
-    out.wrapping_add(1)
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     //use xxhash_rust::xxh3::xxh3_64_with_seed;
 
-    use crate::utils::{next_pow2, Rand, StdRand};
+    use crate::utils::{Rand, StdRand};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_rand() {
@@ -481,14 +469,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(rand.between(10, 10), 10);
         assert!(rand.between(11, 20) > 10);
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_next_pow2() {
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(0), 0);
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(1), 1);
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(2), 2);
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(3), 4);
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(1000), 1024);
-        assert_eq!(next_pow2(0xFFFFFFFF as u64), (0xFFFFFFFF as u64) + 1);
-    }
 }