diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f5b599..b3a4bb9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ set(HEADER_FILES
     math/math.h
     misc/memory.h
     misc/multiarray.h
-    misc/random.h
     misc/traits.h
     misc/levenshtein.h
     tests/testutils.h
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ set(SRC_FILES
     io/nativefilestream.cpp
     io/misc.cpp
     math/math.cpp
-    misc/random.cpp
     misc/levenshtein.cpp
     tests/testutils.cpp)
 
diff --git a/misc/random.cpp b/misc/random.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index a2fd5de..0000000
--- a/misc/random.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-#include "./random.h"
-
-#include <cassert>
-#include <cmath>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <iomanip>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <string>
-
-using namespace std;
-
-/*!
- * \namespace RandomUtilities
- * \brief Contains utility functions for generating random character sequences.
- * \deprecated Might be removed in future release because API is bad and it is not used anymore anyways.
- */
-
-namespace RandomUtilities {
-
-//! @cond
-const char letters[28] = "qwertzuiopasdfghjklyxcvbnm";
-const char capitalLetters[28] = "QWERTZUIOPASDFGHJKLYXCVBNM";
-const char numbers[11] = "1234567890";
-const char symbols[24] = "!\"$%&/()=?'#*+~-_><.:,;";
-//! @endcond
-
-/*!
- * \brief Generates a random character sequence using the given \a randomizer.
- * \deprecated Might be removed in future release because API is bad and it is not used anymore anyways.
- */
-void generateRandomCharacterSequence(char *result, unsigned int length, std::function<int()> randomizer, int highestRandomNumber,
-    bool useSmallLetters, bool useCapitalLetters, bool useNumbers, bool useSymbols, bool useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory)
-{
-    if (length) {
-        return;
-    }
-    signed char categoryCount = 0;
-    bool needSmallLetter = false;
-    bool needCapitalLetter = false;
-    bool needNumber = false;
-    bool needSymbol = false;
-    if (useSmallLetters) {
-        needSmallLetter = useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory;
-        ++categoryCount;
-    }
-    if (useCapitalLetters) {
-        needCapitalLetter = useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory;
-        ++categoryCount;
-    }
-    if (useNumbers) {
-        needNumber = useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory;
-        ++categoryCount;
-    }
-    if (useSymbols) {
-        needSymbol = useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory;
-        ++categoryCount;
-    }
-    signed char neededCharacters = useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory ? categoryCount : 0;
-    if (!categoryCount) {
-        *result = '\0';
-        return;
-    }
-    for (char *i = result, *end = result + length; i < end; ++i) {
-        int category = -1;
-        if ((neededCharacters > 0 && (randomizer() < (highestRandomNumber / 2.0))) || ((end - i) >= neededCharacters)) {
-            if (needSmallLetter)
-                category = 0;
-            if (needCapitalLetter && ((category == -1) || (randomizer() < (highestRandomNumber / 2.0))))
-                category = 1;
-            if (needNumber && ((category == -1) || (randomizer() < (highestRandomNumber / 4.0))))
-                category = 2;
-            if (needSymbol && ((category == -1) || (randomizer() < (highestRandomNumber / 8.0))))
-                category = 3;
-        } else {
-            if (useSmallLetters)
-                category = 0;
-            if (useCapitalLetters && ((category == -1) || (randomizer() < (highestRandomNumber / 2.0))))
-                category = 1;
-            if (useNumbers && ((category == -1) || (randomizer() < (highestRandomNumber / 4.0))))
-                category = 2;
-            if (useSymbols && ((category == -1) || (randomizer() < (highestRandomNumber / 8.0))))
-                category = 3;
-        }
-        switch (category) {
-        case 0:
-            *i = letters[rand() % 26];
-            if (needSmallLetter) {
-                needSmallLetter = false;
-                --neededCharacters;
-            }
-            break;
-        case 1:
-            *i = capitalLetters[rand() % 26];
-            if (needCapitalLetter) {
-                needCapitalLetter = false;
-                --neededCharacters;
-            }
-            break;
-        case 2:
-            *i = numbers[rand() % 9];
-            if (needNumber) {
-                needNumber = false;
-                --neededCharacters;
-            }
-            break;
-        case 3:
-            *i = symbols[rand() % 22];
-            if (needSymbol) {
-                needSymbol = false;
-                --neededCharacters;
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/*!
- * \brief Generates a random character sequence using std::rand().
- * \deprecated Might be removed in future release because API is bad and it is not used anymore anyways.
- */
-void generateRandomCharacterSequence(char *result, unsigned int length, bool useSmallLetters, bool useCapitalLetters, bool useNumbers,
-    bool useSymbols, bool useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory)
-{
-    generateRandomCharacterSequence(
-        result, length, rand, RAND_MAX, useSmallLetters, useCapitalLetters, useNumbers, useSymbols, useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory);
-}
-} // namespace RandomUtilities
diff --git a/misc/random.h b/misc/random.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ef3747..0000000
--- a/misc/random.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef RANDOMUTILS_H
-#define RANDOMUTILS_H
-
-#include "../global.h"
-
-#include <functional>
-
-namespace RandomUtilities {
-
-CPP_UTILITIES_EXPORT void generateRandomCharacterSequence(char *result, unsigned int length, bool useSmallLetters = true,
-    bool useCapitalLetters = true, bool useNumbers = true, bool useSymbols = true, bool useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory = true);
-CPP_UTILITIES_EXPORT void generateRandomCharacterSequence(char *result, unsigned int length, std::function<int()> randomizer, int maximalRandomNumber,
-    bool useSmallLetters = true, bool useCapitalLetters = true, bool useNumbers = true, bool useSymbols = true,
-    bool useAtLeastOneOfEachCategory = true);
-} // namespace RandomUtilities
-
-#endif // RANDOMUTILS_H