diff --git a/basis/random/random.factor b/basis/random/random.factor
index cba194b399..2a1f90c0ff 100644
--- a/basis/random/random.factor
+++ b/basis/random/random.factor
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ ERROR: too-many-samples seq n ;
     secure-random-generator get swap with-random ; inline
 
 : uniform-random-float ( min max -- n )
-    4 random-bytes underlying>> uint deref >float
-    4 random-bytes underlying>> uint deref >float
+    4 random-bytes uint deref >float
+    4 random-bytes uint deref >float
     2.0 32 ^ * +
     [ over - 2.0 -64 ^ * ] dip
     * + ; inline