diff --git a/extra/bootstrap/random/random.factor b/extra/bootstrap/random/random.factor
index b61e002526..b22ee27ebf 100755
--- a/extra/bootstrap/random/random.factor
+++ b/extra/bootstrap/random/random.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 USING: vocabs.loader sequences system
 random random.mersenne-twister combinators init
-namespaces ;
+namespaces random.backend ;
 
 "random.mersenne-twister" require
 
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ namespaces ;
     { [ unix? ] [ "random.unix" require ] }
 } cond
 
+! [ [ 32 random-bits ] with-secure-random <mersenne-twister> random-generator set-global ]
 [ millis <mersenne-twister> random-generator set-global ]
 "generator.random" add-init-hook
diff --git a/extra/random/backend/backend.factor b/extra/random/backend/backend.factor
deleted file mode 100755
index c5243c22bd..0000000000
--- a/extra/random/backend/backend.factor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-! Copyright (C) 2008 Doug Coleman.
-! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: alien.c-types kernel math namespaces sequences
-io.backend io.binary combinators system vocabs.loader ;
-IN: random.backend
-
-SYMBOL: insecure-random-generator
-SYMBOL: secure-random-generator
-SYMBOL: random-generator
-
-GENERIC: seed-random ( tuple seed -- )
-GENERIC: random-32* ( tuple -- r )
-GENERIC: random-bytes* ( n tuple -- bytes )
-
-M: object random-bytes* ( n tuple -- byte-array )
-    swap [ drop random-32* ] with map >c-uint-array ;
-
-M: object random-32* ( tuple -- n ) 4 random-bytes* le> ;
-
-ERROR: no-random-number-generator ;
-
-M: f random-bytes* ( n obj -- * ) no-random-number-generator ;
-
-M: f random-32* ( obj -- * ) no-random-number-generator ;
diff --git a/extra/random/dummy/dummy.factor b/extra/random/dummy/dummy.factor
index a17ef54982..e0cb83c330 100755
--- a/extra/random/dummy/dummy.factor
+++ b/extra/random/dummy/dummy.factor
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-USING: kernel random math accessors random.backend ;
+USING: kernel random math accessors random ;
 IN: random.dummy
 
 TUPLE: random-dummy i ;
diff --git a/extra/random/mersenne-twister/mersenne-twister-tests.factor b/extra/random/mersenne-twister/mersenne-twister-tests.factor
index 9eb546063e..703a0c16e4 100755
--- a/extra/random/mersenne-twister/mersenne-twister-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/random/mersenne-twister/mersenne-twister-tests.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 USING: kernel math random namespaces random.mersenne-twister
-sequences tools.test random.backend ;
+sequences tools.test ;
 IN: random.mersenne-twister.tests
 
 : check-random ( max -- ? )
diff --git a/extra/random/mersenne-twister/mersenne-twister.factor b/extra/random/mersenne-twister/mersenne-twister.factor
index 4eb93f2941..331ae9af82 100755
--- a/extra/random/mersenne-twister/mersenne-twister.factor
+++ b/extra/random/mersenne-twister/mersenne-twister.factor
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 USING: arrays kernel math namespaces sequences system init
 accessors math.ranges combinators.cleave new-effects
-random.backend ;
+random ;
 IN: random.mersenne-twister
 
 <PRIVATE
diff --git a/extra/random/random.factor b/extra/random/random.factor
index 3074cbfb9d..56590adb91 100755
--- a/extra/random/random.factor
+++ b/extra/random/random.factor
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2008 Doug Coleman.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: alien.c-types kernel math namespaces sequences
-io.backend io.binary combinators system vocabs.loader
-random.backend random.mersenne-twister init ;
-USE: prettyprint
+io.backend io.binary combinators system vocabs.loader ;
 IN: random
 
+SYMBOL: insecure-random-generator
+SYMBOL: secure-random-generator
+SYMBOL: random-generator
+
+GENERIC: seed-random ( tuple seed -- )
+GENERIC: random-32* ( tuple -- r )
+GENERIC: random-bytes* ( n tuple -- bytes )
+
+M: object random-bytes* ( n tuple -- byte-array )
+    swap [ drop random-32* ] with map >c-uint-array ;
+
+M: object random-32* ( tuple -- n ) 4 random-bytes* le> ;
+
+ERROR: no-random-number-generator ;
+
+M: f random-bytes* ( n obj -- * ) no-random-number-generator ;
+
+M: f random-32* ( obj -- * ) no-random-number-generator ;
+
 : random-bytes ( n -- r )
     [
         dup 4 rem zero? [ 1+ ] unless
@@ -29,13 +46,3 @@ IN: random
 
 : with-secure-random ( quot -- )
     >r secure-random-generator get r> with-random ; inline
-
-{
-    { [ windows? ] [ "random.windows" require ] }
-    { [ unix? ] [ "random.unix" require ] }
-} cond
-
-[
-    [ 32 random-bits ] with-secure-random
-    <mersenne-twister> random-generator set-global
-] "random" add-init-hook
diff --git a/extra/random/unix/unix.factor b/extra/random/unix/unix.factor
index 78765bc575..51574887e3 100644
--- a/extra/random/unix/unix.factor
+++ b/extra/random/unix/unix.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 USING: alien.c-types io io.files io.nonblocking kernel
-namespaces random.backend io.encodings.binary singleton init
+namespaces random io.encodings.binary singleton init
 accessors ;
 IN: random.unix
 
diff --git a/extra/random/windows/windows.factor b/extra/random/windows/windows.factor
index ef0d10059e..e0c564bc2c 100644
--- a/extra/random/windows/windows.factor
+++ b/extra/random/windows/windows.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 USING: accessors alien.c-types byte-arrays continuations
-kernel windows windows.advapi32 init namespaces
-random.backend ;
+kernel windows windows.advapi32 init namespaces random ;
 IN: random.windows
 
 TUPLE: windows-crypto-context handle ;