diff --git a/compiler/fn.v b/compiler/fn.v
index 676b4d8366..981e467db2 100644
--- a/compiler/fn.v
+++ b/compiler/fn.v
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) is_sig() bool {
 fn new_fn(mod string, is_public bool) Fn {
 	return Fn {
 		mod: mod
-		local_vars: [Var{}].repeat2(MaxLocalVars)
+		local_vars: [Var{}].repeat(MaxLocalVars)
 		is_public: is_public
 	}
 }
diff --git a/compiler/token.v b/compiler/token.v
index 5a1e2b5ac8..4ff1cd0551 100644
--- a/compiler/token.v
+++ b/compiler/token.v
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ fn build_keys() map[string]int {
 
 // TODO remove once we have `enum Token { name('name') if('if') ... }`
 fn build_token_str() []string {
-	mut s := [''].repeat2(NrTokens)
+	mut s := [''].repeat(NrTokens)
 	s[Token.keyword_beg] = ''
 	s[Token.keyword_end] = ''
 	s[Token.eof] = 'eof'
diff --git a/vlib/builtin/array.v b/vlib/builtin/array.v
index ac06e15a4f..c5be550af9 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/array.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/array.v
@@ -86,21 +86,6 @@ pub fn (a array) repeat(nr_repeats int) array {
 	return arr
 }
 
-// TODO remove
-pub fn (a array) repeat2(nr_repeats int) array {
-	arr := array {
-		len: nr_repeats
-		cap: nr_repeats
-		element_size: a.element_size
-		data: malloc(nr_repeats * a.element_size)
-	}
-	val := a.data + 0 //nr_repeats * a.element_size
-	for i := 0; i < nr_repeats; i++ {
-		C.memcpy(arr.data + i * a.element_size, val, a.element_size)
-	}
-	return arr
-}
-
 pub fn (a mut array) sort_with_compare(compare voidptr) {
 	C.qsort(a.data, a.len, a.element_size, compare)
 }
diff --git a/vlib/builtin/int.v b/vlib/builtin/int.v
index d6d7a97cb7..de20dae328 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/int.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/int.v
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ pub fn (c byte) is_capital() bool {
 }
 
 pub fn (b []byte) clone() []byte {
-	mut res := [byte(0)].repeat2(b.len)
+	mut res := [byte(0)].repeat(b.len)
 	for i := 0; i < b.len; i++ {
 		res[i] = b[i]
 	}
diff --git a/vlib/builtin/js/array.v b/vlib/builtin/js/array.v
index e8235332c0..53fc7582d4 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/js/array.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/js/array.v
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn array_repeat(val voidptr, nr_repeats, elm_size int) array {
 	return val
 }
 
-pub fn (a array) repeat2(nr_repeats int) array {
+pub fn (a array) repeat(nr_repeats int) array {
 	#return Array(a[0]).fill(nr_repeats)
 	return a
 }
diff --git a/vlib/builtin/js/int.v b/vlib/builtin/js/int.v
index cb926ee180..a8c6284439 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/js/int.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/js/int.v
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub fn (c byte) is_capital() bool {
 }
 
 pub fn (b []byte) clone() []byte {
-	mut res := [byte(0)].repeat2(b.len)
+	mut res := [byte(0)].repeat(b.len)
 	for i := 0; i < b.len; i++ {
 		res[i] = b[i]
 	}
diff --git a/vlib/builtin/map.v b/vlib/builtin/map.v
index c84a5b2832..267880916c 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/map.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/map.v
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn preorder_keys(node &mapnode, keys mut []string, key_i int) int {
 }
 
 pub fn (m mut map) keys() []string {
-	mut keys := [''].repeat2(m.size)
+	mut keys := [''].repeat(m.size)
 	if isnil(m.root) {
 		return keys
 	}
diff --git a/vlib/builtin/string.v b/vlib/builtin/string.v
index ac715a4561..6a8f45dfc9 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/string.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/string.v
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ pub fn (s string) index(p string) int {
         if p.len > s.len {
                 return -1
         }
-        mut prefix := [0].repeat2(p.len)
+        mut prefix := [0].repeat(p.len)
         mut j := 0
         for i := 1; i < p.len; i++ {
                 for p[j] != p[i] && j > 0 {
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ pub fn (s string) bytes() []byte {
 	if s.len == 0 {
 		return []byte
 	}
-	mut buf := [byte(0)].repeat2(s.len)
+	mut buf := [byte(0)].repeat(s.len)
 	C.memcpy(buf.data, s.str, s.len)
 	return buf
 }
diff --git a/vlib/strings/similarity.v b/vlib/strings/similarity.v
index 7ae64fa35c..d3dbb6454f 100644
--- a/vlib/strings/similarity.v
+++ b/vlib/strings/similarity.v
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module strings
 // use levenshtein distance algorithm to calculate
 // the distance between between two strings (lower is closer)
 pub fn levenshtein_distance(a, b string) int {
-	mut f := [0].repeat2(b.len+1)
+	mut f := [0].repeat(b.len+1)
 	for ca in a {
 		mut j := 1
 		mut fj1 := f[0]
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub fn dice_coefficient(s1, s2 string) f32 {
 	mut intersection_size := 0
 	for i := 0; i < b.len-1; i++ {
 		bigram := b.substr(i, i+2)
-		count := if bigram in first_bigrams { first_bigrams[bigram] } else { 0 } 
+		count := if bigram in first_bigrams { first_bigrams[bigram] } else { 0 }
 		if count > 0 {
 			first_bigrams[bigram] = count - 1
 			intersection_size++
diff --git a/vlib/strings/strings.v b/vlib/strings/strings.v
index f7180ab493..76c3b3f0cc 100644
--- a/vlib/strings/strings.v
+++ b/vlib/strings/strings.v
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub fn repeat(c byte, n int) string {
 		return ''
 	}
 	//mut arr := malloc(n + 1)
-	mut arr := [byte(0)].repeat2(n + 1)
+	mut arr := [byte(0)].repeat(n + 1)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		arr[i] = c
 	}