diff --git a/algo/algo.go b/algo/algo.go
index 9fa247c..0b7ec79 100644
--- a/algo/algo.go
+++ b/algo/algo.go
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"git.dotya.ml/wanderer/math-optim/stats"
 )
 
-// Values type is just a fancy named []float64 that will allow us to define
-// methods over it.
-type Values []float64
-
 // mu protects access to meanStats.
 var mu sync.Mutex
 
@@ -125,8 +121,3 @@ func DoStochasticHillClimbing(wg *sync.WaitGroup, m *sync.Mutex) {
 	stats.SaveTable(algoName, algoStats)
 	m.Unlock()
 }
-
-func newValues() *Values {
-	var v Values
-	return &v
-}
diff --git a/algo/algo_test.go b/algo/algo_test.go
index 9ac84c0..c459bc8 100644
--- a/algo/algo_test.go
+++ b/algo/algo_test.go
@@ -54,9 +54,3 @@ func TestDoSHCExec(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("picsDir should have already been cleaned up")
 	}
 }
-
-func TestNewValues(t *testing.T) {
-	if v := newValues(); v == nil {
-		t.Error("failed to get values from newValues()")
-	}
-}