diff --git a/model/Texture.cpp b/model/Texture.cpp
index 4ea7eed7..57b661c4 100644
--- a/model/Texture.cpp
+++ b/model/Texture.cpp
@@ -982,11 +982,11 @@ opengl_texture::create( bool const Static ) {
             if (Global.gfx_usegles)
             {
                 if( target == GL_TEXTURE_2D )
-                    glTexStorage2D(target, count_trailing_zeros(std::max(data_width, data_height)) + 1, data_format, data_width, data_height);
+					glTexStorage2D(target, std::countr_zero(static_cast<unsigned int>(std::max(data_width, data_height))) + 1, data_format, data_width, data_height);
                 else if( target == GL_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE )
                     glTexStorage2DMultisample( target, samples, data_format, data_width, data_height, GL_FALSE );
                 else if( target == GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY )
-                    glTexStorage3D( target, count_trailing_zeros( std::max( data_width, data_height ) ) + 1, data_format, data_width, data_height, layers );
+					glTexStorage3D(target, std::countr_zero(static_cast<unsigned int>(std::max(data_width, data_height))) + 1, data_format, data_width, data_height, layers);
                 else if( target == GL_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY )
                     glTexStorage3DMultisample( target, samples, data_format, data_width, data_height, layers, GL_FALSE );
             }
diff --git a/utilities/utilities.cpp b/utilities/utilities.cpp
index c157935f..2c95d652 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.cpp
+++ b/utilities/utilities.cpp
@@ -457,14 +457,4 @@ std::string deserialize_random_set(cParser &Input, char const *Break)
 		// shouldn't ever get here but, eh
 		return "";
 	}
-}
-
-int count_trailing_zeros(uint32_t val)
-{
-	int r = 0;
-
-	for (uint32_t shift = 1; !(val & shift); shift <<= 1)
-		r++;
-
-	return r;
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utilities/utilities.h b/utilities/utilities.h
index 26445a90..d715c1c8 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.h
+++ b/utilities/utilities.h
@@ -380,8 +380,6 @@ glm::dvec3 LoadPoint(class cParser &Input);
 // extracts a group of tokens from provided data stream
 std::string deserialize_random_set(cParser &Input, char const *Break = "\n\r\t ;");
 
-int count_trailing_zeros(uint32_t val);
-
 // extracts a group of <key, value> pairs from provided data stream
 // NOTE: expects no more than single pair per line
 template <typename MapType_> void deserialize_map(MapType_ &Map, cParser &Input)