diff --git a/application/application.cpp b/application/application.cpp
index 49d493c2..718380c7 100644
--- a/application/application.cpp
+++ b/application/application.cpp
@@ -320,9 +320,11 @@ int eu07_application::init(int Argc, char *Argv[])
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	// the run's seed, settled once and kept in Globals: the engines come out of it
 	if (!Global.random_seed)
-		Global.random_seed = clock_seed();
+		Global.random_seed = std::random_device{}();
 	Global.random_engine.seed(Global.random_seed);
+	Global.local_random_engine.seed(Global.random_seed);
 
 	// configure the OS console according to Globals.ShowSystemConsole.
 	// must run AFTER init_settings (so the ini-loaded value is honoured) and
@@ -1432,7 +1434,6 @@ int eu07_application::init_data()
 
 int eu07_application::init_modes()
 {
-	Global.local_random_engine.seed(clock_seed());
 
 	if ((!Global.network_servers.empty() || Global.network_client) && Global.SceneryFile.empty())
 	{
diff --git a/utilities/utilities.cpp b/utilities/utilities.cpp
index 1f5f0682..92aa28ed 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.cpp
+++ b/utilities/utilities.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Maciej Cierniak
 //#include <sys/types.h>
 //#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <charconv>
-#include <ctime>
 #include <ranges>
 //#ifndef WIN32
 //#include <unistd.h>
@@ -138,12 +137,6 @@ int Random(int min, int max)
 	return dist(Global.random_engine);
 }
 
-std::uint32_t clock_seed()
-{
-	static std::atomic<std::uint32_t> nth{0};
-	return static_cast<std::uint32_t>(std::time({})) + nth.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
-}
-
 std::uint32_t seed_of(std::string const &Text)
 {
 	std::uint32_t number{};
@@ -161,7 +154,7 @@ std::uint32_t seed_of(std::string const &Text)
 
 std::string generate_uuid_v4()
 {
-	static thread_local std::mt19937 generator{clock_seed()};
+	static thread_local std::mt19937 generator{std::random_device{}()};
 	std::uniform_int_distribution<int> dist(0, 255);
 
 	std::array<uint8_t, 16> bytes;
diff --git a/utilities/utilities.h b/utilities/utilities.h
index d013fade..f90bd896 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.h
+++ b/utilities/utilities.h
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ inline long Round(double const f)
 double Random(double a, double b);
 int Random(int min, int max);
 
-// Seed for the random engines: the clock, plus a counter so two engines seeded in
-// the same second do not come out the same.
-std::uint32_t clock_seed();
-
 // The seed a word stands for. A number is taken as it is written; anything else is
 // hashed the way Java's String.hashCode does it, so the same word gives the same
 // world on every platform and every build - which is the whole point of telling
diff --git a/utilities/uuid.hpp b/utilities/uuid.hpp
index ff32f5d2..3326ecf1 100644
--- a/utilities/uuid.hpp
+++ b/utilities/uuid.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public:
 
 
     static UID random() {
-        static thread_local std::mt19937_64 gen{clock_seed()};
+        static thread_local std::mt19937_64 gen{std::random_device{}()};
         UID u;
         uint64_t a = gen();
         uint64_t b = gen();