diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e1a12ff29..b6bea8109 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-05-03 Dietmar Warning
+ * src/include/ngspice.h, src/main.c: srandom has a macro in ngspice.h as a 
+   central place - should be sufficient also under windows
+
 2008-05-01 Holger Vogt
  * src/frontend/com_hardcopy.c: bug no. 1885979 removed: currentgraph saved 
    and restored after hardcopy. 
diff --git a/src/include/ngspice.h b/src/include/ngspice.h
index 4e10efebb..c08c7c181 100644
--- a/src/include/ngspice.h
+++ b/src/include/ngspice.h
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ struct timeb timebegin;
 #endif
 
 #ifndef HAVE_RANDOM
+#define srandom(a) srand(a)
 #define random rand
-#define srandom srand
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_INDEX
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 8ad9b2634..29b8de26a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #endif /* HAVE_STRING_H */
 
-#if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define  srandom(a) srand(a) /* srandom */
-#endif /* __MINGW32__ */
-
 #include <setjmp.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>