diff --git a/qpms/ewald.c b/qpms/ewald.c
index 1e30483..c992c50 100644
--- a/qpms/ewald.c
+++ b/qpms/ewald.c
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
 #define M_SQRTPI 1.7724538509055160272981674833411452
 #endif
 
-#define MAX(x,y) ((x)<(y)?(y):(x))
-#define MIN(x,y) ((x)<(y)?(x):(y))
-
 
 // sloppy implementation of factorial
 static inline double factorial(const int n) {
diff --git a/qpms/tiny_inlines.h b/qpms/tiny_inlines.h
index b07c271..4531b4a 100644
--- a/qpms/tiny_inlines.h
+++ b/qpms/tiny_inlines.h
@@ -45,4 +45,17 @@ static inline complex double ipow(int x) {
 
 static inline int isq(int x) {return x * x;}
 
+#ifndef MIN
+#define MIN(x, y) (((x) < (y)) ? (x) : (y))
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MAX
+#define MAX(x, y) (((x) >= (y)) ? (x) : (y))
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SQ
+#define SQ(x) ((x) * (x))
+#endif
+
+
 #endif // TINY_INLINES_H
diff --git a/qpms/tmatrices.c b/qpms/tmatrices.c
index 44b8ed0..5ae6beb 100644
--- a/qpms/tmatrices.c
+++ b/qpms/tmatrices.c
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@
 #define ELECTRONVOLT (1.602176487e-19)
 #define SCUFF_OMEGAUNIT (3e14)
 
-#define SQ(x) ((x)*(x))
-#define MAX(x,y) ((x) < (y) ? (y) : (x))
-#define MIN(x,y) ((x) > (y) ? (y) : (x))
-
 qpms_tmatrix_t *qpms_tmatrix_init(const qpms_vswf_set_spec_t *bspec) {
   qpms_tmatrix_t *t;
   QPMS_CRASHING_MALLOC(t, sizeof(qpms_tmatrix_t));
diff --git a/qpms/translations.c b/qpms/translations.c
index 5a00b19..b175ece 100644
--- a/qpms/translations.c
+++ b/qpms/translations.c
@@ -308,8 +308,6 @@ static inline size_t qpms_trans_calculator_index_yyu(const qpms_trans_calculator
 }
 
 
-#define SQ(x) ((x)*(x))
-
 static inline double fsq(double x) {return x * x; }
 
 static void qpms_trans_calculator_multipliers_A(
diff --git a/qpms/wigner.c b/qpms/wigner.c
index bf16c65..07bd43c 100644
--- a/qpms/wigner.c
+++ b/qpms/wigner.c
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 #include "kahansum.h"
 #define WIGNER_ATOL (1e-15)
 
-#define MIN(a,b) ((a)<(b)?(a):b)
-#define MAX(a,b) ((a)>(b)?(a):b)
-
 complex double qpms_wignerD_elem(const qpms_quat_t R,
     const qpms_l_t l, const qpms_m_t mp, const qpms_m_t m) {
   // TODO do some optimisations... The combinatoric coeffs could be precomputed.