diff --git a/prometheus/internal/almost_equal.go b/prometheus/internal/almost_equal.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ed5abe74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prometheus/internal/almost_equal.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015 Björn Rabenstein
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// The code in this package is copy/paste to avoid a dependency. Hence this file
+// carries the copyright of the original repo.
+// https://github.com/beorn7/floats
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"math"
+)
+
+// minNormalFloat64 is the smallest positive normal value of type float64.
+var minNormalFloat64 = math.Float64frombits(0x0010000000000000)
+
+// AlmostEqualFloat64 returns true if a and b are equal within a relative error
+// of epsilon. See http://floating-point-gui.de/errors/comparison/ for the
+// details of the applied method.
+func AlmostEqualFloat64(a, b, epsilon float64) bool {
+	if a == b {
+		return true
+	}
+	absA := math.Abs(a)
+	absB := math.Abs(b)
+	diff := math.Abs(a - b)
+	if a == 0 || b == 0 || absA+absB < minNormalFloat64 {
+		return diff < epsilon*minNormalFloat64
+	}
+	return diff/math.Min(absA+absB, math.MaxFloat64) < epsilon
+}
+
+// AlmostEqualFloat64s is the slice form of AlmostEqualFloat64.
+func AlmostEqualFloat64s(a, b []float64, epsilon float64) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range a {
+		if !AlmostEqualFloat64(a[i], b[i], epsilon) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/prometheus/internal/difflib.go b/prometheus/internal/difflib.go
index 1ab88fe52..fd45cadc0 100644
--- a/prometheus/internal/difflib.go
+++ b/prometheus/internal/difflib.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -47,97 +46,6 @@ func calculateRatio(matches, length int) float64 {
 	return 1.0
 }
 
-var (
-	// minNormalFloat64 is the smallest positive normal value of type float64.
-	minNormalFloat64 = math.Float64frombits(0x0010000000000000)
-
-	// minNormalFloat32 is the smallest positive normal value of type float32.
-	minNormalFloat32 = math.Float32frombits(0x00800000)
-)
-
-// AlmostEqualFloat64 returns true if a and b are equal within a relative error
-// of epsilon. See http://floating-point-gui.de/errors/comparison/ for the
-// details of the applied method.
-//
-// This function is copy/paste to avoid a dependency.
-// https://github.com/beorn7/floats
-func AlmostEqualFloat64(a, b, epsilon float64) bool {
-	if a == b {
-		return true
-	}
-	absA := math.Abs(a)
-	absB := math.Abs(b)
-	diff := math.Abs(a - b)
-	if a == 0 || b == 0 || absA+absB < minNormalFloat64 {
-		return diff < epsilon*minNormalFloat64
-	}
-	return diff/math.Min(absA+absB, math.MaxFloat64) < epsilon
-}
-
-// AlmostEqualFloat64s is the slice form of AlmostEqualFloat64.
-func AlmostEqualFloat64s(a, b []float64, epsilon float64) bool {
-	if len(a) != len(b) {
-		return false
-	}
-	for i := range a {
-		if !AlmostEqualFloat64(a[i], b[i], epsilon) {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-// AlmostEqualFloat32 returns true if a and b are equal within a relative error
-// of epsilon. See http://floating-point-gui.de/errors/comparison/ for the
-// details of the applied method.
-//
-// This function is copy/paste to avoid a dependency.
-// https://github.com/beorn7/floats
-func AlmostEqualFloat32(a, b, epsilon float32) bool {
-	if a == b {
-		return true
-	}
-	absA := AbsFloat32(a)
-	absB := AbsFloat32(b)
-	diff := AbsFloat32(a - b)
-	if a == 0 || b == 0 || absA+absB < minNormalFloat32 {
-		return diff < epsilon*minNormalFloat32
-	}
-	return diff/MinFloat32(absA+absB, math.MaxFloat32) < epsilon
-}
-
-// AlmostEqualFloat32s is the slice form of AlmostEqualFloat32.
-func AlmostEqualFloat32s(a, b []float32, epsilon float32) bool {
-	if len(a) != len(b) {
-		return false
-	}
-	for i := range a {
-		if !AlmostEqualFloat32(a[i], b[i], epsilon) {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-// AbsFloat32 works like math.Abs, but for float32.
-func AbsFloat32(x float32) float32 {
-	switch {
-	case x < 0:
-		return -x
-	case x == 0:
-		return 0 // return correctly abs(-0)
-	}
-	return x
-}
-
-// MinFloat32 works like math.Min, but for float32.
-func MinFloat32(x, y float32) float32 {
-	if x < y {
-		return x
-	}
-	return y
-}
-
 type Match struct {
 	A    int
 	B    int