diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index f4537b04..854b13bf 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-__precompile__(true)
-
 module Plots
 
 using Reexport
diff --git a/src/components.jl b/src/components.jl
index 8ca11574..8635c71b 100644
--- a/src/components.jl
+++ b/src/components.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ nanpush!(a::AbstractVector{P2}, b) = (push!(a, P2(NaN,NaN)); push!(a, b))
 nanappend!(a::AbstractVector{P2}, b) = (push!(a, P2(NaN,NaN)); append!(a, b))
 nanpush!(a::AbstractVector{P3}, b) = (push!(a, P3(NaN,NaN,NaN)); push!(a, b))
 nanappend!(a::AbstractVector{P3}, b) = (push!(a, P3(NaN,NaN,NaN)); append!(a, b))
-compute_angle(v::P2) = (angle = atan2(v[2], v[1]); angle < 0 ? 2π - angle : angle)
+compute_angle(v::P2) = (angle = atan(v[2], v[1]); angle < 0 ? 2π - angle : angle)
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index 8b6cda82..c1442686 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = is
     backend()
 
     # ensure consistent results
-    srand(1234)
+    Random.seed!(1234)
 
     # reference image directory setup
     # refdir = joinpath(Pkg.dir("ExamplePlots"), "test", "refimg", string(pkg))
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 280c698f..fd9f00bf 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module PlotsTests
 include("imgcomp.jl")
 
 # don't actually show the plots
-srand(1234)
+Random.seed!(1234)
 default(show=false, reuse=true)
 img_eps = isinteractive() ? 1e-2 : 10e-2