diff --git a/std/encoding/name_pattern.go b/std/encoding/name_pattern.go
index 4311b28b..1384978e 100644
--- a/std/encoding/name_pattern.go
+++ b/std/encoding/name_pattern.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"hash"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/named-data/ndnd/std/utils"
 )
 
 type Name []Component
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ func (n Name) Append(rest ...Component) Name {
 }
 
 func (n Name) Compare(rhs Name) int {
-	for i := 0; i < utils.Min(len(n), len(rhs)); i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < min(len(n), len(rhs)); i++ {
 		if ret := n[i].Compare(rhs[i]); ret != 0 {
 			return ret
 		}
@@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ func (n Name) Compare(rhs Name) int {
 }
 
 func (n NamePattern) Compare(rhs NamePattern) int {
-	for i := 0; i < utils.Min(len(n), len(rhs)); i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < min(len(n), len(rhs)); i++ {
 		if ret := n[i].Compare(rhs[i]); ret != 0 {
 			return ret
 		}
diff --git a/std/schema/rdr/rdr.go b/std/schema/rdr/rdr.go
index f008106d..2119579b 100644
--- a/std/schema/rdr/rdr.go
+++ b/std/schema/rdr/rdr.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (n *SegmentedNode) Provide(mNode schema.MatchedNode, content enc.Wire, need
 		pktContent := enc.Wire{}
 		remSize := n.SegmentSize
 		for remSize > 0 && wireIdx < len(content) && bufferIdx < len(content[wireIdx]) {
-			curSize := int(utils.Min(uint64(len(content[wireIdx])-bufferIdx), remSize))
+			curSize := int(min(uint64(len(content[wireIdx])-bufferIdx), remSize))
 			pktContent = append(pktContent, content[wireIdx][bufferIdx:bufferIdx+curSize])
 			bufferIdx += curSize
 			remSize -= uint64(curSize)
diff --git a/std/schema/svs/sync.go b/std/schema/svs/sync.go
index b2625026..e7170202 100644
--- a/std/schema/svs/sync.go
+++ b/std/schema/svs/sync.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (n *SvsNode) aggregate(remoteSv *spec_svs.StateVector) {
 				SeqNo: cur.SeqNo,
 			})
 		} else {
-			n.aggSv.Entries[li].SeqNo = utils.Max(n.aggSv.Entries[li].SeqNo, cur.SeqNo)
+			n.aggSv.Entries[li].SeqNo = max(n.aggSv.Entries[li].SeqNo, cur.SeqNo)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func (n *SvsNode) onAttach(event *schema.Event) any {
 	n.state = SyncSteady
 	n.missChan = make(chan MissingData, n.ChannelSize)
 	// The first sync Interest should be sent out ASAP
-	n.cancelSyncTimer = n.timer.Schedule(utils.Min(n.getSyncIntv(), 100*time.Millisecond), n.onSyncTimer)
+	n.cancelSyncTimer = n.timer.Schedule(min(n.getSyncIntv(), 100*time.Millisecond), n.onSyncTimer)
 
 	n.stopChan = make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	if len(n.OnMissingData.Val()) > 0 {
diff --git a/std/utils/utils.go b/std/utils/utils.go
index 7f8c78c9..4f3c22c5 100644
--- a/std/utils/utils.go
+++ b/std/utils/utils.go
@@ -21,28 +21,14 @@ func ConvIntPtr[A, B constraints.Integer](a *A) *B {
 	}
 }
 
-func Min[T constraints.Ordered](a, b T) T {
-	if a < b {
-		return a
-	}
-	return b
-}
-
-func Max[T constraints.Ordered](a, b T) T {
-	if a > b {
-		return a
-	}
-	return b
-}
-
 func MakeTimestamp(t time.Time) uint64 {
 	return uint64(t.UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond))
 }
 
 func ConvertNonce(nonce []byte) *uint64 {
-	ret := uint64(0)
-	for _, v := range nonce {
-		ret = ret*256 + uint64(v)
+	x := uint64(0)
+	for _, b := range nonce {
+		x = (x << 8) | uint64(b)
 	}
-	return &ret
+	return &x
 }
diff --git a/std/utils/utils_test.go b/std/utils/utils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..986a86e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/std/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package utils_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/named-data/ndnd/std/utils"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestIdPtr(t *testing.T) {
+	utils.SetTestingT(t)
+
+	p := utils.IdPtr(uint64(42))
+	require.Equal(t, uint64(42), *p)
+}
+
+func TestMakeTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	utils.SetTestingT(t)
+
+	date := time.Date(2021, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	require.Equal(t, uint64(1609459200000), utils.MakeTimestamp(date))
+}
+
+func TestConvertNonce(t *testing.T) {
+	utils.SetTestingT(t)
+
+	nonce := []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06}
+	require.Equal(t, uint64(0x010203040506), *utils.ConvertNonce(nonce))
+
+	nonce = []byte{0x42, 0x1C, 0xE1, 0x4B, 0x99, 0xFA, 0xA3}
+	require.Equal(t, uint64(0x421ce14b99faa3), *utils.ConvertNonce(nonce))
+}