diff --git a/frontend/menu/rgui.c b/frontend/menu/rgui.c
index 59c5bbb169..04d198f61e 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/rgui.c
+++ b/frontend/menu/rgui.c
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ rgui_handle_t *rgui_init(const char *base_path,
    rgui->userdata = userdata;
    strlcpy(rgui->base_path, base_path, sizeof(rgui->base_path));
 
-   rgui->path_stack = rgui_list_new();
-   rgui->folder_buf = rgui_list_new();
+   rgui->path_stack = (rgui_list_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(rgui_list_t));
+   rgui->folder_buf = (rgui_list_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(rgui_list_t));
    rgui_list_push(rgui->path_stack, base_path, RGUI_FILE_DIRECTORY, 0);
 
    if (font_bmp_buf)
diff --git a/frontend/menu/utils/file_list.c b/frontend/menu/utils/file_list.c
index c650e2115e..da4b8712ac 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/utils/file_list.c
+++ b/frontend/menu/utils/file_list.c
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@ struct rgui_list
    size_t size;
 };
 
-rgui_list_t *rgui_list_new(void)
-{
-   return (rgui_list_t*)calloc(1, sizeof(rgui_list_t));
-}
-
-bool rgui_list_empty(const rgui_list_t *list)
-{
-   return list->size == 0;
-}
-
 void rgui_list_push(rgui_list_t *list,
       const char *path, unsigned type, size_t directory_ptr)
 {
@@ -63,7 +53,7 @@ void rgui_list_push(rgui_list_t *list,
 
 void rgui_list_pop(rgui_list_t *list)
 {
-   if (!rgui_list_empty(list))
+   if (!(list->size == 0))
       free(list->list[--list->size].path);
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/menu/utils/file_list.h b/frontend/menu/utils/file_list.h
index f09817c497..04f86a42ac 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/utils/file_list.h
+++ b/frontend/menu/utils/file_list.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 typedef struct rgui_list rgui_list_t;
 
-rgui_list_t *rgui_list_new(void);
 void rgui_list_free(rgui_list_t *list);
 
 void rgui_list_push(rgui_list_t *list,
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ void rgui_list_push(rgui_list_t *list,
 void rgui_list_pop(rgui_list_t *list);
 void rgui_list_clear(rgui_list_t *list);
 
-bool rgui_list_empty(const rgui_list_t *list);
 void rgui_list_get_last(const rgui_list_t *list,
       const char **path, unsigned *type, size_t *directory_ptr);