diff --git a/mk/crates.mk b/mk/crates.mk
index 67bd967a974..e4b56696b39 100644
--- a/mk/crates.mk
+++ b/mk/crates.mk
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 TARGET_CRATES := std extra green rustuv native flate arena glob term semver \
-                 uuid serialize sync getopts collections num test time
+                 uuid serialize sync getopts collections num test time rand
 HOST_CRATES := syntax rustc rustdoc fourcc hexfloat
 CRATES := $(TARGET_CRATES) $(HOST_CRATES)
 TOOLS := compiletest rustdoc rustc
 
 DEPS_std := native:rustrt native:compiler-rt
-DEPS_extra := std term sync serialize getopts collections time
-DEPS_green := std native:context_switch
+DEPS_extra := std term sync serialize getopts collections time rand
+DEPS_green := std rand native:context_switch
 DEPS_rustuv := std native:uv native:uv_support
 DEPS_native := std
 DEPS_syntax := std term serialize collections
@@ -71,15 +71,16 @@ DEPS_glob := std
 DEPS_serialize := std collections
 DEPS_term := std collections
 DEPS_semver := std
-DEPS_uuid := std serialize
+DEPS_uuid := std serialize rand
 DEPS_sync := std
 DEPS_getopts := std
-DEPS_collections := std
+DEPS_collections := std rand
 DEPS_fourcc := syntax std
 DEPS_hexfloat := syntax std
-DEPS_num := std
+DEPS_num := std rand
 DEPS_test := std extra collections getopts serialize term
 DEPS_time := std serialize
+DEPS_rand := std
 
 TOOL_DEPS_compiletest := test green rustuv getopts
 TOOL_DEPS_rustdoc := rustdoc native
diff --git a/src/etc/ziggurat_tables.py b/src/etc/ziggurat_tables.py
index d1980cec2ed..762f9565b78 100755
--- a/src/etc/ziggurat_tables.py
+++ b/src/etc/ziggurat_tables.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # except according to those terms.
 
 # This creates the tables used for distributions implemented using the
-# ziggurat algorithm in `std::rand::distributions;`. They are
+# ziggurat algorithm in `rand::distributions;`. They are
 # (basically) the tables as used in the ZIGNOR variant (Doornik 2005).
 # They are changed rarely, so the generated file should be checked in
 # to git.
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/exponential.rs b/src/librand/distributions/exponential.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from src/libstd/rand/distributions/exponential.rs
rename to src/librand/distributions/exponential.rs
index 2fa9cf8bd48..369828d5969 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/exponential.rs
+++ b/src/librand/distributions/exponential.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 //! The exponential distribution.
 
-use num::Float;
-use rand::{Rng, Rand};
-use rand::distributions::{ziggurat, ziggurat_tables, Sample, IndependentSample};
+use std::num::Float;
+use {Rng, Rand};
+use distributions::{ziggurat, ziggurat_tables, Sample, IndependentSample};
 
 /// A wrapper around an `f64` to generate Exp(1) random numbers.
 ///
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ impl Rand for Exp1 {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::distributions::{Exp, IndependentSample};
+/// use rand::distributions::{Exp, IndependentSample};
 ///
 /// let exp = Exp::new(2.0);
 /// let v = exp.ind_sample(&mut rand::task_rng());
@@ -91,10 +90,9 @@ impl IndependentSample<f64> for Exp {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use rand::distributions::*;
-    use prelude::*;
-    use rand::*;
-    use super::*;
+    use distributions::{Sample, IndependentSample};
+    use {Rng, task_rng};
+    use super::Exp;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_exp() {
@@ -121,11 +119,10 @@ mod test {
 mod bench {
     extern crate test;
     use self::test::BenchHarness;
-    use mem::size_of;
-    use prelude::*;
-    use rand::{XorShiftRng, RAND_BENCH_N};
-    use super::*;
-    use rand::distributions::*;
+    use std::mem::size_of;
+    use {XorShiftRng, RAND_BENCH_N};
+    use super::Exp;
+    use distributions::Sample;
 
     #[bench]
     fn rand_exp(bh: &mut BenchHarness) {
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/gamma.rs b/src/librand/distributions/gamma.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from src/libstd/rand/distributions/gamma.rs
rename to src/librand/distributions/gamma.rs
index b9702ccd48d..029333cd788 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/gamma.rs
+++ b/src/librand/distributions/gamma.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 //! The Gamma and derived distributions.
 
-use num::Float;
-use num;
-use rand::{Rng, Open01};
+use std::num::Float;
+use std::num;
+use {Rng, Open01};
 use super::normal::StandardNormal;
 use super::{IndependentSample, Sample, Exp};
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use super::{IndependentSample, Sample, Exp};
 ///
 /// The density function of this distribution is
 ///
-/// ```ignore
+/// ```notrust
 /// f(x) =  x^(k - 1) * exp(-x / θ) / (Γ(k) * θ^k)
 /// ```
 ///
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ use super::{IndependentSample, Sample, Exp};
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::distributions::{IndependentSample, Gamma};
+/// use rand::distributions::{IndependentSample, Gamma};
 ///
 /// let gamma = Gamma::new(2.0, 5.0);
 /// let v = gamma.ind_sample(&mut rand::task_rng());
@@ -179,8 +178,7 @@ impl IndependentSample<f64> for GammaLargeShape {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::distributions::{ChiSquared, IndependentSample};
+/// use rand::distributions::{ChiSquared, IndependentSample};
 ///
 /// let chi = ChiSquared::new(11.0);
 /// let v = chi.ind_sample(&mut rand::task_rng());
@@ -231,8 +229,7 @@ impl IndependentSample<f64> for ChiSquared {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::distributions::{FisherF, IndependentSample};
+/// use rand::distributions::{FisherF, IndependentSample};
 ///
 /// let f = FisherF::new(2.0, 32.0);
 /// let v = f.ind_sample(&mut rand::task_rng());
@@ -275,8 +272,7 @@ impl IndependentSample<f64> for FisherF {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::distributions::{StudentT, IndependentSample};
+/// use rand::distributions::{StudentT, IndependentSample};
 ///
 /// let t = StudentT::new(11.0);
 /// let v = t.ind_sample(&mut rand::task_rng());
@@ -310,10 +306,9 @@ impl IndependentSample<f64> for StudentT {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use rand::distributions::*;
-    use prelude::*;
-    use rand::*;
-    use super::*;
+    use distributions::{Sample, IndependentSample};
+    use {Rng, task_rng};
+    use super::{ChiSquared, StudentT, FisherF};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_chi_squared_one() {
@@ -344,7 +339,7 @@ mod test {
     }
     #[test]
     #[should_fail]
-    fn test_log_normal_invalid_dof() {
+    fn test_chi_squared_invalid_dof() {
         ChiSquared::new(-1.0);
     }
 
@@ -373,11 +368,10 @@ mod test {
 mod bench {
     extern crate test;
     use self::test::BenchHarness;
-    use mem::size_of;
-    use prelude::*;
-    use rand::distributions::IndependentSample;
-    use rand::{StdRng, RAND_BENCH_N};
-    use super::*;
+    use std::mem::size_of;
+    use distributions::IndependentSample;
+    use {StdRng, RAND_BENCH_N};
+    use super::Gamma;
 
 
     #[bench]
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/mod.rs b/src/librand/distributions/mod.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/libstd/rand/distributions/mod.rs
rename to src/librand/distributions/mod.rs
index 41a106ec887..22a09b152c7 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librand/distributions/mod.rs
@@ -20,14 +20,9 @@ that do not need to record state.
 
 */
 
-use container::Container;
-use iter::{range, Iterator};
-use option::{Some, None};
-use num;
-use num::CheckedAdd;
-use rand::{Rng, Rand};
-use clone::Clone;
-use vec::MutableVector;
+use std::num;
+use std::num::CheckedAdd;
+use {Rng, Rand};
 
 pub use self::range::Range;
 pub use self::gamma::{Gamma, ChiSquared, FisherF, StudentT};
@@ -94,8 +89,7 @@ pub struct Weighted<T> {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::distributions::{Weighted, WeightedChoice, IndependentSample};
+/// use rand::distributions::{Weighted, WeightedChoice, IndependentSample};
 ///
 /// let wc = WeightedChoice::new(~[Weighted { weight: 2, item: 'a' },
 ///                                Weighted { weight: 4, item: 'b' },
@@ -253,9 +247,8 @@ fn ziggurat<R:Rng>(
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use prelude::*;
-    use rand::*;
-    use super::*;
+    use {task_rng, Rng, Rand};
+    use super::{RandSample, WeightedChoice, Weighted, Sample, IndependentSample};
 
     #[deriving(Eq, Show)]
     struct ConstRand(uint);
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/normal.rs b/src/librand/distributions/normal.rs
similarity index 91%
rename from src/libstd/rand/distributions/normal.rs
rename to src/librand/distributions/normal.rs
index b2f952e2a4c..4c9567efc6e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/normal.rs
+++ b/src/librand/distributions/normal.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 //! The normal and derived distributions.
 
-use num::Float;
-use rand::{Rng, Rand, Open01};
-use rand::distributions::{ziggurat, ziggurat_tables, Sample, IndependentSample};
+use std::num::Float;
+use {Rng, Rand, Open01};
+use distributions::{ziggurat, ziggurat_tables, Sample, IndependentSample};
 
 /// A wrapper around an `f64` to generate N(0, 1) random numbers
 /// (a.k.a.  a standard normal, or Gaussian).
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ impl Rand for StandardNormal {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::distributions::{Normal, IndependentSample};
+/// use rand::distributions::{Normal, IndependentSample};
 ///
 /// // mean 2, standard deviation 3
 /// let normal = Normal::new(2.0, 3.0);
@@ -117,8 +116,7 @@ impl IndependentSample<f64> for Normal {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::distributions::{LogNormal, IndependentSample};
+/// use rand::distributions::{LogNormal, IndependentSample};
 ///
 /// // mean 2, standard deviation 3
 /// let log_normal = LogNormal::new(2.0, 3.0);
@@ -148,10 +146,9 @@ impl IndependentSample<f64> for LogNormal {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use prelude::*;
-    use rand::*;
-    use super::*;
-    use rand::distributions::*;
+    use distributions::{Sample, IndependentSample};
+    use {Rng, task_rng};
+    use super::{Normal, LogNormal};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_normal() {
@@ -189,11 +186,10 @@ mod tests {
 mod bench {
     extern crate test;
     use self::test::BenchHarness;
-    use mem::size_of;
-    use prelude::*;
-    use rand::{XorShiftRng, RAND_BENCH_N};
-    use rand::distributions::*;
-    use super::*;
+    use std::mem::size_of;
+    use {XorShiftRng, RAND_BENCH_N};
+    use distributions::{Sample};
+    use super::Normal;
 
     #[bench]
     fn rand_normal(bh: &mut BenchHarness) {
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/range.rs b/src/librand/distributions/range.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from src/libstd/rand/distributions/range.rs
rename to src/librand/distributions/range.rs
index 8141b3d3e89..8256a37f2ec 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/range.rs
+++ b/src/librand/distributions/range.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 
 // this is surprisingly complicated to be both generic & correct
 
-use cmp::Ord;
-use num::Bounded;
-use rand::Rng;
-use rand::distributions::{Sample, IndependentSample};
+use std::num::Bounded;
+use Rng;
+use distributions::{Sample, IndependentSample};
 
 /// Sample values uniformly between two bounds.
 ///
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ use rand::distributions::{Sample, IndependentSample};
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::distributions::{IndependentSample, Range};
+/// use rand::distributions::{IndependentSample, Range};
 ///
 /// fn main() {
 ///     let between = Range::new(10u, 10000u);
@@ -163,11 +161,10 @@ float_impl! { f64 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use prelude::*;
-    use super::*;
-    use rand::*;
-    use rand::distributions::*;
-    use num::Bounded;
+    use distributions::{Sample, IndependentSample};
+    use {Rng, task_rng};
+    use super::Range;
+    use std::num::Bounded;
 
     #[should_fail]
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/distributions/ziggurat_tables.rs b/src/librand/distributions/ziggurat_tables.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/libstd/rand/distributions/ziggurat_tables.rs
rename to src/librand/distributions/ziggurat_tables.rs
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/isaac.rs b/src/librand/isaac.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/libstd/rand/isaac.rs
rename to src/librand/isaac.rs
index 9871207a91e..b3226d60095 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/isaac.rs
+++ b/src/librand/isaac.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@
 
 //! The ISAAC random number generator.
 
-use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng, OSRng};
-use iter::{Iterator, range, range_step, Repeat};
-use option::{None, Some};
-use vec::{raw, MutableVector, ImmutableVector};
-use mem;
+use {Rng, SeedableRng, OSRng};
+use std::iter::{range_step, Repeat};
+use std::vec::raw;
+use std::mem;
 
 static RAND_SIZE_LEN: u32 = 8;
 static RAND_SIZE: u32 = 1 << RAND_SIZE_LEN;
@@ -430,10 +429,9 @@ impl<'a> SeedableRng<&'a [u64]> for Isaac64Rng {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::*;
-    use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng, OSRng};
-    use prelude::*;
-    use vec;
+    use super::{IsaacRng, Isaac64Rng};
+    use {Rng, SeedableRng, OSRng};
+    use std::vec;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_rng_32_rand_seeded() {
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/mod.rs b/src/librand/lib.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from src/libstd/rand/mod.rs
rename to src/librand/lib.rs
index 20bce8d2058..4c5dd0043b6 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librand/lib.rs
@@ -48,38 +48,41 @@ randomness.
 # Examples
 
 ```rust
-use std::rand;
-use std::rand::Rng;
+use rand::Rng;
 
 let mut rng = rand::rng();
 if rng.gen() { // bool
     println!("int: {}, uint: {}", rng.gen::<int>(), rng.gen::<uint>())
 }
- ```
+```
 
 ```rust
-use std::rand;
-
 let tuple_ptr = rand::random::<~(f64, char)>();
 println!("{:?}", tuple_ptr)
- ```
+```
 */
 
-use cast;
-use cmp::Ord;
-use container::Container;
-use iter::{Iterator, range};
-use kinds::marker;
-use local_data;
-use prelude::*;
-use str;
-use vec;
+#[crate_id = "rand#0.10-pre"];
+#[license = "MIT/ASL2"];
+#[crate_type = "dylib"];
+#[crate_type = "rlib"];
+#[doc(html_logo_url = "http://www.rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-128x128-blk.png",
+      html_favicon_url = "http://www.rust-lang.org/favicon.ico",
+      html_root_url = "http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/master")];
 
-pub use self::isaac::{IsaacRng, Isaac64Rng};
-pub use self::os::OSRng;
+#[feature(macro_rules, managed_boxes)];
 
-use self::distributions::{Range, IndependentSample};
-use self::distributions::range::SampleRange;
+use std::cast;
+use std::kinds::marker;
+use std::local_data;
+use std::str;
+use std::vec;
+
+pub use isaac::{IsaacRng, Isaac64Rng};
+pub use os::OSRng;
+
+use distributions::{Range, IndependentSample};
+use distributions::range::SampleRange;
 
 pub mod distributions;
 pub mod isaac;
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// let mut v = [0u8, .. 13579];
     /// task_rng().fill_bytes(v);
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// let mut rng = task_rng();
     /// let x: uint = rng.gen();
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// let mut rng = task_rng();
     /// let x: ~[uint] = rng.gen_vec(10);
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// let mut rng = task_rng();
     /// let n: uint = rng.gen_range(0u, 10);
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// let mut rng = task_rng();
     /// println!("{:b}", rng.gen_weighted_bool(3));
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// println!("{}", task_rng().gen_ascii_str(10));
     /// ```
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// let choices = [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32];
     /// let mut rng = task_rng();
@@ -289,7 +292,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// println!("{:?}", task_rng().shuffle(~[1,2,3]));
     /// ```
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// let mut rng = task_rng();
     /// let mut y = [1,2,3];
@@ -328,7 +331,7 @@ pub trait Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{task_rng, Rng};
+    /// use rand::{task_rng, Rng};
     ///
     /// let mut rng = task_rng();
     /// let sample = rng.sample(range(1, 100), 5);
@@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ pub trait SeedableRng<Seed>: Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{Rng, SeedableRng, StdRng};
+    /// use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng, StdRng};
     ///
     /// let mut rng: StdRng = SeedableRng::from_seed(&[1, 2, 3, 4]);
     /// println!("{}", rng.gen::<f64>());
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ pub trait SeedableRng<Seed>: Rng {
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use std::rand::{Rng, SeedableRng, StdRng};
+    /// use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng, StdRng};
     ///
     /// let mut rng: StdRng = SeedableRng::from_seed(&[1, 2, 3, 4]);
     /// println!("{}", rng.gen::<f64>());
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ impl Rng for TaskRng {
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand::random;
+/// use rand::random;
 ///
 /// if random() {
 ///     let x = random();
@@ -631,8 +634,8 @@ pub fn random<T: Rand>() -> T {
 /// `[0,1)`.
 ///
 /// # Example
-/// ```rust,ignore
-/// use std::rand::{random, Open01};
+/// ```rust
+/// use rand::{random, Open01};
 ///
 /// let Open01(val) = random::<Open01<f32>>();
 /// println!("f32 from (0,1): {}", val);
@@ -647,8 +650,8 @@ pub struct Open01<F>(F);
 /// `[0,1)`.
 ///
 /// # Example
-/// ```rust,ignore
-/// use std::rand::{random, Closed01};
+/// ```rust
+/// use rand::{random, Closed01};
 ///
 /// let Closed01(val) = random::<Closed01<f32>>();
 /// println!("f32 from [0,1]: {}", val);
@@ -657,9 +660,8 @@ pub struct Closed01<F>(F);
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use prelude::*;
-    use vec;
-    use super::*;
+    use std::vec;
+    use super::{Rng, task_rng, random, OSRng, SeedableRng, StdRng};
 
     struct ConstRng { i: u64 }
     impl Rng for ConstRng {
@@ -691,7 +693,7 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_gen_range() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         for _ in range(0, 1000) {
             let a = r.gen_range(-3i, 42);
             assert!(a >= -3 && a < 42);
@@ -711,20 +713,20 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     #[should_fail]
     fn test_gen_range_fail_int() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         r.gen_range(5i, -2);
     }
 
     #[test]
     #[should_fail]
     fn test_gen_range_fail_uint() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         r.gen_range(5u, 2u);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_gen_f64() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         let a = r.gen::<f64>();
         let b = r.gen::<f64>();
         debug!("{:?}", (a, b));
@@ -732,14 +734,14 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_gen_weighted_bool() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         assert_eq!(r.gen_weighted_bool(0u), true);
         assert_eq!(r.gen_weighted_bool(1u), true);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_gen_ascii_str() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         debug!("{}", r.gen_ascii_str(10u));
         debug!("{}", r.gen_ascii_str(10u));
         debug!("{}", r.gen_ascii_str(10u));
@@ -750,7 +752,7 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_gen_vec() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         assert_eq!(r.gen_vec::<u8>(0u).len(), 0u);
         assert_eq!(r.gen_vec::<u8>(10u).len(), 10u);
         assert_eq!(r.gen_vec::<f64>(16u).len(), 16u);
@@ -758,13 +760,13 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_choose() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         assert_eq!(r.choose([1, 1, 1]), 1);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_choose_option() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         let v: &[int] = &[];
         assert!(r.choose_option(v).is_none());
 
@@ -775,7 +777,7 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_shuffle() {
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         let empty: ~[int] = ~[];
         assert_eq!(r.shuffle(~[]), empty);
         assert_eq!(r.shuffle(~[1, 1, 1]), ~[1, 1, 1]);
@@ -806,7 +808,7 @@ mod test {
         let min_val = 1;
         let max_val = 100;
 
-        let mut r = rng();
+        let mut r = task_rng();
         let vals = range(min_val, max_val).to_owned_vec();
         let small_sample = r.sample(vals.iter(), 5);
         let large_sample = r.sample(vals.iter(), vals.len() + 5);
@@ -847,9 +849,8 @@ static RAND_BENCH_N: u64 = 100;
 mod bench {
     extern crate test;
     use self::test::BenchHarness;
-    use prelude::*;
-    use rand::{XorShiftRng, StdRng, IsaacRng, Isaac64Rng, Rng, RAND_BENCH_N};
-    use mem::size_of;
+    use {XorShiftRng, StdRng, IsaacRng, Isaac64Rng, Rng, RAND_BENCH_N};
+    use std::mem::size_of;
 
     #[bench]
     fn rand_xorshift(bh: &mut BenchHarness) {
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/os.rs b/src/librand/os.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from src/libstd/rand/os.rs
rename to src/librand/os.rs
index e9068c6b0c8..826c1640b69 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/os.rs
+++ b/src/librand/os.rs
@@ -11,18 +11,17 @@
 //! Interfaces to the operating system provided random number
 //! generators.
 
-use rand::Rng;
-use ops::Drop;
+use Rng;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
-use rand::reader::ReaderRng;
+use reader::ReaderRng;
 #[cfg(unix)]
-use io::File;
+use std::io::File;
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
-use cast;
+use std::cast;
 #[cfg(windows)]
-use libc::{c_long, DWORD, BYTE};
+use std::libc::{c_long, DWORD, BYTE};
 #[cfg(windows)]
 type HCRYPTPROV = c_long;
 // the extern functions imported from the runtime on Windows are
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ impl OSRng {
     /// Create a new `OSRng`.
     #[cfg(unix)]
     pub fn new() -> OSRng {
-        use path::Path;
         let reader = File::open(&Path::new("/dev/urandom"));
         let reader = reader.ok().expect("Error opening /dev/urandom");
         let reader_rng = ReaderRng::new(reader);
@@ -106,9 +104,6 @@ impl Rng for OSRng {
         unsafe { cast::transmute(v) }
     }
     fn fill_bytes(&mut self, v: &mut [u8]) {
-        use container::Container;
-        use vec::MutableVector;
-
         extern {
             fn rust_win32_rand_gen(hProv: HCRYPTPROV, dwLen: DWORD,
                                    pbBuffer: *mut BYTE);
@@ -136,10 +131,9 @@ impl Drop for OSRng {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use prelude::*;
-    use super::*;
-    use rand::Rng;
-    use task;
+    use super::OSRng;
+    use Rng;
+    use std::task;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_os_rng() {
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/rand_impls.rs b/src/librand/rand_impls.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/libstd/rand/rand_impls.rs
rename to src/librand/rand_impls.rs
index 8f4752b3c44..fbd16055460 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/rand_impls.rs
+++ b/src/librand/rand_impls.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 //! The implementations of `Rand` for the built-in types.
 
-use char;
-use int;
-use option::{Option, Some, None};
-use rand::{Rand,Rng};
-use uint;
+use std::char;
+use std::int;
+use std::uint;
+
+use {Rand,Rng};
 
 impl Rand for int {
     #[inline]
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl Rand for u64 {
 macro_rules! float_impls {
     ($mod_name:ident, $ty:ty, $mantissa_bits:expr, $method_name:ident, $ignored_bits:expr) => {
         mod $mod_name {
-            use rand::{Rand, Rng, Open01, Closed01};
+            use {Rand, Rng, Open01, Closed01};
 
             static SCALE: $ty = (1u64 << $mantissa_bits) as $ty;
 
@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ impl<T: Rand + 'static> Rand for @T {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use prelude::*;
-    use rand::{Rng, task_rng, Open01, Closed01};
+    use {Rng, task_rng, Open01, Closed01};
 
     struct ConstantRng(u64);
     impl Rng for ConstantRng {
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/reader.rs b/src/librand/reader.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from src/libstd/rand/reader.rs
rename to src/librand/reader.rs
index 4c9a8f7f9a2..744930e028c 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/reader.rs
+++ b/src/librand/reader.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@
 
 //! A wrapper around any Reader to treat it as an RNG.
 
-use container::Container;
-use result::{Ok, Err};
-use io::Reader;
-
-use rand::Rng;
+use Rng;
 
 /// An RNG that reads random bytes straight from a `Reader`. This will
 /// work best with an infinite reader, but this is not required.
@@ -24,7 +20,7 @@ use rand::Rng;
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand::{reader, Rng};
+/// use rand::{reader, Rng};
 /// use std::io::MemReader;
 ///
 /// let mut rng = reader::ReaderRng::new(MemReader::new(~[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]));
@@ -75,11 +71,10 @@ impl<R: Reader> Rng for ReaderRng<R> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::*;
-    use io::MemReader;
-    use cast;
-    use rand::*;
-    use prelude::*;
+    use super::ReaderRng;
+    use std::io::MemReader;
+    use std::cast;
+    use Rng;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_reader_rng_u64() {
diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/reseeding.rs b/src/librand/reseeding.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from src/libstd/rand/reseeding.rs
rename to src/librand/reseeding.rs
index a916ce173fb..a64124e637e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/reseeding.rs
+++ b/src/librand/reseeding.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@
 //! A wrapper around another RNG that reseeds it after it
 //! generates a certain number of random bytes.
 
-use container::Container;
-use default::Default;
-use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
+use std::default::Default;
+use {Rng, SeedableRng};
 
 /// How many bytes of entropy the underling RNG is allowed to generate
 /// before it is reseeded.
@@ -101,9 +100,8 @@ impl<S, R: SeedableRng<S>, Rsdr: Reseeder<R>>
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// use std::rand;
-/// use std::rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
-/// use std::rand::reseeding::{Reseeder, ReseedingRng};
+/// use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
+/// use rand::reseeding::{Reseeder, ReseedingRng};
 ///
 /// struct TickTockReseeder { tick: bool }
 /// impl Reseeder<rand::StdRng> for TickTockReseeder {
@@ -142,10 +140,9 @@ impl Default for ReseedWithDefault {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use prelude::*;
-    use super::*;
-    use default::Default;
-    use rand::{SeedableRng, Rng};
+    use super::{ReseedingRng, ReseedWithDefault};
+    use std::default::Default;
+    use {SeedableRng, Rng};
 
     struct Counter {
         i: u32
@@ -205,7 +202,7 @@ mod test {
     static fill_bytes_v_len: uint = 13579;
     #[test]
     fn test_rng_fill_bytes() {
-        use rand::task_rng;
+        use task_rng;
         let mut v = ~[0u8, .. fill_bytes_v_len];
         task_rng().fill_bytes(v);
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/lib.rs b/src/libstd/lib.rs
index 4d3d1641bd0..a873eccfb03 100644
--- a/src/libstd/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/lib.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
 #[cfg(test)] extern crate native;
 #[cfg(test)] extern crate green;
 
-// Make extra accessible for benchmarking
+// Make extra and rand accessible for benchmarking/testcases
+#[cfg(test)] extern crate rand;
 #[cfg(test)] extern crate extra = "extra";
 
 // Make std testable by not duplicating lang items. See #2912
@@ -173,7 +174,6 @@ pub mod c_str;
 pub mod os;
 pub mod io;
 pub mod path;
-pub mod rand;
 pub mod cast;
 pub mod fmt;
 pub mod cleanup;
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/rand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/rand.rs
index da9679eb655..2d16c87b78b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/rand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/rand.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_rand(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
         attributes: Vec::new(),
-        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "rand", "Rand")),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("rand", "Rand")),
         additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
         methods: vec!(
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_rand(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                 generics: LifetimeBounds {
                     lifetimes: Vec::new(),
                     bounds: vec!(("R",
-                               vec!( Path::new(vec!("std", "rand", "Rng")) )))
+                               vec!( Path::new(vec!("rand", "Rng")) )))
                 },
                 explicit_self: None,
                 args: vec!(
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ fn rand_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure)
         _ => cx.bug("Incorrect number of arguments to `rand` in `deriving(Rand)`")
     };
     let rand_ident = vec!(
-        cx.ident_of("std"),
         cx.ident_of("rand"),
         cx.ident_of("Rand"),
         cx.ident_of("rand")
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ fn rand_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure)
                                         Vec::new());
             let rand_name = cx.expr_path(rand_name);
 
-            // ::std::rand::Rand::rand(rng)
+            // ::rand::Rand::rand(rng)
             let rv_call = cx.expr_call(trait_span,
                                        rand_name,
                                        vec!( *rng.get(0) ));
diff --git a/src/rt/rust_builtin.c b/src/rt/rust_builtin.c
index 6ba121c5d2d..8ab8636aa3a 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_builtin.c
+++ b/src/rt/rust_builtin.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ rust_win32_rand_acquire(HCRYPTPROV* phProv) {
     win32_require
         (_T("CryptAcquireContext"),
          // changes to the parameters here should be reflected in the docs of
-         // std::rand::os::OSRng
+         // rand::os::OSRng
          CryptAcquireContext(phProv, NULL, NULL, PROV_RSA_FULL,
                              CRYPT_VERIFYCONTEXT|CRYPT_SILENT));
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/task-rng-isnt-sendable.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/task-rng-isnt-sendable.rs
index beabe03674a..8b9d4de9f04 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/task-rng-isnt-sendable.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/task-rng-isnt-sendable.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
 
 // ensure that the TaskRng isn't/doesn't become accidentally sendable.
 
+extern crate rand;
+
 fn test_send<S: Send>() {}
 
 pub fn main() {
-    test_send::<::std::rand::TaskRng>();
-    //~^ ERROR: incompatible type `std::rand::TaskRng`, which does not fulfill `Send`
+    test_send::<::rand::TaskRng>();
+    //~^ ERROR: incompatible type `rand::TaskRng`, which does not fulfill `Send`
 }