diff --git a/cq_editor/widgets/object_tree.py b/cq_editor/widgets/object_tree.py
index e7d3615..0c301d3 100644
--- a/cq_editor/widgets/object_tree.py
+++ b/cq_editor/widgets/object_tree.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem, QAction, QMenu, QWidget, QAbstractItemView
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, pyqtSlot, pyqtSignal
-from random import randrange as rrr, seed
 from pyqtgraph.parametertree import Parameter, ParameterTree
 
 from OCP.AIS import AIS_Line
@@ -13,8 +12,6 @@ from ..cq_utils import make_AIS, export, to_occ_color, is_obj_empty, get_occ_col
 from .viewer import DEFAULT_FACE_COLOR
 from ..utils import splitter, layout, get_save_filename
 
-seed(371353) #preserves colors run to run, needs to be run once globally
-
 class TopTreeItem(QTreeWidgetItem):
 
     def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
@@ -392,23 +389,3 @@ class ObjectTree(QWidget,ComponentMixin):
                 item.properties['Visible'] = True
             else:
                 item.properties['Visible'] = False
-
-def rand_color(alpha = 0., cfloat=False):
-    #helper function to generate a random color dict
-    #for CQ-editor's show_object function
-    lower = 10
-    upper = 100 #not too high to keep color brightness in check
-    if cfloat: #for two output types depending on need
-        return (
-                (rrr(lower,upper)/255),
-                (rrr(lower,upper)/255),
-                (rrr(lower,upper)/255),
-                alpha,
-                )
-    return {"alpha": alpha,
-            "color": (
-                      rrr(lower,upper),
-                      rrr(lower,upper),
-                      rrr(lower,upper),
-                     )}
-