diff --git a/doc/ref/api-data.texi b/doc/ref/api-data.texi
index cf0d32113..3096b354d 100755
--- a/doc/ref/api-data.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-data.texi
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ in Scheme, which is particularly clear and accessible: see
 * Complex::                     Complex number operations.
 * Arithmetic::                  Arithmetic functions.
 * Scientific::                  Scientific functions.
-* Primitive Numerics::          Primitive numeric functions.
 * Bitwise Operations::          Logical AND, OR, NOT, and so on.
 * Random::                      Random number generation.
 @end menu
@@ -1337,150 +1336,6 @@ Return the hyperbolic arctangent of @var{z}.
 @end deffn
 
 
-@node Primitive Numerics
-@subsubsection Primitive Numeric Functions
-
-Many of Guile's numeric procedures which accept any kind of numbers as
-arguments, including complex numbers, are implemented as Scheme
-procedures that use the following real number-based primitives.  These
-primitives signal an error if they are called with complex arguments.
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$abs")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $abs x
-Return the absolute value of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$sqrt")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $sqrt x
-Return the square root of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $expt x y
-@deffnx {C Function} scm_sys_expt (x, y)
-Return @var{x} raised to the power of @var{y}. This
-procedure does not accept complex arguments.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$sin")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $sin x
-Return the sine of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$cos")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $cos x
-Return the cosine of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$tan")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $tan x
-Return the tangent of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$asin")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $asin x
-Return the arcsine of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$acos")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $acos x
-Return the arccosine of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$atan")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $atan x
-Return the arctangent of @var{x} in the range @minus{}@math{PI/2} to
-@math{PI/2}.
-@end deffn
-
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $atan2 x y
-@deffnx {C Function} scm_sys_atan2 (x, y)
-Return the arc tangent of the two arguments @var{x} and
-@var{y}. This is similar to calculating the arc tangent of
-@var{x} / @var{y}, except that the signs of both arguments
-are used to determine the quadrant of the result. This
-procedure does not accept complex arguments.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$exp")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $exp x
-Return e to the power of @var{x}, where e is the base of natural
-logarithms (2.71828@dots{}).
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$log")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $log x
-Return the natural logarithm of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$sinh")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $sinh x
-Return the hyperbolic sine of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$cosh")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $cosh x
-Return the hyperbolic cosine of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$tanh")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $tanh x
-Return the hyperbolic tangent of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$asinh")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $asinh x
-Return the hyperbolic arcsine of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$acosh")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $acosh x
-Return the hyperbolic arccosine of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-@c begin (texi-doc-string "guile" "$atanh")
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} $atanh x
-Return the hyperbolic arctangent of @var{x}.
-@end deffn
-
-C functions for the above are provided by the standard mathematics
-library.  Naturally these expect and return @code{double} arguments
-(@pxref{Mathematics,,, libc, GNU C Library Reference Manual}).
-
-@multitable {xx} {Scheme Procedure} {C Function}
-@item @tab Scheme Procedure @tab C Function
-
-@item @tab @code{$abs}      @tab @code{fabs}
-@item @tab @code{$sqrt}     @tab @code{sqrt}
-@item @tab @code{$sin}      @tab @code{sin}
-@item @tab @code{$cos}      @tab @code{cos}
-@item @tab @code{$tan}      @tab @code{tan}
-@item @tab @code{$asin}     @tab @code{asin}
-@item @tab @code{$acos}     @tab @code{acos}
-@item @tab @code{$atan}     @tab @code{atan}
-@item @tab @code{$atan2}    @tab @code{atan2}
-@item @tab @code{$exp}      @tab @code{exp}
-@item @tab @code{$expt}     @tab @code{pow}
-@item @tab @code{$log}      @tab @code{log}
-@item @tab @code{$sinh}     @tab @code{sinh}
-@item @tab @code{$cosh}     @tab @code{cosh}
-@item @tab @code{$tanh}     @tab @code{tanh}
-@item @tab @code{$asinh}    @tab @code{asinh}
-@item @tab @code{$acosh}    @tab @code{acosh}
-@item @tab @code{$atanh}    @tab @code{atanh}
-@end multitable
-
-@code{asinh}, @code{acosh} and @code{atanh} are C99 standard but might
-not be available on older systems.  Guile provides the following
-equivalents (on all systems).
-
-@deftypefn {C Function} double scm_asinh (double x)
-@deftypefnx {C Function} double scm_acosh (double x)
-@deftypefnx {C Function} double scm_atanh (double x)
-Return the hyperbolic arcsine, arccosine or arctangent of @var{x}
-respectively.
-@end deftypefn
-
-
 @node Bitwise Operations
 @subsubsection Bitwise Operations