diff --git a/pallets/subtensor/src/epoch/math.rs b/pallets/subtensor/src/epoch/math.rs
index ee165e7670..6a53c9767b 100644
--- a/pallets/subtensor/src/epoch/math.rs
+++ b/pallets/subtensor/src/epoch/math.rs
@@ -1592,8 +1592,3 @@ pub fn mat_ema_alpha(
 pub fn safe_ln(value: I32F32) -> I32F32 {
     ln(value).unwrap_or(I32F32::saturating_from_num(0.0))
 }
-
-/// Safe exp function, returns 0 if value is 0.
-pub fn safe_exp(value: I32F32) -> I32F32 {
-    exp(value).unwrap_or(I32F32::saturating_from_num(0.0))
-}
diff --git a/pallets/subtensor/src/epoch/run_epoch.rs b/pallets/subtensor/src/epoch/run_epoch.rs
index 6c0c435f8e..f56b8a89a4 100644
--- a/pallets/subtensor/src/epoch/run_epoch.rs
+++ b/pallets/subtensor/src/epoch/run_epoch.rs
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ impl<T: Config> Pallet<T> {
 
         // sigmoid = 1. / (1. + e^(-steepness * (combined_diff - 0.5)))
         let sigmoid = one.saturating_div(
-            one.saturating_add(safe_exp(
+            one.saturating_add(exp_safe(
                 alpha_sigmoid_steepness
                     .saturating_div(I32F32::from_num(-100))
                     .saturating_mul(combined_diff.saturating_sub(I32F32::from_num(0.5))),