diff --git a/lib/sendf.c b/lib/sendf.c
index 40d56d5a443d40f2de4a354678455ab701d5e27c..5b7a6beb31ef0810957b3a0ff8986415123d2745 100644
--- a/lib/sendf.c
+++ b/lib/sendf.c
@@ -559,10 +559,6 @@ int Curl_read_plain(curl_socket_t sockfd,
   return CURLE_OK;
 }
 
-#ifndef MIN
-#define MIN(a,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Internal read-from-socket function. This is meant to deal with plain
  * sockets, SSL sockets and kerberos sockets.
@@ -591,7 +587,7 @@ int Curl_read(struct connectdata *conn, /* connection data */
 
   /* If session can pipeline, check connection buffer  */
   if(pipelining) {
-    size_t bytestocopy = MIN(conn->buf_len - conn->read_pos, sizerequested);
+    size_t bytestocopy = CURLMIN(conn->buf_len - conn->read_pos, sizerequested);
 
     /* Copy from our master buffer first if we have some unread data there*/
     if(bytestocopy > 0) {
@@ -604,11 +600,11 @@ int Curl_read(struct connectdata *conn, /* connection data */
     }
     /* If we come here, it means that there is no data to read from the buffer,
      * so we read from the socket */
-    bytesfromsocket = MIN(sizerequested, BUFSIZE * sizeof (char));
+    bytesfromsocket = CURLMIN(sizerequested, BUFSIZE * sizeof (char));
     buffertofill = conn->master_buffer;
   }
   else {
-    bytesfromsocket = MIN((long)sizerequested, conn->data->set.buffer_size ?
+    bytesfromsocket = CURLMIN((long)sizerequested, conn->data->set.buffer_size ?
                           conn->data->set.buffer_size : BUFSIZE);
     buffertofill = buf;
   }
diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 58279946ddf2ef7291d0b3aede0736ace48e76d5..43a9cc2944dee36ee6f599bdc1cdf3119dab24eb 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -323,10 +323,6 @@ static int data_pending(const struct connectdata *conn)
     Curl_ssl_data_pending(conn, FIRSTSOCKET);
 }
 
-#ifndef MIN
-#define MIN(a,b) (a < b ? a : b)
-#endif
-
 static void read_rewind(struct connectdata *conn,
                         size_t thismuch)
 {
@@ -338,7 +334,7 @@ static void read_rewind(struct connectdata *conn,
     char buf[512 + 1];
     size_t show;
 
-    show = MIN(conn->buf_len - conn->read_pos, sizeof(buf)-1);
+    show = CURLMIN(conn->buf_len - conn->read_pos, sizeof(buf)-1);
     if(conn->master_buffer) {
         memcpy(buf, conn->master_buffer + conn->read_pos, show);
         buf[show] = '\0';
diff --git a/lib/urldata.h b/lib/urldata.h
index 029e9f78d26e4025243dbd28355e2d0099e4b340..047b877d96ee378ff39e8b247e1ed68b8874257b 100644
--- a/lib/urldata.h
+++ b/lib/urldata.h
@@ -150,9 +150,11 @@
 
 #define CURLEASY_MAGIC_NUMBER 0xc0dedbadU
 
-/* Just a convenience macro to get the larger value out of two given.
+/* Some convenience macros to get the larger/smaller value out of two given.
    We prefix with CURL to prevent name collisions. */
 #define CURLMAX(x,y) ((x)>(y)?(x):(y))
+#define CURLMIN(x,y) ((x)<(y)?(x):(y))
+
 
 #if defined(HAVE_KRB4) || defined(HAVE_GSSAPI)
 /* Types needed for krb4/5-ftp connections */
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index de785216800e2ad2aa8a77a405a16346a09c4af6..f8e53384dc8945031e1ff0fae12e05f73ef0f3d7 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -184,14 +184,6 @@ char **__crt0_glob_function (char *arg)
 #define CURL_PROGRESS_STATS 0 /* default progress display */
 #define CURL_PROGRESS_BAR   1
 
-/**
- * @def MIN
- * standard MIN macro
- */
-#ifndef MIN
-#define MIN(X,Y)        (((X) < (Y)) ? (X) : (Y))
-#endif
-
 typedef enum {
   HTTPREQ_UNSPEC,
   HTTPREQ_GET,