diff --git a/extmod/modubinascii.c b/extmod/modubinascii.c
index ef96b04b7e..9c5db03a3d 100644
--- a/extmod/modubinascii.c
+++ b/extmod/modubinascii.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include "py/binary.h"
 #include "py/objstr.h"
 
+#include "lib/uzlib/tinf.h"
+
 #if MICROPY_PY_UBINASCII
 
 static void check_not_unicode(const mp_obj_t arg) {
@@ -217,35 +219,6 @@ STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_KW(mod_binascii_b2a_base64_obj, 1, mod_binascii_b
  *    any source distribution.
  */
 
-/*
- * CRC32 algorithm taken from the zlib source, which is
- * Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
- */
-
-
-static const unsigned int tinf_crc32tab[16] = {
-    0x00000000, 0x1db71064, 0x3b6e20c8, 0x26d930ac, 0x76dc4190,
-    0x6b6b51f4, 0x4db26158, 0x5005713c, 0xedb88320, 0xf00f9344,
-    0xd6d6a3e8, 0xcb61b38c, 0x9b64c2b0, 0x86d3d2d4, 0xa00ae278,
-    0xbdbdf21c
-};
-
-/* crc is previous value for incremental computation, 0xffffffff initially */
-static uint32_t from_uzlib_crc32(const void *data, unsigned int length, uint32_t crc) {
-    const unsigned char *buf = (const unsigned char *)data;
-    unsigned int i;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < length; ++i)
-    {
-        crc ^= buf[i];
-        crc = tinf_crc32tab[crc & 0x0f] ^ (crc >> 4);
-        crc = tinf_crc32tab[crc & 0x0f] ^ (crc >> 4);
-    }
-
-    // return value suitable for passing in next time, for final value invert it
-    return crc /* ^ 0xffffffff*/;
-}
-
 #if MICROPY_PY_UBINASCII_CRC32
 STATIC mp_obj_t mod_binascii_crc32(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     mp_buffer_info_t bufinfo;