diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/stats.go b/cmd/podman/containers/stats.go
index da6e24cccf..dd275e6d9e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/stats.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/stats.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/cmd/podman/validate"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/domain/entities"
-	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/utils"
 	"github.com/docker/go-units"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -243,12 +242,7 @@ func (s *containerStats) MemUsageBytes() string {
 }
 
 func floatToPercentString(f float64) string {
-	strippedFloat, err := utils.RemoveScientificNotationFromFloat(f)
-	if err != nil {
-		// If things go bazinga, return a safe value
-		return "--"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", strippedFloat) + "%"
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f%%", f)
 }
 
 func combineHumanValues(a, b uint64) string {
diff --git a/libpod/util_test.go b/libpod/util_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index baa596f777..0000000000
--- a/libpod/util_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !remote
-
-package libpod
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/utils"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-func TestRemoveScientificNotationFromFloat(t *testing.T) {
-	numbers := []float64{0.0, .5, 1.99999932, 1.04e+10}
-	results := []float64{0.0, .5, 1.99999932, 1.04}
-	for i, x := range numbers {
-		result, err := utils.RemoveScientificNotationFromFloat(x)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, result, results[i])
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/pods_stats.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/pods_stats.go
index 5576f7680f..8ece02c2c6 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/pods_stats.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/pods_stats.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/libpod"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/domain/entities"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/rootless"
-	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/utils"
 	"github.com/docker/go-units"
 )
 
@@ -85,12 +84,7 @@ func combineBytesValues(a, b uint64) string {
 }
 
 func floatToPercentString(f float64) string {
-	strippedFloat, err := utils.RemoveScientificNotationFromFloat(f)
-	if err != nil || strippedFloat == 0 {
-		// If things go bazinga, return a safe value
-		return "--"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", strippedFloat) + "%"
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f%%", f)
 }
 
 func pidsToString(pid uint64) string {
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index bfca839140..9643fded8d 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -111,24 +110,6 @@ func TarWithChroot(source string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	return chrootarchive.Tar(source, nil, source)
 }
 
-// RemoveScientificNotationFromFloat returns a float without any
-// scientific notation if the number has any.
-// golang does not handle conversion of float64s that have scientific
-// notation in them and otherwise stinks.  please replace this if you have
-// a better implementation.
-func RemoveScientificNotationFromFloat(x float64) (float64, error) {
-	bigNum := strconv.FormatFloat(x, 'g', -1, 64)
-	breakPoint := strings.IndexAny(bigNum, "Ee")
-	if breakPoint > 0 {
-		bigNum = bigNum[:breakPoint]
-	}
-	result, err := strconv.ParseFloat(bigNum, 64)
-	if err != nil {
-		return x, fmt.Errorf("unable to remove scientific number from calculations: %w", err)
-	}
-	return result, nil
-}
-
 // GuardedRemoveAll functions much like os.RemoveAll but
 // will not delete certain catastrophic paths.
 func GuardedRemoveAll(path string) error {