diff --git a/library/include/rocblas_bfloat16.h b/library/include/rocblas_bfloat16.h
index 4ef90b08b..eb3987adb 100644
--- a/library/include/rocblas_bfloat16.h
+++ b/library/include/rocblas_bfloat16.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct rocblas_bfloat16
     }
 
     // zero extend lower 16 bits of bfloat16 to convert to IEEE float
-    explicit constexpr __host__ __device__ operator float() const
+    constexpr __host__ __device__ operator float() const
     {
         union
         {
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ struct rocblas_bfloat16
         return u.fp32;
     }
 
-    explicit constexpr __host__ __device__ operator double() const
-    {
-        return double(float(*this));
-    }
-
 private:
     static constexpr __host__ __device__ uint16_t float_to_bfloat16(float f)
     {
@@ -240,11 +235,6 @@ constexpr __host__ __device__ bool iszero(rocblas_bfloat16 a)
 {
     return !(a.data & 0x7fff);
 }
-constexpr __host__ __device__ rocblas_bfloat16 abs(rocblas_bfloat16 a)
-{
-    a.data &= 0x7fff;
-    return a;
-}
 inline rocblas_bfloat16 sin(rocblas_bfloat16 a)
 {
     return rocblas_bfloat16(sinf(float(a)));
@@ -254,15 +244,6 @@ inline rocblas_bfloat16 cos(rocblas_bfloat16 a)
     return rocblas_bfloat16(cosf(float(a)));
 }
 
-// Inject standard functions into namespace std
-namespace std
-{
-    __device__ __host__ inline rocblas_bfloat16 abs(const rocblas_bfloat16& z)
-    {
-        return rocblas_bfloat16(z.data & 0x7fff);
-    }
-}
-
 #endif // __cplusplus < 201402L || (!defined(__HCC__) && !defined(__HIPCC__))
 
 #endif // _ROCBLAS_BFLOAT16_H_
diff --git a/library/src/blas1/rocblas_rotg.cpp b/library/src/blas1/rocblas_rotg.cpp
index 3c1daf63e..d293a10cf 100644
--- a/library/src/blas1/rocblas_rotg.cpp
+++ b/library/src/blas1/rocblas_rotg.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace
     template <typename T, typename U, typename std::enable_if<!is_complex<T>, int>::type = 0>
     __device__ __host__ void rotg_calc(T& a, T& b, U& c, T& s)
     {
-        T scale = std::abs(a) + std::abs(b);
+        T scale = rocblas_abs(a) + rocblas_abs(b);
         if(scale == 0.0)
         {
             c = 1.0;
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ namespace
             T sa  = a / scale;
             T sb  = b / scale;
             T r   = scale * sqrt(sa * sa + sb * sb);
-            T roe = (std::abs(a) > std::abs(b)) ? a : b;
+            T roe = rocblas_abs(a) > rocblas_abs(b) ? a : b;
             r     = copysign(r, roe);
             c     = a / r;
             s     = b / r;
             T z   = 1.0;
-            if(std::abs(a) > std::abs(b))
+            if(rocblas_abs(a) > rocblas_abs(b))
                 z = s;
-            if(std::abs(b) >= std::abs(a) && c != 0.0)
+            if(rocblas_abs(b) >= rocblas_abs(a) && c != 0.0)
                 z = 1.0 / c;
             a = r;
             b = z;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace
     template <typename T, typename U, typename std::enable_if<is_complex<T>, int>::type = 0>
     __device__ __host__ void rotg_calc(T& a, T& b, U& c, T& s)
     {
-        if(std::abs(a) == 0.0)
+        if(!rocblas_abs(a))
         {
             c = 0;
             s = {1, 0};
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ namespace
         }
         else
         {
-            auto scale = std::abs(a) + std::abs(b);
-            auto sa    = std::abs(a / scale);
-            auto sb    = std::abs(b / scale);
+            auto scale = rocblas_abs(a) + rocblas_abs(b);
+            auto sa    = rocblas_abs(a / scale);
+            auto sb    = rocblas_abs(b / scale);
             auto norm  = scale * sqrt(sa * sa + sb * sb);
-            auto alpha = a / std::abs(a);
-            c          = std::abs(a) / norm;
+            auto alpha = a / rocblas_abs(a);
+            c          = rocblas_abs(a) / norm;
             s          = alpha * conj(b) / norm;
             a          = alpha * norm;
         }
diff --git a/library/src/blas1/rocblas_rotmg.cpp b/library/src/blas1/rocblas_rotmg.cpp
index 148841103..f01aca7fa 100644
--- a/library/src/blas1/rocblas_rotmg.cpp
+++ b/library/src/blas1/rocblas_rotmg.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace
             T p1 = d1 * x1;
             T q2 = p2 * y1;
             T q1 = p1 * x1;
-            if(fabs(q1) > fabs(q2))
+            if(rocblas_abs(q1) > rocblas_abs(q2))
             {
                 h21 = -y1 / x1;
                 h12 = p2 / p1;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace
 
             if(d2 != 0)
             {
-                while((fabs(d2) <= rgamsq) || (fabs(d2) >= gamsq))
+                while((rocblas_abs(d2) <= rgamsq) || (rocblas_abs(d2) >= gamsq))
                 {
                     if(flag == 0)
                     {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ namespace
                         h12  = 1;
                         flag = -1;
                     }
-                    if(fabs(d2) <= rgamsq)
+                    if(rocblas_abs(d2) <= rgamsq)
                     {
                         d2 *= gamsq;
                         h21 /= gam;
diff --git a/library/src/include/utility.h b/library/src/include/utility.h
index ac0e85559..ed7672166 100644
--- a/library/src/include/utility.h
+++ b/library/src/include/utility.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define UTILITY_H
 #include "definitions.h"
 #include "rocblas.h"
+#include <cmath>
 #include <complex>
 #include <hip/hip_runtime.h>
 #include <type_traits>
@@ -240,4 +241,26 @@ constexpr auto get_rocblas_status_for_hip_status(hipError_t status)
         return rocblas_status_internal_error;
     }
 }
+
+// Absolute value
+template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<!is_complex<T>, int>::type = 0>
+__device__ __host__ inline auto rocblas_abs(T x)
+{
+    return x < 0 ? -x : x;
+}
+
+// For complex, we have defined a __device__ __host__ compatible std::abs
+template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<is_complex<T>, int>::type = 0>
+__device__ __host__ inline auto rocblas_abs(T x)
+{
+    return std::abs(x);
+}
+
+// rocblas_bfloat16 is handled specially
+__device__ __host__ inline auto rocblas_abs(rocblas_bfloat16 x)
+{
+    x.data &= 0x7fff;
+    return x;
+}
+
 #endif