diff --git a/layout/hp-book.sty b/layout/hp-book.sty
index 4244326f..fb2858c1 100644
--- a/layout/hp-book.sty
+++ b/layout/hp-book.sty
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 	\renewcommand*{\printchapternum}{%
 		\chapnumfont \hyperref[contents]{\textls[30]{
-\IfInteger{\thechapter}{\NUMBERstring{chapter}}{\thechapter}
+\IfInteger{\thechapter}{\the\value{chapter}}{\thechapter}
 }}}
 
 	\renewcommand*{\printchaptername}{%
diff --git a/layout/hp-contents.tex b/layout/hp-contents.tex
index f562a345..55964f41 100644
--- a/layout/hp-contents.tex
+++ b/layout/hp-contents.tex
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 \renewcommand*{\cftchapterfont}{}
 
 \renewcommand\partnumberline[1]{\hfil\thispagestyle{empty}{\hpfont\textls[30]{\large\MakeUppercase{\partname} #1}}\hfil\strut\par\nopagebreak\hfil}
-\renewcommand\chapternumberline[1]{\hfil\thispagestyle{empty}{\hpfont\textls[30]{\IfInteger{#1}{\NUMBERstringnum{#1}}{Appendix #1}}}\hfil\strut\par\nopagebreak\hfil}
+\renewcommand\chapternumberline[1]{\hfil\thispagestyle{empty}{\hpfont\textls[30]{\IfInteger{#1}{\the\value{#1}}{Appendix #1}}}\hfil\strut\par\nopagebreak\hfil}
 
 \settocdepth{chapter}
 \phantomsection
diff --git a/layout/hp-format.tex b/layout/hp-format.tex
index 5c5327b0..28555527 100644
--- a/layout/hp-format.tex
+++ b/layout/hp-format.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 % This file includes all the generic formatting for HPatMoR. This mostly entails configuring
 % the memoir package, though “configuring” on occasion means “completely messing it up”.
 
-\RequirePackage{fmtcount}
 \RequirePackage{calc}
 
 % Fonts used generally (specific fonts used only once or twice are not here).