diff --git a/DryWetMidi/Common/MathUtilities.cs b/DryWetMidi/Common/MathUtilities.cs
index 7d7d88e09..315a956be 100644
--- a/DryWetMidi/Common/MathUtilities.cs
+++ b/DryWetMidi/Common/MathUtilities.cs
@@ -143,13 +143,6 @@ public static long GreatestCommonDivisor(long a, long b)
             return a;
         }
 
-        // ax + by = 0
-        public static Tuple<long, long> SolveDiophantineEquation(long a, long b)
-        {
-            var greatestCommonDivisor = GreatestCommonDivisor(a, b);
-            return Tuple.Create(b / greatestCommonDivisor, -a / greatestCommonDivisor);
-        }
-
         public static double Round(double value)
         {
             return Math.Round(value, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);
diff --git a/DryWetMidi/Interaction/TimeSpan/Converters/MusicalTimeSpanConverter.cs b/DryWetMidi/Interaction/TimeSpan/Converters/MusicalTimeSpanConverter.cs
index 8d785fe11..078cac2e9 100644
--- a/DryWetMidi/Interaction/TimeSpan/Converters/MusicalTimeSpanConverter.cs
+++ b/DryWetMidi/Interaction/TimeSpan/Converters/MusicalTimeSpanConverter.cs
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ public ITimeSpan ConvertTo(long timeSpan, long time, TempoMap tempoMap)
             if (timeSpan == 0)
                 return new MusicalTimeSpan();
 
-            var xy = MathUtilities.SolveDiophantineEquation(4 * ticksPerQuarterNoteTimeDivision.TicksPerQuarterNote, -timeSpan);
-            return new MusicalTimeSpan(Math.Abs(xy.Item1), Math.Abs(xy.Item2));
+            var gcd = MathUtilities.GreatestCommonDivisor(timeSpan, 4 * ticksPerQuarterNoteTimeDivision.TicksPerQuarterNote);
+            return new MusicalTimeSpan(timeSpan / gcd, 4 * ticksPerQuarterNoteTimeDivision.TicksPerQuarterNote / gcd);
         }
 
         public long ConvertFrom(ITimeSpan timeSpan, long time, TempoMap tempoMap)