diff --git a/benchmark/nilclass.yml b/benchmark/nilclass.yml
index da66e71068..66234c4cdf 100644
--- a/benchmark/nilclass.yml
+++ b/benchmark/nilclass.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 prelude: |
   def a = nil
 benchmark:
+  rationalize:
+    nil.rationalize
+  to_c: |
+    nil.to_c
   to_i: |
     nil.to_i
   to_f: |
     nil.to_f
+  to_r: |
+    nil.to_r
   splat: |
     a(*nil)
 loop_count: 100000
diff --git a/complex.c b/complex.c
index 05c991f35b..d6daee307c 100644
--- a/complex.c
+++ b/complex.c
@@ -1925,21 +1925,6 @@ nucomp_to_c(VALUE self)
     return self;
 }
 
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   to_c -> (0+0i)
- *
- * Returns zero as a Complex:
- *
- *   nil.to_c # => (0+0i)
- *
- */
-static VALUE
-nilclass_to_c(VALUE self)
-{
-    return rb_complex_new1(INT2FIX(0));
-}
-
 /*
  * call-seq:
  *   to_c -> complex
@@ -2693,7 +2678,6 @@ Init_Complex(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cComplex, "to_r", nucomp_to_r, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cComplex, "rationalize", nucomp_rationalize, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cComplex, "to_c", nucomp_to_c, 0);
-    rb_define_method(rb_cNilClass, "to_c", nilclass_to_c, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "to_c", numeric_to_c, 0);
 
     rb_define_method(rb_cString, "to_c", string_to_c, 0);
diff --git a/nilclass.rb b/nilclass.rb
index 5a2e19680d..acd5666c71 100644
--- a/nilclass.rb
+++ b/nilclass.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,30 @@
 class NilClass
+  #
+  #  call-seq:
+  #     rationalize(eps = nil)  ->  (0/1)
+  #
+  #  Returns zero as a Rational:
+  #
+  #     nil.rationalize # => (0/1)
+  #
+  #  Argument +eps+ is ignored.
+  #
+  def rationalize(eps = nil)
+    0r
+  end
+
+  #
+  #  call-seq:
+  #     to_c -> (0+0i)
+  #
+  #  Returns zero as a Complex:
+  #
+  #     nil.to_c # => (0+0i)
+  #
+  def to_c
+    0i
+  end
+
   #
   #  call-seq:
   #     nil.to_i -> 0
@@ -22,4 +48,16 @@ class NilClass
   def to_f
     return 0.0
   end
+
+  #
+  #  call-seq:
+  #     to_r  ->  (0/1)
+  #
+  #  Returns zero as a Rational:
+  #
+  #     nil.to_r # => (0/1)
+  #
+  def to_r
+    0r
+  end
 end
diff --git a/rational.c b/rational.c
index f1547856b4..89e74c328d 100644
--- a/rational.c
+++ b/rational.c
@@ -2107,39 +2107,6 @@ rb_float_denominator(VALUE self)
     return nurat_denominator(r);
 }
 
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   to_r  ->  (0/1)
- *
- * Returns zero as a Rational:
- *
- *   nil.to_r # => (0/1)
- *
- */
-static VALUE
-nilclass_to_r(VALUE self)
-{
-    return rb_rational_new1(INT2FIX(0));
-}
-
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   rationalize(eps = nil)  ->  (0/1)
- *
- * Returns zero as a Rational:
- *
- *   nil.rationalize # => (0/1)
- *
- * Argument +eps+ is ignored.
- *
- */
-static VALUE
-nilclass_rationalize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
-{
-    rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1);
-    return nilclass_to_r(self);
-}
-
 /*
  * call-seq:
  *    int.to_r  ->  rational
@@ -2823,8 +2790,6 @@ Init_Rational(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cFloat, "numerator", rb_float_numerator, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cFloat, "denominator", rb_float_denominator, 0);
 
-    rb_define_method(rb_cNilClass, "to_r", nilclass_to_r, 0);
-    rb_define_method(rb_cNilClass, "rationalize", nilclass_rationalize, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cInteger, "to_r", integer_to_r, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cInteger, "rationalize", integer_rationalize, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cFloat, "to_r", float_to_r, 0);