diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 53c6f972..a7e41fd4 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ syntax: glob
 conf.yaml
 build
 core_pe/modules/block/block.c
-core_pe/modules/cache/cache.c
 cocoa/*/Info.plist
 cocoa/*/build
 cocoa/*/dg_cocoa.plugin
diff --git a/core_pe/modules/cache/cache.c b/core_pe/modules/cache/cache.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5ea4a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core_pe/modules/cache/cache.c
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/* Created By: Virgil Dupras
+ * Created On: 2010-01-30
+ * Copyright 2010 Hardcoded Software (http://www.hardcoded.net)
+ */
+#include "Python.h"
+#include "structmember.h"
+
+static PyObject*
+cache_string_to_colors(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    char *s;
+    PyObject *result;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &s)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    result = PyList_New(0);
+    if (result == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    while (*s) {
+        long r, g, b, whole_color;
+        char buffer[7];
+        PyObject *color_tuple;
+        PyObject *pi;
+        
+        strncpy(buffer, s, 6);
+        if (strlen(buffer) < 6) { /* incomplete color, terminate loop */
+            break;
+        }
+        s += 6;
+        whole_color = strtol(buffer, NULL, 16);
+        r = whole_color >> 16;
+        g = (whole_color >> 8) & 0xff;
+        b = whole_color & 0xff;
+        
+        color_tuple = PyTuple_New(3);
+        pi = PyInt_FromLong(r);
+        if (pi == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(result);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(color_tuple, 0, pi);
+        pi = PyInt_FromLong(g);
+        if (pi == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(result);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(color_tuple, 1, pi);
+        pi = PyInt_FromLong(b);
+        if (pi == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(result);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(color_tuple, 2, pi);
+        
+        if (PyList_Append(result, color_tuple) < 0) {
+            Py_DECREF(result);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef CacheMethods[] = {
+    {"string_to_colors",  cache_string_to_colors, METH_VARARGS,
+     "Transform the string 's' in a list of 3 sized tuples."},
+    {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+init_cache(void)
+{
+    (void)Py_InitModule("_cache", CacheMethods);
+}
diff --git a/core_pe/modules/cache/cache.pyx b/core_pe/modules/cache/cache.pyx
deleted file mode 100644
index 095d33d1..00000000
--- a/core_pe/modules/cache/cache.pyx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# Created By: Virgil Dupras
-# Created On: 2009-04-23
-# Copyright 2010 Hardcoded Software (http://www.hardcoded.net)
-# 
-# This software is licensed under the "HS" License as described in the "LICENSE" file, 
-# which should be included with this package. The terms are also available at 
-# http://www.hardcoded.net/licenses/hs_license
-
-# ok, this is hacky and stuff, but I don't know C well enough to play with char buffers, copy
-# them around and stuff
-cdef int xchar_to_int(char c):
-    if 48 <= c <= 57: # 0-9
-        return c - 48
-    elif 65 <= c <= 70: # A-F
-        return c - 55
-    elif 97 <= c <= 102: # a-f
-        return c - 87
-
-def string_to_colors(s):
-    """Transform the string 's' in a list of 3 sized tuples.
-    """
-    result = []
-    cdef int i, char_count, r, g, b
-    cdef char* cs
-    char_count = len(s)
-    char_count = (char_count // 6) * 6
-    cs = s
-    for i in range(0, char_count, 6):
-        r = xchar_to_int(cs[i]) << 4
-        r += xchar_to_int(cs[i+1])
-        g = xchar_to_int(cs[i+2]) << 4
-        g += xchar_to_int(cs[i+3])
-        b = xchar_to_int(cs[i+4]) << 4
-        b += xchar_to_int(cs[i+5])
-        result.append((r, g, b))
-    return result
diff --git a/core_pe/modules/cache/setup.py b/core_pe/modules/cache/setup.py
index c58c1ee6..b81aba20 100644
--- a/core_pe/modules/cache/setup.py
+++ b/core_pe/modules/cache/setup.py
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 from distutils.extension import Extension
-from Cython.Distutils import build_ext
 
 setup(
-    cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext},
-    ext_modules = [Extension("_cache", ["cache.pyx"])]
+    ext_modules = [Extension("_cache", ["cache.c"])]
 )
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