diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/DenseWeightedEvaluation.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/DenseWeightedEvaluation.java
index d6afa8bd7..b76e3dcac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/DenseWeightedEvaluation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/DenseWeightedEvaluation.java
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ class DenseWeightedEvaluation extends AbstractEvaluation {
         return this.weightSqrt.operate(this.unweighted.getResiduals());
     }
 
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    public RealVector getValue() {
-        return this.weightSqrt.operate(unweighted.getValue());
-    }
-
     /* delegate */
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/LeastSquaresFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/LeastSquaresFactory.java
index 8ec03e7c3..0853d0355 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/LeastSquaresFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/LeastSquaresFactory.java
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ public class LeastSquaresFactory {
                         iteration,
                         new PointVectorValuePair(
                                 previous.getPoint().toArray(),
-                                previous.getValue().toArray(),
+                                previous.getResiduals().toArray(),
                                 false),
                         new PointVectorValuePair(
                                 current.getPoint().toArray(),
-                                current.getValue().toArray(),
+                                current.getResiduals().toArray(),
                                 false)
                 );
             }
@@ -344,12 +344,10 @@ public class LeastSquaresFactory {
 
             /** the point of evaluation */
             private final RealVector point;
-            /** value at point */
-            private final RealVector values;
             /** deriviative at point */
             private final RealMatrix jacobian;
-            /** reference to the observed values */
-            private final RealVector target;
+            /** the computed residuals. */
+            private final RealVector residuals;
 
             /**
              * Create an {@link Evaluation} with no weights.
@@ -364,15 +362,9 @@ public class LeastSquaresFactory {
                                          final RealVector target,
                                          final RealVector point) {
                 super(target.getDimension());
-                this.values = values;
                 this.jacobian = jacobian;
-                this.target = target;
                 this.point = point;
-            }
-
-            /** {@inheritDoc} */
-            public RealVector getValue() {
-                return this.values;
+                this.residuals = target.subtract(values);
             }
 
             /** {@inheritDoc} */
@@ -387,7 +379,7 @@ public class LeastSquaresFactory {
 
             /** {@inheritDoc} */
             public RealVector getResiduals() {
-                return target.subtract(this.getValue());
+                return this.residuals;
             }
 
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/LeastSquaresProblem.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/LeastSquaresProblem.java
index 744c6ec12..d3da3d5b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/LeastSquaresProblem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/LeastSquaresProblem.java
@@ -118,13 +118,6 @@ public interface LeastSquaresProblem extends OptimizationProblem<LeastSquaresPro
          */
         double getRMS();
 
-        /**
-         * Get the weighted objective (model) function value.
-         *
-         * @return the weighted objective function value at the specified point.
-         */
-        RealVector getValue();
-
         /**
          * Get the weighted Jacobian matrix.
          *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/OptimumImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/OptimumImpl.java
index a028594a9..8c4ad65aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/OptimumImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/OptimumImpl.java
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ class OptimumImpl implements Optimum {
         return value.getRMS();
     }
 
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    public RealVector getValue() {
-        return value.getValue();
-    }
-
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     public RealMatrix getJacobian() {
         return value.getJacobian();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/AbstractLeastSquaresOptimizerAbstractTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/AbstractLeastSquaresOptimizerAbstractTest.java
index c30052976..9b4f18d0c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/AbstractLeastSquaresOptimizerAbstractTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/AbstractLeastSquaresOptimizerAbstractTest.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLeastSquaresOptimizerAbstractTest {
 
         Assert.assertEquals(0, optimum.getRMS(), TOl);
         assertEquals(TOl, optimum.getPoint(), 1.5);
-        Assert.assertEquals(3.0, optimum.getValue().getEntry(0), TOl);
+        Assert.assertEquals(0.0, optimum.getResiduals().getEntry(0), TOl);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLeastSquaresOptimizerAbstractTest {
 
         Assert.assertEquals(0, optimum.getRMS(), TOl);
         assertEquals(TOl, optimum.getPoint(), 7, 3);
-        assertEquals(TOl, optimum.getValue(), 4, 6, 1);
+        assertEquals(TOl, optimum.getResiduals(), 0, 0, 0);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/EvaluationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/EvaluationTest.java
index 0f6fb8d6a..6a60008ec 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/EvaluationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math3/fitting/leastsquares/EvaluationTest.java
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ public class EvaluationTest {
                 .evaluate(point);
 
         //action
-        RealVector value = evaluation.getValue();
+        RealVector residuals = evaluation.getResiduals();
         RealMatrix jacobian = evaluation.getJacobian();
 
         //verify
         Assert.assertArrayEquals(evaluation.getPoint().toArray(), point.toArray(), 0);
-        Assert.assertArrayEquals(new double[]{12, 8}, value.toArray(), Precision.EPSILON);
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(new double[]{-12, -8}, residuals.toArray(), Precision.EPSILON);
         TestUtils.assertEquals(
                 "jacobian",
                 jacobian,