diff --git a/FPEngine.cc b/FPEngine.cc
index 90bdd98d6..af0d5d2cc 100644
--- a/FPEngine.cc
+++ b/FPEngine.cc
@@ -706,8 +706,6 @@ const char *FPEngine::bpf_filter(std::vector<Target *> &Targets) {
         fatal("ran out of space in dst_hosts");
       filterlen += len;
     }
-    if (len < 0 || len + filterlen >= (int) sizeof(dst_hosts))
-      fatal("ran out of space in dst_hosts");
 
     len = Snprintf(pcap_filter, sizeof(pcap_filter), "dst host %s and (%s)",
                    Targets[0]->sourceipstr(), dst_hosts);
diff --git a/nsock/src/gh_heap.c b/nsock/src/gh_heap.c
index 4ff6db8f1..a9b7743e8 100644
--- a/nsock/src/gh_heap.c
+++ b/nsock/src/gh_heap.c
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 
 
 static gh_hnode_t **hnode_ptr(gh_heap_t *heap, unsigned int index) {
-  assert(index >= 0);
   assert(index <= heap->count);
   return &(heap->slots[index]);
 }