diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index c1281ffb3..1b667482f 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ binomProbs <- function(x, ...) {
 #' @export
 binomProbs.default <- function(x, probs=c(0.025, 0.05, 0.5, 0.95, 0.975), na.rm=FALSE,
                                names=TRUE, onlyProbs=TRUE) {
-  checkmate::assertIntegerish(x, min.len=1, lower=0.0, upper=1.0)
+  checkmate::assertNumeric(x, min.len=1, lower=0.0, upper=1.0)
   x <- as.double(x)
   checkmate::assertNumeric(probs, min.len=1, any.missing = FALSE, lower=0.0, upper=1.0)
   checkmate::assertLogical(na.rm, any.missing=FALSE, len=1)
diff --git a/src/utilcpp.cpp b/src/utilcpp.cpp
index 465f57a87..3dcb097bd 100644
--- a/src/utilcpp.cpp
+++ b/src/utilcpp.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ NumericVector binomProbs_(NumericVector x, NumericVector probs, bool naRm) {
   ret[2] = sd;
   ret[3] = (double)n;
 
-  double c = sd/sqrt((double)(n));
   for (int i = 0; i < probs.size(); ++i) {
     double p = probs[i];
     std::string str = std::to_string(p*100) + "%";