diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerAcquire.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerAcquire.cpp
index 9a71dcd24e..8f5e744cb7 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerAcquire.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerAcquire.cpp
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ void LedgerAcquire::trigger(Peer::ref peer)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	assert(mLedger);
 	if (mLedger)
 		tmGL.set_ledgerseq(mLedger->getLedgerSeq());
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerEntrySet.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerEntrySet.cpp
index d0affac0c0..18780f1de8 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerEntrySet.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/LedgerEntrySet.cpp
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ SLE::pointer LedgerEntrySet::entryCache(LedgerEntryType letType, const uint256&
 				entryCache(sleEntry);
 		}
 		else if (action == taaDELETE)
-		{
-			assert(false);
-		}
+			sleEntry.reset();
 	}
 	return sleEntry;
 }
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/RangeSet.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/RangeSet.cpp
index e9c4b38f9a..cc9e6d9abe 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/RangeSet.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/RangeSet.cpp
@@ -115,13 +115,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(RangeSet_test)
 
 	RangeSet r1, r2;
 
-	if (r1 != r2)		BOOST_FAIL("RangeSet fail");
-
-	r1.setValue(1);
-	if (r1 == r2)		BOOST_FAIL("RangeSet fail");
-	r2.setRange(1, 1);
-	if (r1 != r2)		BOOST_FAIL("RangeSet fail");
-
 	r1.clear();
 	r1.setRange(1,10);
 	r1.clearValue(5);
@@ -131,7 +124,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(RangeSet_test)
 	r2.setRange(1, 4);
 	r2.setRange(6, 10);
 	r2.setRange(10, 20);
-	if (r1 != r2)			BOOST_FAIL("RangeSet fail");
 	if (r1.hasValue(5))		BOOST_FAIL("RangeSet fail");
 	if (!r2.hasValue(9))	BOOST_FAIL("RangeSet fail");
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/RangeSet.h b/src/cpp/ripple/RangeSet.h
index 5ccf89f07c..77ac65290d 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/RangeSet.h
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/RangeSet.h
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ public:
 	static uint32 upper(const_reverse_iterator& it)		{ return it->upper() - 1; }
 
 
-	bool operator!=(const RangeSet& r) const	{ return mRanges != r.mRanges; }
-	bool operator==(const RangeSet& r) const	{ return mRanges == r.mRanges; }
-
 	std::string toString() const;
 };