diff --git a/src/ripple/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp b/src/ripple/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
index 7abc584d0..8584a22d8 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/ledger/Ledger.cpp
@@ -342,13 +342,12 @@ void Ledger::setAccepted (
 {
     // Used when we witnessed the consensus.  Rounds the close time, updates the
     // hash, and sets the ledger accepted and immutable.
-    assert (closed() && !info_.accepted);
+    assert (closed());
     info_.closeTime = correctCloseTime
         ? roundCloseTime (closeTime, closeResolution)
         : closeTime;
     info_.closeTimeResolution = closeResolution;
     info_.closeFlags = correctCloseTime ? 0 : sLCF_NoConsensusTime;
-    info_.accepted = true;
     setImmutable ();
 }
 
@@ -361,7 +360,6 @@ void Ledger::setAccepted ()
         info_.closeTime = roundCloseTime(
             info_.closeTime, info_.closeTimeResolution);
 
-    info_.accepted = true;
     setImmutable ();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/ledger/impl/LedgerMaster.cpp b/src/ripple/app/ledger/impl/LedgerMaster.cpp
index d0790eda1..ecf643800 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/ledger/impl/LedgerMaster.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/ledger/impl/LedgerMaster.cpp
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ public:
 
     void pushLedger (Ledger::pointer newLCL, Ledger::pointer newOL)
     {
-        assert (! newLCL->info().open && newLCL->info().accepted);
-        assert (newOL->info().open && !newOL->info().accepted);
+        assert (! newLCL->info().open);
+        assert (newOL->info().open);
 
         {
             ScopedLockType ml (m_mutex);
diff --git a/src/ripple/json/impl/json_reader.cpp b/src/ripple/json/impl/json_reader.cpp
index d7cd75995..3e2777e16 100644
--- a/src/ripple/json/impl/json_reader.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/json/impl/json_reader.cpp
@@ -552,12 +552,6 @@ Reader::readArray ( Token& tokenStart )
     return true;
 }
 
-static inline bool
-in ( Reader::Char c, Reader::Char c1, Reader::Char c2, Reader::Char c3, Reader::Char c4 )
-{
-    return c == c1  ||  c == c2  ||  c == c3  ||  c == c4;
-}
-
 bool
 Reader::decodeNumber ( Token& token )
 {
diff --git a/src/ripple/ledger/ReadView.h b/src/ripple/ledger/ReadView.h
index 3930b2d2f..c2eb8d724 100644
--- a/src/ripple/ledger/ReadView.h
+++ b/src/ripple/ledger/ReadView.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ struct LedgerInfo
     // Once validated is true, it will never be set false at a later time.
     mutable
     bool validated = false;
-    bool accepted = false;
 
     // flags indicating how this ledger close took place
     int closeFlags = 0;