diff --git a/code/botlib/be_ai_chat.cpp b/code/botlib/be_ai_chat.cpp
index 8adfbb9..1e9a6b2 100644
--- a/code/botlib/be_ai_chat.cpp
+++ b/code/botlib/be_ai_chat.cpp
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ bot_matchpiece_t *BotLoadMatchPieces(source_t *source, char *endtoken)
 	{
 		if (token.type == TT_NUMBER && (token.subtype & TT_INTEGER))
 		{
-			if (token.intvalue < 0 || token.intvalue >= MAX_MATCHVARIABLES)
+			if (token.intvalue >= MAX_MATCHVARIABLES)
 			{
 				SourceError(source, "can't have more than %d match variables\n", MAX_MATCHVARIABLES);
 				FreeSource(source);
diff --git a/code/client/cl_download.cpp b/code/client/cl_download.cpp
index 69f6df1..f3fc8ba 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_download.cpp
+++ b/code/client/cl_download.cpp
@@ -1127,8 +1127,7 @@ void CL_MapDownload_Cancel()
 // negative if nothing's going on
 static float CL_MapDownload_Progress()
 {
-	if (!CL_MapDownload_Active() || !cl_mapDL.fromCommand || 
-		cl_mapDL.bytesTotal < 1 || cl_mapDL.bytesDownloaded < 0)
+	if (!CL_MapDownload_Active() || !cl_mapDL.fromCommand || cl_mapDL.bytesTotal < 1)
 		return -1;
 
 	const uint64_t t = (uint64_t)cl_mapDL.bytesTotal;
@@ -1143,8 +1142,7 @@ static float CL_MapDownload_Progress()
 // bytes/s, negative if nothing's going on
 static int CL_MapDownload_Speed()
 {
-	if (!CL_MapDownload_Active() || !cl_mapDL.fromCommand ||
-		cl_mapDL.bytesTotal < 1 || cl_mapDL.bytesDownloaded < 0)
+	if (!CL_MapDownload_Active() || !cl_mapDL.fromCommand || cl_mapDL.bytesTotal < 1)
 		return -1;
 
 	const int startMS = cl_mapDL.startTimeMS;