diff --git a/src/tokenizer.cpp b/src/tokenizer.cpp
index 22f5f04a9b..bca80f7442 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenizer.cpp
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ double ValueTokenizer::next_double()
     char *end;
     auto val = std::strtod(current.c_str(), &end);
     // return value of denormal
-    if ((val != 0.0) && (val > -HUGE_VAL) && (val < HUGE_VAL)) return val;
+    if ((val > -HUGE_VAL) && (val < HUGE_VAL)) return val;
     throw InvalidFloatException(current);
   } catch (std::invalid_argument const &) {
     throw InvalidFloatException(current);
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index efb9ad5e2a..1c0f1112b6 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ double utils::numeric(const char *file, int line, const std::string &str, bool d
     char *end;
     rv = std::strtod(buf.c_str(), &end);
     // return value if denormal
-    if ((rv != 0.0) && (rv > -HUGE_VAL) && (rv < HUGE_VAL)) return rv;
+    if ((rv > -HUGE_VAL) && (rv < HUGE_VAL)) return rv;
 
     msg = fmt::format("Floating point number {} in input script or data file is out of range", buf);
     if (do_abort)