diff --git a/internal/c/common.cpp b/internal/c/common.cpp
index c5a663584..fc9846020 100644
--- a/internal/c/common.cpp
+++ b/internal/c/common.cpp
@@ -233,13 +233,9 @@ struct img_struct{
 #define IMG_SCREEN 2 //img is linked to other screen pages
 #define IMG_FREEMEM 4 //if set, it means memory must be freed
 
-extern void error(int32 error_number); //declare the erorr handler so we can call it if needed.
-
 #ifdef QB64_NOT_X86
 inline int64 qbr(long double f){
   int64 i; int temp=0;
-  if (f<=-9223372036854775808.5) {error(6); return 0;} // if the float is smaller than what an integer 64 could possible hold, toss an overflow error.
-  if (f>=18446744073709551615.5) {error(6); return 0;} // same result if the number is larger than what an integer 64 could possibly hold.
   if (f>9223372036854775807) {temp=1;f=f-9223372036854775808u;} //if it's too large for a signed int64, make it an unsigned int64 and return that value if possible.
   if (f<0) i=f-0.5f; else i=f+0.5f;
   if (temp) return i|0x8000000000000000;//+9223372036854775808;
@@ -253,8 +249,6 @@ inline int32 qbr_double_to_long(double f){if (f<0) return(f-0.5f); else return(f
 #ifdef QB64_MICROSOFT
 inline int64 qbr(long double f){
   int64 i; int temp=0;
-  if (f<=-9223372036854775808.5) {error(6); return 0;} // if the float is smaller than what an integer 64 could possible hold, toss an overflow error.
-  if (f>=18446744073709551615.5) {error(6); return 0;} // same result if the number is larger than what an integer 64 could possibly hold.
   if (f>9223372036854775807) {temp=1;f=f-9223372036854775808u;} //if it's too large for a signed int64, make it an unsigned int64 and return that value if possible.
   __asm{
       fld   f
@@ -293,8 +287,6 @@ inline int32 qbr_double_to_long(double f){
 //FLDT=load long double
 inline int64 qbr(long double f){
   int64 i; int temp=0;
-  if (f<=-9223372036854775808.5) {error(6); return 0;} // if the float is smaller than what an integer 64 could possible hold, toss an overflow error.
-  if (f>=18446744073709551615.5) {error(6); return 0;} // same result if the number is larger than what an integer 64 could possibly hold.
   if (f>9223372036854775807) {temp=1;f=f-9223372036854775808u;} //if it's too large for a signed int64, make it an unsigned int64 and return that value if possible.
   __asm__ (
            "fldt %1;"