diff --git a/src/lib/player/player.c b/src/lib/player/player.c
index aef6cd8c..9f10d5c8 100644
--- a/src/lib/player/player.c
+++ b/src/lib/player/player.c
@@ -393,11 +393,11 @@ match_user(char *file, struct player *p)
     }
     match = 0;
     while (!feof(fp) && !match) {
-	if (fgets(host, sizeof(host) - 1, fp) == NULL)
+	if (fgets(host, sizeof(host), fp) == NULL)
 	    break;
 	if (host[0] == '#')
 	    continue;
-	if (fgets(user, sizeof(user) - 1, fp) == NULL)
+	if (fgets(user, sizeof(user), fp) == NULL)
 	    break;
 	host[strlen(host) - 1] = '\0';
 	user[strlen(user) - 1] = '\0';
diff --git a/src/util/files.c b/src/util/files.c
index 9b228587..189ef1a7 100644
--- a/src/util/files.c
+++ b/src/util/files.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     	printf("WARNING: this blasts the existing game in %s (if any)\n",
 	   datadir);
     	printf("continue? ");
-    	fgets(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, stdin);
+    	fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin);
     	if (*buf != 'y' && *buf != 'Y')
   	    exit(1);
     }