diff --git a/ime.c b/ime.c
index 63e8cb9f..ad283455 100644
--- a/ime.c
+++ b/ime.c
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ enter(void *data, struct zwp_text_input_v3 *zwp_text_input_v3,
     LOG_DBG("enter: seat=%s", seat->name);
 
     /* The main grid is the *only* input-receiving surface we have */
-    /* TODO: can we receive text_input::enter() _before_ keyboard_enter()? */
-    struct terminal UNUSED *term = seat->kbd_focus;
-    xassert(term != NULL);
-    xassert(term_surface_kind(term, surface) == TERM_SURF_GRID);
-
+    xassert(seat->kbd_focus != NULL);
     ime_enable(seat);
 }
 
diff --git a/vt.c b/vt.c
index d1a83da2..d94420da 100644
--- a/vt.c
+++ b/vt.c
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ action_print(struct terminal *term, uint8_t c)
         L'│', L'≤', L'≥', L'π', L'≠', L'£', L'·',       /* x - ~ */
     };
 
-    xassert(wcwidth(c) == 1);
-
     if (unlikely(term->charsets.set[term->charsets.selected] == CHARSET_GRAPHIC) &&
         c >= 0x60 && c <= 0x7e)
     {