diff --git a/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/address.c b/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/address.c
index 50badab5..0cf69534 100644
--- a/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/address.c
+++ b/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/address.c
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ void PQCLEAN_SPHINCSSHAKE256128FSIMPLE_CLEAN_set_layer_addr(
 
 void PQCLEAN_SPHINCSSHAKE256128FSIMPLE_CLEAN_set_tree_addr(
     uint32_t addr[8], uint64_t tree) {
-    #if (SPX_TREE_HEIGHT * (SPX_D - 1)) > 64
-#error Subtree addressing is currently limited to at most 2^64 trees
-    #endif
     addr[1] = 0;
     addr[2] = (uint32_t) (tree >> 32);
     addr[3] = (uint32_t) tree;
diff --git a/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/hash_shake256.c b/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/hash_shake256.c
index 82256c22..a7ab8e15 100644
--- a/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/hash_shake256.c
+++ b/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/hash_shake256.c
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ void PQCLEAN_SPHINCSSHAKE256128FSIMPLE_CLEAN_hash_message(
     memcpy(digest, bufp, SPX_FORS_MSG_BYTES);
     bufp += SPX_FORS_MSG_BYTES;
 
-    #if SPX_TREE_BITS > 64
-#error For given height and depth, 64 bits cannot represent all subtrees
-    #endif
-
     *tree = PQCLEAN_SPHINCSSHAKE256128FSIMPLE_CLEAN_bytes_to_ull(
                 bufp, SPX_TREE_BYTES);
     *tree &= (~(uint64_t)0) >> (64 - SPX_TREE_BITS);
diff --git a/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/params.h b/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/params.h
index 1efe4dba..367ef88d 100644
--- a/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/params.h
+++ b/crypto_sign/sphincs-shake256-128f-simple/clean/params.h
@@ -20,36 +20,12 @@
 #define SPX_ADDR_BYTES 32
 
 /* WOTS parameters. */
-#if SPX_WOTS_W == 256
-    #define SPX_WOTS_LOGW 8
-#elif SPX_WOTS_W == 16
-    #define SPX_WOTS_LOGW 4
-#else
-    #error SPX_WOTS_W assumed 16 or 256
-#endif
+#define SPX_WOTS_LOGW 4
 
 #define SPX_WOTS_LEN1 (8 * SPX_N / SPX_WOTS_LOGW)
 
 /* SPX_WOTS_LEN2 is floor(log(len_1 * (w - 1)) / log(w)) + 1; we precompute */
-#if SPX_WOTS_W == 256
-    #if SPX_N <= 1
-        #define SPX_WOTS_LEN2 1
-    #elif SPX_N <= 256
-        #define SPX_WOTS_LEN2 2
-    #else
-        #error Did not precompute SPX_WOTS_LEN2 for n outside {2, .., 256}
-    #endif
-#elif SPX_WOTS_W == 16
-    #if SPX_N <= 8
-        #define SPX_WOTS_LEN2 2
-    #elif SPX_N <= 136
-        #define SPX_WOTS_LEN2 3
-    #elif SPX_N <= 256
-        #define SPX_WOTS_LEN2 4
-    #else
-        #error Did not precompute SPX_WOTS_LEN2 for n outside {2, .., 256}
-    #endif
-#endif
+#define SPX_WOTS_LEN2 3
 
 #define SPX_WOTS_LEN (SPX_WOTS_LEN1 + SPX_WOTS_LEN2)
 #define SPX_WOTS_BYTES (SPX_WOTS_LEN * SPX_N)
@@ -58,10 +34,6 @@
 /* Subtree size. */
 #define SPX_TREE_HEIGHT (SPX_FULL_HEIGHT / SPX_D)
 
-#if SPX_TREE_HEIGHT * SPX_D != SPX_FULL_HEIGHT
-    #error SPX_D should always divide SPX_FULL_HEIGHT
-#endif
-
 /* FORS parameters. */
 #define SPX_FORS_MSG_BYTES ((SPX_FORS_HEIGHT * SPX_FORS_TREES + 7) / 8)
 #define SPX_FORS_BYTES ((SPX_FORS_HEIGHT + 1) * SPX_FORS_TREES * SPX_N)