diff --git a/src/normal.cc b/src/normal.cc
index 00250c2cd..3d1d05ce6 100644
--- a/src/normal.cc
+++ b/src/normal.cc
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ void select_regex(Context& context, NormalParams params)
 {
     const char reg = to_lower(params.reg ? params.reg : '/');
     unsigned capture = (unsigned)params.count;
-    auto prompt = capture ? format("select (capture {}):", capture) :  "select:"_str;
+    auto prompt = capture ? format("select (capture {}):", (int)capture) :  "select:"_str;
     regex_prompt(context, std::move(prompt),
                  [reg, capture](Regex ex, PromptEvent event, Context& context) {
         if (ex.empty())
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ void split_regex(Context& context, NormalParams params)
 {
     const char reg = to_lower(params.reg ? params.reg : '/');
     unsigned capture = (unsigned)params.count;
-    auto prompt = capture ? format("split (on capture {}):", capture) :  "split:"_str;
+    auto prompt = capture ? format("split (on capture {}):", (int)capture) :  "split:"_str;
     regex_prompt(context, std::move(prompt),
                  [reg, capture](Regex ex, PromptEvent event, Context& context) {
         if (ex.empty())
diff --git a/src/string.cc b/src/string.cc
index 69c8f9468..edfd4cf6d 100644
--- a/src/string.cc
+++ b/src/string.cc
@@ -307,13 +307,6 @@ InplaceString<15> to_string(int val)
     return res;
 }
 
-InplaceString<15> to_string(unsigned val)
-{
-    InplaceString<15> res;
-    res.m_length = sprintf(res.m_data, "%u", val);
-    return res;
-}
-
 InplaceString<23> to_string(long int val)
 {
     InplaceString<23> res;
diff --git a/src/string.hh b/src/string.hh
index d1c6aa0ea..74fbb51ad 100644
--- a/src/string.hh
+++ b/src/string.hh
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ inline Hex hex(size_t val) { return {val}; }
 
 InplaceString<15> to_string(int val);
 InplaceString<23> to_string(long int val);
-InplaceString<15> to_string(unsigned val);
 InplaceString<23> to_string(size_t val);
 InplaceString<23> to_string(Hex val);
 InplaceString<23> to_string(float val);