diff --git a/bindings/python/src/torrent_handle.cpp b/bindings/python/src/torrent_handle.cpp
index dfadb0571..8ae2bb965 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/torrent_handle.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/src/torrent_handle.cpp
@@ -269,8 +269,6 @@ void bind_torrent_handle()
     void (torrent_handle::*resolve_countries1)(bool) = &torrent_handle::resolve_countries;
 #endif
 
-    return_value_policy<copy_const_reference> copy;
-
 #define _ allow_threads
 
     class_<torrent_handle>("torrent_handle")
diff --git a/src/session_impl.cpp b/src/session_impl.cpp
index 806020fbe..d1e4eda01 100644
--- a/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ namespace aux {
 	{
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(!params.save_path.empty());
 
-		if (params.ti && params.ti->files().num_files() == 0)
+		if (params.ti && params.ti->num_files() == 0)
 		{
 #ifndef BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS
 			throw std::runtime_error("no files in torrent");