diff --git a/src/smap/configure_functions.c b/src/smap/configure_functions.c
index d55b96e50dc55992df46c58a7574ec67acda493d..0ecedd3d4884861555d09ce97530a5cc9c08e8ac 100644
--- a/src/smap/configure_functions.c
+++ b/src/smap/configure_functions.c
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@ static int _change_state_bps(char *com, int state)
 		for(j=0; j<3; j++) {
 			if (((i+j) <= len) &&
 			    (((com[i+j] >= '0') && (com[i+j] <= '9')) ||
-			     ((com[i+j] >= 'A') && (com[i+j] <= 'Z')) ||
-			     ((com[i+j] >= 'a') && (com[i+j] <= 'z'))))
+			     ((com[i+j] >= 'A') && (com[i+j] <= 'Z'))))
 				continue;
 			goto error_message2; 
 
@@ -604,8 +603,7 @@ static int _change_state_bps(char *com, int state)
 		for(j=0; j<3; j++) {
 			if (((i+j) <= len) &&
 			    (((com[i+j] >= '0') && (com[i+j] <= '9')) ||
-			     ((com[i+j] >= 'A') && (com[i+j] <= 'Z')) ||
-			     ((com[i+j] >= 'a') && (com[i+j] <= 'z'))))
+			     ((com[i+j] >= 'A') && (com[i+j] <= 'Z'))))
 				continue; 
 			goto error_message2;
 		}
@@ -619,8 +617,7 @@ static int _change_state_bps(char *com, int state)
 		for(j=0; j<3; j++) {
 			if (((i+j) <= len) &&
 			    (((com[i+j] >= '0') && (com[i+j] <= '9')) ||
-			     ((com[i+j] >= 'A') && (com[i+j] <= 'Z')) ||
-			     ((com[i+j] >= 'a') && (com[i+j] <= 'z'))))
+			     ((com[i+j] >= 'A') && (com[i+j] <= 'Z'))))
 				continue;
 			goto error_message2;
 		}
diff --git a/src/smap/partition_functions.c b/src/smap/partition_functions.c
index 24c37530c1101dcc3891a416d216a481db4ca339..2dd270b00740fe0bfd3aece334267731ad25059b 100644
--- a/src/smap/partition_functions.c
+++ b/src/smap/partition_functions.c
@@ -902,7 +902,6 @@ static int _make_nodelist(char *nodes, List nodelist)
 				break;
 			j--;
 		} else if((nodes[j] >= '0' && nodes[j] <= '9')
-			  || (nodes[j] >= 'a' && nodes[j] <= 'z')
 			  || (nodes[j] >= 'A' && nodes[j] <= 'Z')) {
 					
 			number = xstrntol(nodes + j, NULL,