diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextReader.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextReader.cs
index ddc931c6..6d806942 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextReader.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextReader.cs
@@ -1979,10 +1979,6 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
                     {
                         numberValue = value;
                     }
-                    else if (parseResult == ParseResult.Overflow)
-                    {
-                        throw JsonReaderException.Create(this, "JSON integer {0} is too large or small for an Double.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, _stringReference.ToString()));
-                    }
                     else
                     {
                         throw JsonReaderException.Create(this, "Input string '{0}' is not a valid double.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, _stringReference.ToString()));
@@ -2063,10 +2059,6 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
                             {
                                 numberValue = d;
                             }
-                            else if (parseResult == ParseResult.Overflow)
-                            {
-                                throw JsonReaderException.Create(this, "JSON integer {0} is too large or small for an Double.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, _stringReference.ToString()));
-                            }
                             else
                             {
                                 throw JsonReaderException.Create(this, "Input string '{0}' is not a valid number.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, number));