diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp
index 522292247..ecc347d9f 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp
@@ -378,12 +378,8 @@ inline void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, ArithmeticType& val)
             val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t*>());
             break;
         }
-        case value_t::boolean:
-        {
-            val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t*>());
-            break;
-        }
 
+        case value_t::boolean:
         case value_t::null:
         case value_t::object:
         case value_t::array:
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 02441416b..36b26baf8 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -5051,12 +5051,8 @@ inline void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, ArithmeticType& val)
             val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t*>());
             break;
         }
-        case value_t::boolean:
-        {
-            val = static_cast<ArithmeticType>(*j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t*>());
-            break;
-        }
 
+        case value_t::boolean:
         case value_t::null:
         case value_t::object:
         case value_t::array: