diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 2a13e2da0212416916791421b68ec75fdd89e369..28ec1e09794734b1519b882498d95be9dc3a1e59 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     textdomain(PACKAGE);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
+#if defined(ENABLE_UTF8) && !defined(NANO_TINY)
     if (MB_CUR_MAX > MAXCHARLEN)
 	fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected large character size: %i bytes"
 			" -- please report a bug\n", (int)MB_CUR_MAX);
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 8fc6a1a01183fb588579a651944fa5beed2f2f00..8a5a1aac28d60dc80997e91348a90ee8b59d1a23 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ const char *strstrwrapper(const char *haystack, const char *needle,
 	const char *start)
 {
     if (*needle == '\0') {
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
 	statusline(ALERT, "Searching for nothing -- please report a bug");
+#endif
 	return (char *)start;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 9f431f9595f213a895878478041bed7e5f8266f2..892103013fcaf4674ef34bbcc06d749c4be94565 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2687,8 +2687,10 @@ int update_line(filestruct *fileptr, size_t index)
 
     /* If the line is offscreen, don't even try to display it. */
     if (row < 0 || row >= editwinrows) {
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
 	statusline(ALERT, "Badness: tried to display a line on row %i"
 				" -- please report a bug", row);
+#endif
 	return 0;
     }
 
@@ -2903,12 +2905,16 @@ void edit_scroll(scroll_dir direction, int nrows)
 
     /* Don't bother scrolling zero rows, nor more than the window can hold. */
     if (nrows == 0) {
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
 	statusline(ALERT, "Underscrolling -- please report a bug");
+#endif
 	return;
     }
     if (nrows >= editwinrows) {
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
 	if (editwinrows > 1)
 	    statusline(ALERT, "Overscrolling -- please report a bug");
+#endif
 	refresh_needed = TRUE;
 	return;
     }