diff --git a/R/scalars.R b/R/scalars.R
index dc14e65..6a4281e 100644
--- a/R/scalars.R
+++ b/R/scalars.R
@@ -19,3 +19,13 @@
 count_val <- function(x, value, recursive = TRUE){
   cpp_count_val(x, value, recursive)
 }
+val_rm <- function(x, value){
+  n_vals <- count_val(x, value, recursive = TRUE)
+  if (n_vals == unlisted_length(x)){
+    sset(x, 0L)
+  } else if (n_vals == 0){
+    x
+  } else {
+    sset(x, cpp_which_val(x, value, invert = TRUE))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/R/sset.R b/R/sset.R
index 515b50a..90fe6fa 100644
--- a/R/sset.R
+++ b/R/sset.R
@@ -179,29 +179,9 @@ neg_indices_to_pos <- function(exclude, n){
   if (n == 0){
     integer()
   } else {
-    which_not_in(seq.int(from = -1L, to = -n, by = -1L), exclude)
-  }
-  # out <- which_not_in(seq_len(n), cpp_set_reverse_sign(exclude))
-  # exclude <- cpp_set_reverse_sign(exclude)
-  # out
-  # which_not_in(seq_len(n), abs(exclude))
-}
-clean_indices <- function(indices, n){
-  valid <- cpp_index_is_valid(indices, n)
-  if (count_val(valid, TRUE) == length(indices)){
-    indices
-  } else {
-    indices[which_(valid)]
-  }
-}
-# Efficient function to remove a value from a vector
-val_rm <- function(x, value){
-  n_vals <- count_val(x, value, recursive = TRUE)
-  if (n_vals == unlisted_length(x)){
-    sset(x, 0L)
-  } else if (n_vals == 0){
-    x
-  } else {
-    sset(x, cpp_which_val(x, value, invert = TRUE))
+    which_not_in(
+      seq.int(from = -1L, to = -as.integer(n), by = -1L),
+      as.integer(exclude)
+    )
   }
 }