diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/quantiles/ItemsSketch.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/quantiles/ItemsSketch.java
index 3d51363fa..aa446ccd7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/quantiles/ItemsSketch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/quantiles/ItemsSketch.java
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ ItemsSketchSortedView<T> getSV() {
       }
 
       return new ItemsSketchSortedView(
-          quantiles, cumWeights, getN(), comparator, getMaxItem(), getMinItem(), getK());
+          quantiles, cumWeights, getN(), comparator, getMaxItem(), getMinItem());
     }
 
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/quantiles/ItemsSketchSortedView.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/quantiles/ItemsSketchSortedView.java
index b4a8fd98d..a1935cffc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/quantiles/ItemsSketchSortedView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/datasketches/quantiles/ItemsSketchSortedView.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 
-import org.apache.datasketches.common.SketchesArgumentException;
 import org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon.GenericInequalitySearch.Inequality;
 import org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon.GenericPartitionBoundaries;
 import org.apache.datasketches.quantilescommon.GenericSortedView;