diff --git a/src/rpcserver.cpp b/src/rpcserver.cpp
index 16f7c0d6d..7414ec128 100644
--- a/src/rpcserver.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcserver.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void RPCTypeCheckObj(const UniValue& o,
 
 CAmount AmountFromValue(const UniValue& value)
 {
-    if (!value.isReal() && !value.isNum())
+    if (!value.isNum())
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Amount is not a number");
     CAmount amount;
     if (!ParseFixedPoint(value.getValStr(), 8, &amount))
diff --git a/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp b/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
index 6eb8d1ab4..feb8afa6f 100644
--- a/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_constructor)
 
     double vd = -7.21;
     UniValue v7(vd);
-    BOOST_CHECK(v7.isReal());
+    BOOST_CHECK(v7.isNum());
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(v7.getValStr(), "-7.21");
 
     string vs("yawn");
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_set)
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(v.getValStr(), "zum");
 
     BOOST_CHECK(v.setFloat(-1.01));
-    BOOST_CHECK(v.isReal());
+    BOOST_CHECK(v.isNum());
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(v.getValStr(), "-1.01");
 
     BOOST_CHECK(v.setInt((int)1023));
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_object)
     objTypes["distance"] = UniValue::VNUM;
     objTypes["time"] = UniValue::VNUM;
     objTypes["calories"] = UniValue::VNUM;
-    objTypes["temperature"] = UniValue::VREAL;
+    objTypes["temperature"] = UniValue::VNUM;
     objTypes["cat1"] = UniValue::VNUM;
     objTypes["cat2"] = UniValue::VNUM;
     BOOST_CHECK(obj.checkObject(objTypes));