diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp
index c382b8e5..fed8da64 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
 
     err = parseVariant(variant, filter, nestingLimit);
 
-    if (!err && latch_.last() != 0 && !variant.isEnclosed()) {
+    if (!err && latch_.last() != 0 && variant.isFloat()) {
       // We don't detect trailing characters earlier, so we need to check now
       return DeserializationError::InvalidInput;
     }
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
index c70ebd42..830656c9 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
@@ -147,10 +147,6 @@ class VariantData {
     return type() == VALUE_IS_NULL;
   }
 
-  bool isEnclosed() const {
-    return !isFloat();
-  }
-
   void setBoolean(bool value) {
     setType(VALUE_IS_BOOLEAN);
     content_.asBoolean = value;