diff --git a/src/condition.cpp b/src/condition.cpp
index f02a403..7a7681a 100644
--- a/src/condition.cpp
+++ b/src/condition.cpp
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ double EventDetector::feed_window(double value, double t) noexcept {
   if (inside == inside_) return kNoEvent;
   inside_ = inside;
   // The event is the *change of side*, so `Rising` reads as "into the band" and `Falling`
-  // as "out of it". A band of zero width therefore never fires at all, because no sample
-  // can be on a different side of it than its neighbour: the panel refuses one.
+  // as "out of it". A band of zero width reduces the condition to an equality test on a
+  // real-valued signal, which is a float-equality test and therefore unusable: the panel refuses one.
   const bool fired = (cond_.edge == TriggerEdge::Rising && inside) ||
                      (cond_.edge == TriggerEdge::Falling && !inside) ||
                      cond_.edge == TriggerEdge::Both;
diff --git a/src/condition.hpp b/src/condition.hpp
index 768054b..2abba10 100644
--- a/src/condition.hpp
+++ b/src/condition.hpp
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class EventDetector {
 
   double last_value() const noexcept { return prev_; }
   bool have_last() const noexcept { return have_prev_; }
-  const EventCondition& condition() const noexcept { return cond_; }
 
  private:
   bool crossed_up(double v) const noexcept {
diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 2f28bb1..012e58b 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ double ms_since(const std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point& t0) {
 
 void BufferSearch::start(const EventCondition& c, int channel) {
   clear();
-  condition_ = c;
   channel_ = channel;
   detector_.reset();
   detector_.configure(c);
diff --git a/src/search.hpp b/src/search.hpp
index cb1b753..4832cf8 100644
--- a/src/search.hpp
+++ b/src/search.hpp
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class BufferSearch {
   bool pump(ScopeModel& model);
 
   State state() const noexcept { return state_; }
-  int channel() const noexcept { return channel_; }
   const std::vector<double>& hits() const noexcept { return hits_; }
   /// Which hit the view is on, or -1 for none.
   int cursor() const noexcept { return cursor_; }
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ class BufferSearch {
 
  private:
   EventDetector detector_{};
-  EventCondition condition_{};
   int channel_ = -1;
   State state_ = State::Idle;
   bool started_ = false;       ///< the index range has been established.