diff -u b/core/modules/comment/comment.module b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
--- b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -1056,8 +1056,8 @@
  */
 function comment_cron() {
   // Store the maximum possible comments per thread (used for node search
-  // ranking by reply count). Make sure it is a float value.
-  \Drupal::state()->set('comment.node_comment_statistics_scale', 1.0 / max(1.0, (float) db_query('SELECT MAX(comment_count) FROM {comment_entity_statistics}')->fetchField()));
+  // ranking by reply count).
+  \Drupal::state()->set('comment.node_comment_statistics_scale', 1.0 / max(1.0, db_query('SELECT MAX(comment_count) FROM {comment_entity_statistics}')->fetchField()));
 }
 
 /**
diff -u b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
--- b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.module
@@ -119,9 +119,8 @@
     \Drupal::state()->set('statistics.day_timestamp', REQUEST_TIME);
   }
 
-  // Calculate the maximum of node views, for node search ranking. Make sure
-  // it is a float value.
-  \Drupal::state()->set('statistics.node_counter_scale', 1.0 / max(1.0, (float) db_query('SELECT MAX(totalcount) FROM {node_counter}')->fetchField()));
+  // Calculate the maximum of node views, for node search ranking.
+  \Drupal::state()->set('statistics.node_counter_scale', 1.0 / max(1.0, db_query('SELECT MAX(totalcount) FROM {node_counter}')->fetchField()));
 }
 
 /**