diff --git a/great_tables/_body.py b/great_tables/_body.py
index 0e6d158be..594d1e369 100644
--- a/great_tables/_body.py
+++ b/great_tables/_body.py
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
 
 
 def body_reassemble(body: Body, row_groups: RowGroups, stub_df: Stub, boxhead: Boxhead) -> Body:
-    cols = [col_info.var for col_info in boxhead]
-
-    start_final = get_row_reorder_df(row_groups, stub_df)
-    rows = [final for _, final in start_final]
-
-    # TODO: once body is just a DataFrame, we can call reorder directly on it
-    # return body.__class__(reorder(body.body, rows, cols))
+    # Note that this used to order the body based on groupings, but now that occurs in the
+    # renderer itself.
     return body.__class__(copy_data(body.body))
diff --git a/great_tables/_boxhead.py b/great_tables/_boxhead.py
index f1963b7ed..41ea5f634 100644
--- a/great_tables/_boxhead.py
+++ b/great_tables/_boxhead.py
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ def cols_label(self: GTSelf, **kwargs: Any) -> GTSelf:
         return self
 
     mod_columns = list(kwargs.keys())
-    new_labels = list(kwargs.values())
 
     # Get the full list of column names for the data
     column_names = self._boxhead._get_columns()
diff --git a/great_tables/_utils.py b/great_tables/_utils.py
index d7ccbb0fc..c98d999df 100644
--- a/great_tables/_utils.py
+++ b/great_tables/_utils.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def _assert_str_list(x: Any) -> None:
 
 
 def _assert_str_in_set(x: str, set: List[str]):
-    while x not in set:
+    if x not in set:
         raise AssertionError(f"The string `{x}` is not part of the defined `set`.")
 
 
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ def _assert_list_is_subset(x: List[Any], set_list: List[Any]) -> None:
     if not set(x).issubset(set(set_list)):
         raise AssertionError("The columns provided are not present in the table.")
 
-    return
-
 
 def _str_scalar_to_list(x: str):
     _assert_str_scalar(x)