diff --git a/src/backend/scheduler.cc b/src/backend/scheduler.cc
index e0f0713..639ec30 100644
--- a/src/backend/scheduler.cc
+++ b/src/backend/scheduler.cc
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ determine_subr_allocable_status(const DynamicRequest& req, DynamicSubRequest& su
       // needed directly into subrequests, after all...)
       for(Iseq<SubRequestQueue::iterator> queue_it = iseq(queue); queue_it; queue_it++)
         {
-          DynamicSubRequest& x = reinterpret_cast<DynamicSubRequest&>(**queue_it);
+          DynamicSubRequest& x = static_cast<DynamicSubRequest&>(**queue_it);
           if(&x.get_request() == &req && x.get_state() == Request::state_allocable)
             x.set_state(Request::state_unallocable);
         }
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ Scheduler::step_forward(History& history, CPUPolicy& cpu_policy)
   int current_instant = history.get_size() - 1; /* They should be equivalent */
 
   // Safe cast:
-  ConcreteHistory& concrete_history = reinterpret_cast<ConcreteHistory&>(history);
+  ConcreteHistory& concrete_history = static_cast<ConcreteHistory&>(history);
 
   // Use an auto_ptr since we've some exceptions in the coming...
   auto_ptr<ConcreteEnvironment> new_snapshot(new ConcreteEnvironment(concrete_history.get_last_environment()));  
diff --git a/src/schedulables_tree_widget.cc b/src/schedulables_tree_widget.cc
index 38e6f61..d60000b 100644
--- a/src/schedulables_tree_widget.cc
+++ b/src/schedulables_tree_widget.cc
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ void
 SchedulablesTreeWidget::_on_cell_name_data(Gtk::CellRenderer* cr, 
                                            const Gtk::TreeModel::iterator& it)
 {
-  CellRendererTextMarkup& crtm = reinterpret_cast<CellRendererTextMarkup&>(*cr);
+  CellRendererTextMarkup& crtm = static_cast<CellRendererTextMarkup&>(*cr);
 
   ustring marked_up;