diff --git a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
index 3e67fbb3c..309dac88b 100644
--- a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ namespace NifOsg
                 geometry->setDataVariance(osg::Object::STATIC);
                 osg::ref_ptr<FrameSwitch> frameswitch = new FrameSwitch;
 
-                osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geometry> geom2 = static_cast<osg::Geometry*>(osg::clone(geometry.get(), osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_NODES|osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_DRAWABLES));
+                osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geometry> geom2 = osg::clone(geometry.get(), osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_NODES|osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_DRAWABLES);
                 frameswitch->addChild(geometry);
                 frameswitch->addChild(geom2);
 
@@ -1224,8 +1224,7 @@ namespace NifOsg
 
             osg::ref_ptr<FrameSwitch> frameswitch = new FrameSwitch;
 
-            SceneUtil::RigGeometry* rig2 = static_cast<SceneUtil::RigGeometry*>(osg::clone(rig.get(), osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_NODES|
-                                                                                           osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_DRAWABLES));
+            SceneUtil::RigGeometry* rig2 = osg::clone(rig.get(), osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_NODES|osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_DRAWABLES);
             frameswitch->addChild(rig);
             frameswitch->addChild(rig2);
 
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/statesetupdater.cpp b/components/sceneutil/statesetupdater.cpp
index 0e325082e..31d42d342 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/statesetupdater.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/statesetupdater.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil
             for (int i=0; i<2; ++i) // Using SHALLOW_COPY for StateAttributes, if users want to modify it is their responsibility to set a non-shared one first
                                     // This can be done conveniently in user implementations of the setDefaults() method
             {
-                mStateSets[i] = static_cast<osg::StateSet*>(osg::clone(src, osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY));
+                mStateSets[i] = osg::clone(src, osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
                 setDefaults(mStateSets[i]);
             }
         }
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil
         : StateSetUpdater(copy, copyop)
     {
         for (unsigned int i=0; i<copy.mCtrls.size(); ++i)
-            mCtrls.push_back(static_cast<StateSetUpdater*>(osg::clone(copy.mCtrls[i].get(), copyop)));
+            mCtrls.push_back(osg::clone(copy.mCtrls[i].get(), copyop));
     }
 
     unsigned int CompositeStateSetUpdater::getNumControllers()