diff --git a/include/wx/list.h b/include/wx/list.h
index 40f5b79341..ee55b58e9c 100644
--- a/include/wx/list.h
+++ b/include/wx/list.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class wxList_SortFunction
 public:
     wxList_SortFunction(wxSortCompareFunction f) : m_f(f) { }
     bool operator()(const T& i1, const T& i2)
-      { return m_f((T*)&i1, (T*)&i2) < 0; }
+      { return m_f(&i1, &i2) < 0; }
 private:
     wxSortCompareFunction m_f;
 };
diff --git a/src/stc/gen_iface.py b/src/stc/gen_iface.py
index 04ff317485..6e976fded1 100755
--- a/src/stc/gen_iface.py
+++ b/src/stc/gen_iface.py
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ methodOverrideMap = {
             ft.chrg.cpMin = minPos;
             ft.chrg.cpMax = maxPos;
             const wxWX2MBbuf buf = wx2stc(text);
-            ft.lpstrText = (char*)(const char*)buf;
+            ft.lpstrText = buf;
 
             int pos = SendMsg(%s, flags, (sptr_t)&ft);
             if (findEnd) *findEnd=(pos==-1?wxSTC_INVALID_POSITION:ft.chrgText.cpMax);
diff --git a/src/stc/stc.cpp b/src/stc/stc.cpp
index df2bd96efb..561379d7d3 100644
--- a/src/stc/stc.cpp
+++ b/src/stc/stc.cpp
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ int wxStyledTextCtrl::FindText(int minPos, int maxPos, const wxString& text,
             ft.chrg.cpMin = minPos;
             ft.chrg.cpMax = maxPos;
             const wxWX2MBbuf buf = wx2stc(text);
-            ft.lpstrText = (char*)(const char*)buf;
+            ft.lpstrText = buf;
 
             int pos = SendMsg(SCI_FINDTEXT, flags, (sptr_t)&ft);
             if (findEnd) *findEnd=(pos==-1?wxSTC_INVALID_POSITION:ft.chrgText.cpMax);