diff --git a/vm/builtin/compiledcode.cpp b/vm/builtin/compiledcode.cpp
index dc70628ad1..7df82ce491 100644
--- a/vm/builtin/compiledcode.cpp
+++ b/vm/builtin/compiledcode.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
   }
 
   CompiledCode* CompiledCode::of_sender(STATE, CallFrame* calling_environment) {
-    CallFrame* caller = static_cast<CallFrame*>(calling_environment->previous);
+    CallFrame* caller = calling_environment->previous;
     if(caller) {
       if(caller->cm) {
         return caller->cm;
diff --git a/vm/builtin/location.cpp b/vm/builtin/location.cpp
index 2e4c6f7c7b..296300850a 100644
--- a/vm/builtin/location.cpp
+++ b/vm/builtin/location.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
   }
 
   Location* Location::of_closest_ruby_method(STATE, CallFrame* calling_environment) {
-    CallFrame* dest = static_cast<CallFrame*>(calling_environment->previous);
+    CallFrame* dest = calling_environment->previous;
     // Skip any frames for native methods
     while(dest->native_method_p()) { dest = dest->previous; }
     return Location::create(state, dest, false);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
 
     // First the first normal frame
     while(!call_frame->cm) {
-      call_frame = static_cast<CallFrame*>(call_frame->previous);
+      call_frame = call_frame->previous;
       // Weird edge case.
       if(!call_frame) return bt;
     }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
 
     bt->append(state, loc);
 
-    call_frame = static_cast<CallFrame*>(call_frame->previous);
+    call_frame = call_frame->previous;
 
     while(call_frame) {
       // Ignore synthetic frames
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
         if(loc) bt->append(state, loc);
       }
 
-      call_frame = static_cast<CallFrame*>(call_frame->previous);
+      call_frame = call_frame->previous;
     }
 
     return bt;
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
             Tuple::from(state, 4, call_frame->cm, line, block, name));
       }
 
-      call_frame = static_cast<CallFrame*>(call_frame->previous);
+      call_frame = call_frame->previous;
     }
 
     return bt;
diff --git a/vm/builtin/system.cpp b/vm/builtin/system.cpp
index 36a44da3b2..7dc30ed27a 100644
--- a/vm/builtin/system.cpp
+++ b/vm/builtin/system.cpp
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
     bool include_vars = CBOOL(inc_vars);
 
     for(native_int i = skip->to_native(); call_frame && i > 0; --i) {
-      call_frame = static_cast<CallFrame*>(call_frame->previous);
+      call_frame = call_frame->previous;
     }
 
     return Location::from_call_stack(state, call_frame, include_vars);
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
     CallFrame* call_frame = calling_environment;
 
     for(native_int i = skip->to_native(); call_frame && i > 0; --i) {
-      call_frame = static_cast<CallFrame*>(call_frame->previous);
+      call_frame = call_frame->previous;
     }
 
     return Location::mri_backtrace(state, call_frame);
diff --git a/vm/builtin/variable_scope.cpp b/vm/builtin/variable_scope.cpp
index f320868f7a..91fd9ff5e5 100644
--- a/vm/builtin/variable_scope.cpp
+++ b/vm/builtin/variable_scope.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
   }
 
   VariableScope* VariableScope::of_sender(STATE, CallFrame* call_frame) {
-    CallFrame* dest = static_cast<CallFrame*>(call_frame->previous);
+    CallFrame* dest = call_frame->previous;
     // Skip any frames for native methods
     while(dest->native_method_p()) { dest = dest->previous; }
     return dest->promote_scope(state);
diff --git a/vm/call_frame.cpp b/vm/call_frame.cpp
index 4b9d65f96c..7581490bb3 100644
--- a/vm/call_frame.cpp
+++ b/vm/call_frame.cpp
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ namespace rubinius {
         }
 
         stream << std::endl;
-        cf = static_cast<CallFrame*>(cf->previous);
+        cf = cf->previous;
         continue;
       }
 
       if(!cf->cm) {
-        cf = static_cast<CallFrame*>(cf->previous);
+        cf = cf->previous;
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
       stream << ")";
 
       stream << std::endl;
-      cf = static_cast<CallFrame*>(cf->previous);
+      cf = cf->previous;
     }
 
   }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
     CallFrame* cur = this;
     while(cur) {
       if(cur->scope && cur->scope->on_heap() == scope) return true;
-      cur = static_cast<CallFrame*>(cur->previous);
+      cur = cur->previous;
     }
 
     return false;
diff --git a/vm/gc/gc.cpp b/vm/gc/gc.cpp
index 1141f35f70..784c856332 100644
--- a/vm/gc/gc.cpp
+++ b/vm/gc/gc.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ namespace rubinius {
 
       saw_variable_scope(call_frame, displace(call_frame->scope, offset));
 
-      call_frame = static_cast<CallFrame*>(call_frame->previous);
+      call_frame = call_frame->previous;
     }
   }