diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/SimpleLog.java b/jcl-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/SimpleLog.java
index 89621be94..765bca374 100644
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/SimpleLog.java
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/SimpleLog.java
@@ -674,8 +674,8 @@ private static ClassLoader getContextClassLoader() {
   }
 
   private static InputStream getResourceAsStream(final String name) {
-    return (InputStream) AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction() {
-      public Object run() {
+    return AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<InputStream>() {
+      public InputStream run() {
         ClassLoader threadCL = getContextClassLoader();
 
         if (threadCL != null) {
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/SimpleLogger.java b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/SimpleLogger.java
index 370673149..18b395ff9 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/SimpleLogger.java
+++ b/slf4j-simple/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/SimpleLogger.java
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ else if ("System.out".equalsIgnoreCase(logFile)) {
 
   private static void loadProperties() {
     // Add props from the resource simplelogger.properties
-    InputStream in = (InputStream) AccessController.doPrivileged(
-            new PrivilegedAction() {
-              public Object run() {
+    InputStream in = AccessController.doPrivileged(
+            new PrivilegedAction<InputStream>() {
+              public InputStream run() {
                 ClassLoader threadCL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
                 if (threadCL != null) {
                   return threadCL.getResourceAsStream(CONFIGURATION_FILE);