diff --git a/engines/sci/engine/savegame.cpp b/engines/sci/engine/savegame.cpp
index 427e32deb39f..5ba88d94173e 100644
--- a/engines/sci/engine/savegame.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/engine/savegame.cpp
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ void HunkTable::saveLoadWithSerializer(Common::Serializer &s) {
 void Script::syncStringHeap(Common::Serializer &s) {
 	if (getSciVersion() < SCI_VERSION_1_1) {
 		// Sync all of the SCI_OBJ_STRINGS blocks
-		SciSpan<byte> buf = (SciSpan<byte> &)*_buf;
+		SciSpan<byte> buf = *_buf;
 		bool oldScriptHeader = (getSciVersion() == SCI_VERSION_0_EARLY);
 
 		if (oldScriptHeader)
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ void Script::syncStringHeap(Common::Serializer &s) {
 
 	} else if (getSciVersion() >= SCI_VERSION_1_1 && getSciVersion() <= SCI_VERSION_2_1_LATE){
 		// Strings in SCI1.1 come after the object instances
-		SciSpan<byte> buf = _heap.subspan<byte>(4 + _heap.getUint16SEAt(2) * 2);
+		SciSpan<byte> buf = _heap.subspan(4 + _heap.getUint16SEAt(2) * 2);
 
 		// Skip all of the objects
 		while (buf.getUint16SEAt(0) == SCRIPT_OBJECT_MAGIC_NUMBER)
@@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ void Script::syncStringHeap(Common::Serializer &s) {
 	} else if (getSciVersion() == SCI_VERSION_3) {
 		const int stringOffset = _buf->getInt32SEAt(4);
 		const int length = _buf->getInt32SEAt(8) - stringOffset;
-		SciSpan<byte> buf = _buf->subspan<byte>(stringOffset, length);
-		s.syncBytes(buf.getUnsafeDataAt(0, length), length);
+		s.syncBytes(_buf->getUnsafeDataAt(stringOffset, length), length);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/engines/sci/engine/script.cpp b/engines/sci/engine/script.cpp
index 8cf6ad0c901e..7e3a66150185 100644
--- a/engines/sci/engine/script.cpp
+++ b/engines/sci/engine/script.cpp
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ SegmentRef Script::dereference(reg_t pointer) {
 	SegmentRef ret;
 	ret.isRaw = true;
 	ret.maxSize = _buf->size() - pointer.getOffset();
-	ret.raw = const_cast<byte *>(_buf->getUnsafeDataAt(pointer.getOffset(), ret.maxSize));
+	ret.raw = _buf->getUnsafeDataAt(pointer.getOffset(), ret.maxSize);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/engines/sci/engine/script.h b/engines/sci/engine/script.h
index e0faa115753d..f9b3845f6a99 100644
--- a/engines/sci/engine/script.h
+++ b/engines/sci/engine/script.h
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ typedef Common::Array<offsetLookupArrayEntry> offsetLookupArrayType;
 class Script : public SegmentObj {
 private:
 	int _nr; /**< Script number */
-	Common::SpanOwner<SciSpan<const byte> > _buf; /**< Static data buffer, or NULL if not used */
-	SciSpan<const byte> _script; /**< Script size includes alignment byte */
-	SciSpan<const byte> _heap; /**< Start of heap if SCI1.1, NULL otherwise */
+	Common::SpanOwner<SciSpan<byte> > _buf; /**< Static data buffer, or NULL if not used */
+	SciSpan<byte> _script; /**< Script size includes alignment byte */
+	SciSpan<byte> _heap; /**< Start of heap if SCI1.1, NULL otherwise */
 
 	int _lockers; /**< Number of classes and objects that require this script */