diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 799abe3ae..84505a3ea 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     // Make sure enough file descriptors are available
     int nBind = std::max((int)mapArgs.count("-bind") + (int)mapArgs.count("-whitebind"), 1);
     nMaxConnections = GetArg("-maxconnections", DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS);
-    nMaxConnections = std::max(std::min(nMaxConnections, (int)(FD_SETSIZE - nBind - MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS)), 0);
+    nMaxConnections = std::max(std::min(nMaxConnections, FD_SETSIZE - nBind - MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS), 0);
     int nFD = RaiseFileDescriptorLimit(nMaxConnections + MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS);
     if (nFD < MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS)
         return InitError(_("Not enough file descriptors available."));
diff --git a/src/key.cpp b/src/key.cpp
index d8ac3d844..28ef803f5 100644
--- a/src/key.cpp
+++ b/src/key.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ CPrivKey CKey::GetPrivKey() const {
     size_t privkeylen;
     privkey.resize(PRIVATE_KEY_SIZE);
     privkeylen = PRIVATE_KEY_SIZE;
-    ret = ec_privkey_export_der(secp256k1_context_sign, (unsigned char*) privkey.data(), &privkeylen, begin(), fCompressed ? SECP256K1_EC_COMPRESSED : SECP256K1_EC_UNCOMPRESSED);
+    ret = ec_privkey_export_der(secp256k1_context_sign, privkey.data(), &privkeylen, begin(), fCompressed ? SECP256K1_EC_COMPRESSED : SECP256K1_EC_UNCOMPRESSED);
     assert(ret);
     privkey.resize(privkeylen);
     return privkey;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ bool CKey::Sign(const uint256 &hash, std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig, uint32_
     secp256k1_ecdsa_signature sig;
     int ret = secp256k1_ecdsa_sign(secp256k1_context_sign, &sig, hash.begin(), begin(), secp256k1_nonce_function_rfc6979, test_case ? extra_entropy : NULL);
     assert(ret);
-    secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_der(secp256k1_context_sign, (unsigned char*)vchSig.data(), &nSigLen, &sig);
+    secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_der(secp256k1_context_sign, vchSig.data(), &nSigLen, &sig);
     vchSig.resize(nSigLen);
     return true;
 }
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ bool CKey::SignCompact(const uint256 &hash, std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig)
     secp256k1_ecdsa_recoverable_signature sig;
     int ret = secp256k1_ecdsa_sign_recoverable(secp256k1_context_sign, &sig, hash.begin(), begin(), secp256k1_nonce_function_rfc6979, NULL);
     assert(ret);
-    secp256k1_ecdsa_recoverable_signature_serialize_compact(secp256k1_context_sign, (unsigned char*)&vchSig[1], &rec, &sig);
+    secp256k1_ecdsa_recoverable_signature_serialize_compact(secp256k1_context_sign, &vchSig[1], &rec, &sig);
     assert(ret);
     assert(rec != -1);
     vchSig[0] = 27 + rec + (fCompressed ? 4 : 0);