diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index d6a7a56b1..6982deda4 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static void AddExtraModulePaths()
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		return;
 
-	string path = (char *)base_module_dir;
+	string path = base_module_dir;
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 	obs_add_module_path((path + "/bin").c_str(), (path + "/data").c_str());
 
@@ -4752,7 +4752,7 @@ static BPtr<char> ReadLogFile(const char *subdir, const char *log)
 	if (GetConfigPath(logDir, sizeof(logDir), subdir) <= 0)
 		return nullptr;
 
-	string path = (char *)logDir;
+	string path = logDir;
 	path += "/";
 	path += log;
 
@@ -4822,7 +4822,7 @@ void OBSBasic::on_actionViewCurrentLog_triggered()
 
 	const char *log = App()->GetCurrentLog();
 
-	string path = (char *)logDir;
+	string path = logDir;
 	path += "/";
 	path += log;
 
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-properties.cpp b/UI/window-basic-properties.cpp
index 4a1ab1297..689534da3 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-properties.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-properties.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-static void CreateTransitionScene(OBSSource scene, char *text, uint32_t color);
+static void CreateTransitionScene(OBSSource scene, const char *text,
+				  uint32_t color);
 
 OBSBasicProperties::OBSBasicProperties(QWidget *parent, OBSSource source_)
 	: QDialog(parent),
@@ -153,8 +154,8 @@ OBSBasicProperties::OBSBasicProperties(QWidget *parent, OBSSource source_)
 		uint32_t colorA = 0xFFB26F52;
 		uint32_t colorB = 0xFF6FB252;
 
-		CreateTransitionScene(sourceA, (char *)"A", colorA);
-		CreateTransitionScene(sourceB, (char *)"B", colorB);
+		CreateTransitionScene(sourceA, "A", colorA);
+		CreateTransitionScene(sourceB, "B", colorB);
 
 		/**
 		 * The cloned source is made from scratch, rather than using
@@ -278,7 +279,8 @@ static obs_source_t *CreateLabel(const char *name, size_t h)
 	return txtSource;
 }
 
-static void CreateTransitionScene(OBSSource scene, char *text, uint32_t color)
+static void CreateTransitionScene(OBSSource scene, const char *text,
+				  uint32_t color)
 {
 	obs_data_t *settings = obs_data_create();
 	obs_data_set_int(settings, "width", obs_source_get_width(scene));
diff --git a/libobs-opengl/gl-shaderparser.c b/libobs-opengl/gl-shaderparser.c
index 5e4291ad5..d952899c9 100644
--- a/libobs-opengl/gl-shaderparser.c
+++ b/libobs-opengl/gl-shaderparser.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static inline void gl_write_main_storage_outputs(struct gl_shader_parser *glsp,
 	if (!main->mapping) {
 		struct shader_var var = {0};
 		var.name = "outputval";
-		var.type = (char *)main->return_type;
+		var.type = main->return_type;
 		dstr_cat(&glsp->gl_string, "\n");
 		gl_write_main_storage_assign(glsp, &var, NULL, NULL, false);
 	}