diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCore/OutputData/FileIO/JSONFileWriter.cs b/VectoCore/VectoCore/OutputData/FileIO/JSONFileWriter.cs
index fd1d5a08bd278b12296223ce53f33c3851c04dc1..9f94868905f1fbf4ea1269be3dfe7c682235c169 100644
--- a/VectoCore/VectoCore/OutputData/FileIO/JSONFileWriter.cs
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCore/OutputData/FileIO/JSONFileWriter.cs
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ public class JSONFileWriter : IOutputFileWriter
 			foreach (var auxEntry in aux.Auxiliaries) {
 				
 				var auxOut = new Dictionary<string, object>();
-				var engineeringAuxEntry = auxEntry as IAuxiliaryDeclarationInputData;
+				var engineeringAuxEntry = auxEntry;
 				if (!job.SavedInDeclarationMode) {
 					auxOut.Add("Type", auxEntry.Type.Name());
 					auxOut.Add("Technology", new string[] { });
diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCore/OutputData/XML/Engineering/Writer/XMLEngineeringADASWriterV10.cs b/VectoCore/VectoCore/OutputData/XML/Engineering/Writer/XMLEngineeringADASWriterV10.cs
index fa6c5d734c1c73b2b18abcc21b74c63c4d1e7138..c6a554a44822e3477112a4edc249052ee11f369a 100644
--- a/VectoCore/VectoCore/OutputData/XML/Engineering/Writer/XMLEngineeringADASWriterV10.cs
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCore/OutputData/XML/Engineering/Writer/XMLEngineeringADASWriterV10.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.OutputData.XML.Engineering.Writer {
 
 		public override object[] WriteXML(IAdvancedDriverAssistantSystemsEngineering inputData)
 		{
-			var adas = inputData as IAdvancedDriverAssistantSystemsEngineering;
+			var adas = inputData;
 			if (adas == null) {
 				return null;
 			}
diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Utils/MockSimulationDataFactory.cs b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Utils/MockSimulationDataFactory.cs
index 469de95a0bdfb9729f7608328c34c0bc3157e252..a5e43b2bb0f580ecc5335965e8d65a91d097a0fb 100644
--- a/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Utils/MockSimulationDataFactory.cs
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Utils/MockSimulationDataFactory.cs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.Tests.Utils
 		{
 			var dao = new EngineeringDataAdapter();
 			var vehicleInput = JSONInputDataFactory.ReadJsonVehicle(vehicleDataFile, null);
-			var airdragData = vehicleInput.Components.AirdragInputData as IAirdragEngineeringInputData;
+			var airdragData = vehicleInput.Components.AirdragInputData;
 			return dao.CreateAirdragData(airdragData, vehicleInput);
 		}