diff --git a/src/libarena/lib.rs b/src/libarena/lib.rs
index 3cf89c3124c..717e5ec7b18 100644
--- a/src/libarena/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libarena/lib.rs
@@ -167,13 +167,12 @@ unsafe fn destroy_chunk(chunk: &Chunk) {
 // is necessary in order to properly do cleanup if a failure occurs
 // during an initializer.
 #[inline]
-unsafe fn bitpack_tydesc_ptr(p: *TyDesc, is_done: bool) -> uint {
-    let p_bits: uint = transmute(p);
-    p_bits | (is_done as uint)
+fn bitpack_tydesc_ptr(p: *TyDesc, is_done: bool) -> uint {
+    p as uint | (is_done as uint)
 }
 #[inline]
-unsafe fn un_bitpack_tydesc_ptr(p: uint) -> (*TyDesc, bool) {
-    (transmute(p & !1), p & 1 == 1)
+fn un_bitpack_tydesc_ptr(p: uint) -> (*TyDesc, bool) {
+    ((p & !1) as *TyDesc, p & 1 == 1)
 }
 
 impl Arena {
diff --git a/src/libserialize/ebml.rs b/src/libserialize/ebml.rs
index b7e1e5a8da7..bc9eee51753 100644
--- a/src/libserialize/ebml.rs
+++ b/src/libserialize/ebml.rs
@@ -161,9 +161,7 @@ pub mod reader {
         ];
 
         unsafe {
-            let (ptr, _): (*u8, uint) = transmute(data);
-            let ptr = ptr.offset(start as int);
-            let ptr: *i32 = transmute(ptr);
+            let ptr = data.as_ptr().offset(start as int) as *i32;
             let val = from_be32(*ptr) as u32;
 
             let i = (val >> 28u) as uint;
diff --git a/src/libstd/num/f32.rs b/src/libstd/num/f32.rs
index 7b1fe949199..8fdb42afd5e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/num/f32.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/num/f32.rs
@@ -351,10 +351,8 @@ impl Float for f32 {
         static EXP_MASK: u32 = 0x7f800000;
         static MAN_MASK: u32 = 0x007fffff;
 
-        match (
-            unsafe { ::cast::transmute::<f32,u32>(*self) } & MAN_MASK,
-            unsafe { ::cast::transmute::<f32,u32>(*self) } & EXP_MASK,
-        ) {
+        let bits: u32 = unsafe {::cast::transmute(*self)};
+        match (bits & MAN_MASK, bits & EXP_MASK) {
             (0, 0)        => FPZero,
             (_, 0)        => FPSubnormal,
             (0, EXP_MASK) => FPInfinite,
diff --git a/src/libstd/num/f64.rs b/src/libstd/num/f64.rs
index d5a571cdd23..7f6f02492ab 100644
--- a/src/libstd/num/f64.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/num/f64.rs
@@ -353,10 +353,8 @@ impl Float for f64 {
         static EXP_MASK: u64 = 0x7ff0000000000000;
         static MAN_MASK: u64 = 0x000fffffffffffff;
 
-        match (
-            unsafe { ::cast::transmute::<f64,u64>(*self) } & MAN_MASK,
-            unsafe { ::cast::transmute::<f64,u64>(*self) } & EXP_MASK,
-        ) {
+        let bits: u64 = unsafe {::cast::transmute(*self)};
+        match (bits & MAN_MASK, bits & EXP_MASK) {
             (0, 0)        => FPZero,
             (_, 0)        => FPSubnormal,
             (0, EXP_MASK) => FPInfinite,