diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
index 4d50491b7..d78ef1233 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public class JredisConnection implements RedisConnection {
 	@Override
 	public byte[] substr(byte[] key, long start, long end) {
 		try {
-			return jredis.substr(JredisUtils.decode(key), (long) start, (long) end);
+			return jredis.substr(JredisUtils.decode(key), start, end);
 		} catch (RedisException ex) {
 			throw JredisUtils.convertJredisAccessException(ex);
 		}
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ public class JredisConnection implements RedisConnection {
 	@Override
 	public byte[] lIndex(byte[] key, long index) {
 		try {
-			return jredis.lindex(JredisUtils.decode(key), (long) index);
+			return jredis.lindex(JredisUtils.decode(key), index);
 		} catch (RedisException ex) {
 			throw JredisUtils.convertJredisAccessException(ex);
 		}
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ public class JredisConnection implements RedisConnection {
 	@Override
 	public Set<byte[]> zRange(byte[] key, long start, long end) {
 		try {
-			return new LinkedHashSet<byte[]>(jredis.zrange(JredisUtils.decode(key), (long) start, (long) end));
+			return new LinkedHashSet<byte[]>(jredis.zrange(JredisUtils.decode(key), start, end));
 		} catch (RedisException ex) {
 			throw JredisUtils.convertJredisAccessException(ex);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java
index 0fc244b7f..f3a806d96 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public class RedisTemplate<K, V> extends RedisAccessor implements RedisOperation
 		if (isEmpty(value)) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		return (T) serializer.deserialize(value);
+		return serializer.deserialize(value);
 	}
 
 	private static boolean isEmpty(byte[] data) {