diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ContextHelper.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ContextHelper.java
index aab5a2ce9b044ed76ef6cb5eb2cbb7b6304500b1..f6f036bc2e2679eb069be8dec2340e4ac9faedd2 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ContextHelper.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/ContextHelper.java
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ class ContextHelper {
 
     /** @throws IllegalStateException if no context available */
     public static RouterContext getContext(String contextId) {
-        List contexts = RouterContext.listContexts();
+        List<RouterContext> contexts = RouterContext.listContexts();
         if ( (contexts == null) || (contexts.isEmpty()) ) 
             throw new IllegalStateException("No contexts. This is usually because the router is either starting up or shutting down.");
         if ( (contextId == null) || (contextId.trim().length() <= 0) )
-            return (RouterContext)contexts.get(0);
+            return contexts.get(0);
         for (int i = 0; i < contexts.size(); i++) {
-            RouterContext context = (RouterContext)contexts.get(i);
+            RouterContext context = contexts.get(i);
             Hash hash = context.routerHash();
             if (hash == null) continue;
             if (hash.toBase64().startsWith(contextId))
                 return context;
         }
         // not found, so just give them the first we can find
-        return (RouterContext)contexts.get(0);
+        return contexts.get(0);
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/StatSummarizer.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/StatSummarizer.java
index b289642415e72cc7370674cf62a4e726a50af853..d7b0077a9c01a5eb1feea57c43461db07a2f8598 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/StatSummarizer.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/StatSummarizer.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class StatSummarizer implements Runnable {
     private Thread _thread;
     
     public StatSummarizer() {
-        _context = (RouterContext)RouterContext.listContexts().get(0); // fuck it, only summarize one per jvm
+        _context = RouterContext.listContexts().get(0); // fuck it, only summarize one per jvm
         _log = _context.logManager().getLog(getClass());
         _listeners = new CopyOnWriteArrayList();
         _instance = this;