diff --git a/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp b/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
index cb64243086..d9b999bbb2 100644
--- a/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
+++ b/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
@@ -1470,8 +1470,7 @@ static bool d3d_overlay_load(void *data,
       unsigned height    = images[i].height;
       overlay_t *overlay = (overlay_t*)&d3d->overlays[i];
 
-      overlay->tex       = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)
-         d3d_texture_new(d3d->dev, NULL,
+      overlay->tex       = d3d_texture_new(d3d->dev, NULL,
                   width, height, 1,
                   0,
                   D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8,
@@ -1753,8 +1752,7 @@ static void d3d_set_menu_texture_frame(void *data,
       if (d3d->menu)
 	     d3d_texture_free(d3d->menu->tex);
 
-      d3d->menu->tex = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)
-         d3d_texture_new(d3d->dev, NULL,
+      d3d->menu->tex = d3d_texture_new(d3d->dev, NULL,
             width, height, 1,
             0, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8,
             D3DPOOL_MANAGED, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/gfx/d3d/render_chain_cg.cpp b/gfx/d3d/render_chain_cg.cpp
index 312d7f6675..0fd8fd3a8d 100644
--- a/gfx/d3d/render_chain_cg.cpp
+++ b/gfx/d3d/render_chain_cg.cpp
@@ -893,8 +893,8 @@ static bool renderchain_create_first_pass(cg_renderchain_t *chain,
       if (!chain->prev.vertex_buf[i])
          return false;
 
-      chain->prev.tex[i] = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)d3d_texture_new(
-      d3dr, NULL, info->tex_w, info->tex_h, 1, 0,
+      chain->prev.tex[i] = d3d_texture_new(d3dr, NULL,
+            info->tex_w, info->tex_h, 1, 0,
       (fmt == RETRO_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB565) ? D3DFMT_R5G6B5 : D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8,
       D3DPOOL_MANAGED, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL);
 
@@ -963,13 +963,13 @@ static bool renderchain_set_pass_size(cg_renderchain_t *chain,
 
       pass->info.tex_w = width;
       pass->info.tex_h = height;
-      pass->tex        = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)d3d_texture_new(
-      d3dr, NULL, width, height, 1,
-         D3DUSAGE_RENDERTARGET,
-         chain->passes.back().info.pass->fbo.fp_fbo ? 
-         D3DFMT_A32B32G32R32F : D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8,
-         D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, 0, 0, 0,
-         NULL, NULL);
+      pass->tex        = d3d_texture_new(d3dr, NULL,
+            width, height, 1,
+            D3DUSAGE_RENDERTARGET,
+            chain->passes.back().info.pass->fbo.fp_fbo ? 
+            D3DFMT_A32B32G32R32F : D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8,
+            D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, 0, 0, 0,
+            NULL, NULL);
       
       if (!pass->tex)
          return false;
@@ -1134,8 +1134,7 @@ static bool cg_d3d9_renderchain_add_lut(void *data,
    lut_info info;
    cg_renderchain_t *chain = (cg_renderchain_t*)data;
    LPDIRECT3DDEVICE d3dr = chain->dev;
-   LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE lut = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)
-      d3d_texture_new(d3dr,
+   LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE lut = d3d_texture_new(d3dr,
             path,
             D3DX_DEFAULT_NONPOW2,
             D3DX_DEFAULT_NONPOW2,
diff --git a/gfx/d3d/render_chain_xdk.cpp b/gfx/d3d/render_chain_xdk.cpp
index a51526ad13..4a7315d883 100644
--- a/gfx/d3d/render_chain_xdk.cpp
+++ b/gfx/d3d/render_chain_xdk.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static bool renderchain_create_first_pass(void *data,
    if (!chain->vertex_buf)
       return false;
 
-   chain->tex = (LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE)d3d_texture_new(d3dr, NULL, 
+   chain->tex = d3d_texture_new(d3dr, NULL, 
          chain->tex_w, chain->tex_h, 1, 0,
          info->rgb32 ? D3DFMT_LIN_X8R8G8B8 : D3DFMT_LIN_R5G6B5,
          0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL);