diff --git a/types/grunt/grunt-tests.ts b/types/grunt/grunt-tests.ts
index e84c286b6f..d4027da3fb 100644
--- a/types/grunt/grunt-tests.ts
+++ b/types/grunt/grunt-tests.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ interface MyOptions {
 
 // exports should work same as module.exports
 // assigning exports is an error in node, hence the cast
-(<any>global).exports = (grunt: IGrunt) => {
+(global as any).exports = (grunt: IGrunt) => {
 
     // Project configuration.
     grunt.initConfig({
diff --git a/types/oauth/oauth-tests.ts b/types/oauth/oauth-tests.ts
index b617c60529..964aebeba2 100644
--- a/types/oauth/oauth-tests.ts
+++ b/types/oauth/oauth-tests.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ http.createServer((req, res) => {
     } else if (pLen === 2 && p[1].indexOf('code') === 0) {
         /** Github sends auth code so that access_token can be obtained */
         /** To obtain and parse code='...' from code?code='...' */
-        const qsObj = <{ code: string }> qs.parse(p[1].split('?')[1]);
+        const qsObj = qs.parse(p[1].split('?')[1]) as { code: string };
 
         /** Obtaining access_token */
         oauth2.getOAuthAccessToken(