diff --git a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.m b/src/MacVim/MMBackend.m
index 0c46168495..733f32e5b9 100644
--- a/src/MacVim/MMBackend.m
+++ b/src/MacVim/MMBackend.m
@@ -1689,12 +1689,12 @@ extern GuiFont gui_mch_retain_font(GuiFont font);
 {
     MMChannel *mmChannel =
         [[MMChannel alloc] initWithChannel:channel part:part];
-    return (__bridge void *)mmChannel;
+    return (void *)mmChannel;
 }
 
 - (void)removeChannel:(void *)cookie
 {
-    MMChannel *mmChannel = (__bridge MMChannel *)cookie;
+    MMChannel *mmChannel = (MMChannel *)cookie;
     [mmChannel release];
 }
 
@@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ static void socketReadCallback(CFSocketRef s,
                                const void *data,
                                void *info)
 {
-    MMChannel *mmChannel = (__bridge MMChannel *)info;
+    MMChannel *mmChannel = (MMChannel *)info;
     [mmChannel read];
 }
 
@@ -3441,7 +3441,7 @@ static void socketReadCallback(CFSocketRef s,
     part = p;
 
     // Tell CFRunLoop that we are interested in channel socket input.
-    CFSocketContext ctx = {0, (__bridge void *)self, NULL, NULL, NULL};
+    CFSocketContext ctx = {0, (void *)self, NULL, NULL, NULL};
     socket = CFSocketCreateWithNative(kCFAllocatorDefault,
                                       channel->ch_part[part].ch_fd,
                                       kCFSocketReadCallBack,