diff --git a/MovePlugin.cc b/MovePlugin.cc
index 1933d773169ad20b55bd985c93fb58f42bd21990..15458044988bd119b989e53a085465c1800b8b9d 100644
--- a/MovePlugin.cc
+++ b/MovePlugin.cc
@@ -1646,10 +1646,10 @@ void MovePlugin::transformMesh(ACG::Matrix4x4d _mat , MeshT& _mesh ) {
   for (; v_it!=v_end; ++v_it) {
     
     // transform the mesh vertex
-    _mesh.set_point(v_it,(typename MeshT::Point)_mat.transform_point((OpenMesh::Vec3d)(_mesh.point(v_it))));
+    _mesh.set_point(v_it,_mat.transform_point(_mesh.point(v_it)));
     
     // transform the vertex normal
-    typename MeshT::Point n = (typename MeshT::Point)invMat.transform_vector((OpenMesh::Vec3d)(_mesh.normal(v_it)));
+    typename MeshT::Point n = invMat.transform_vector(_mesh.normal(v_it));
     
     //re-normalize the vertex normal
     if (n.length () != 0.0)
@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ void MovePlugin::transformMesh(ACG::Matrix4x4d _mat , MeshT& _mesh ) {
   for (; f_it != f_end; ++f_it) {
     
     // transform the face normal
-    typename MeshT::Point n = (typename MeshT::Point)invMat.transform_vector((OpenMesh::Vec3d)(_mesh.normal(f_it)));
+    typename MeshT::Point n = invMat.transform_vector(_mesh.normal(f_it));
     
     //re-normalize the face normal
     if (n.length () != 0.0)