diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_posix.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_posix.hpp
index 62f1c117..87b66881 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_posix.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_posix.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         struct DLSym
         {
           DLSym(DLModule &t_mod, const std::string &t_symbol)
-            : m_symbol(cast_symbol(dlsym(t_mod.m_data, t_symbol.c_str())))
+            : m_symbol(reinterpret_cast<T>(dlsym(t_mod.m_data, t_symbol.c_str())))
           {
             if (!m_symbol)
             {
@@ -49,19 +49,6 @@ namespace chaiscript
             }
           }
 
-          static T cast_symbol(void *p)
-          {
-            union cast_union
-            {
-              T func_ptr;
-              void *in_ptr;
-            };
-
-            cast_union c;
-            c.in_ptr = p;
-            return c.func_ptr;
-          }
-
           T m_symbol;
         };