diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Builder/Om/ObjectBuilder.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Builder/Om/ObjectBuilder.php
index 6914982a5..ec0fe5365 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Builder/Om/ObjectBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Builder/Om/ObjectBuilder.php
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ protected function getDefaultValueString(Column $column): string
             }
             $defaultValue = (string)array_search($val, $valueSet);
         } elseif ($column->isSetType()) {
-            $defaultValue = (string)SetColumnConverter::convertToInt($val, $column->getValueSet());
+            $defaultValue = SetColumnConverter::convertToInt($val, $column->getValueSet());
         } elseif ($column->isPhpPrimitiveType()) {
             settype($val, $column->getPhpType());
             $defaultValue = var_export($val, true);
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/TestPrepareCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/TestPrepareCommand.php
index 03803a699..76f5aa3d9 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/TestPrepareCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/TestPrepareCommand.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ protected function buildFixtures(string $fixturesDir, array $connections, InputI
             $command->run($in, $output);
         }
 
-        if (0 < count((array)$this->getSchemas('.'))) {
+        if (0 < count($this->getSchemas('.'))) {
             $in = new ArrayInput([
                 'command' => 'model:build',
                 '--schema-dir' => '.',
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/AbstractManager.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/AbstractManager.php
index 9a52f8cbf..8f892de7c 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/AbstractManager.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/AbstractManager.php
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public function getDatabase(string $name): ?Database
      */
     public function setValidate(bool $validate): void
     {
-        $this->validate = (bool)$validate;
+        $this->validate = $validate;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/ReverseManager.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/ReverseManager.php
index 27b51ff68..e67da557b 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/ReverseManager.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/ReverseManager.php
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public function setDatabaseName(string $databaseName): void
      */
     public function setSamePhpName(bool $samePhpName): void
     {
-        $this->samePhpName = (bool)$samePhpName;
+        $this->samePhpName = $samePhpName;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public function setSamePhpName(bool $samePhpName): void
      */
     public function setAddVendorInfo(bool $addVendorInfo): void
     {
-        $this->addVendorInfo = (bool)$addVendorInfo;
+        $this->addVendorInfo = $addVendorInfo;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/SqlManager.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/SqlManager.php
index a56b1836d..85d1ea930 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/SqlManager.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/SqlManager.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function isOverwriteSqlMap(): bool
      */
     public function setOverwriteSqlMap(bool $overwriteSqlMap): void
     {
-        $this->overwriteSqlMap = (bool)$overwriteSqlMap;
+        $this->overwriteSqlMap = $overwriteSqlMap;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Column.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Column.php
index aba5005ca..16ee82c91 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Column.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Column.php
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ public function getNotNullString(): string
      */
     public function setPrimaryString(bool $isPrimaryString): void
     {
-        $this->isPrimaryString = (bool)$isPrimaryString;
+        $this->isPrimaryString = $isPrimaryString;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ public function isPrimaryKey(): bool
      */
     public function setNodeKey(bool $isNodeKey): void
     {
-        $this->isNodeKey = (bool)$isNodeKey;
+        $this->isNodeKey = $isNodeKey;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ public function isNodeKey(): bool
      */
     public function setNodeKeySep(string $sep): void
     {
-        $this->nodeKeySep = (string)$sep;
+        $this->nodeKeySep = $sep;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ public function getNodeKeySep(): string
      */
     public function setNestedSetLeftKey(bool $isNestedSetLeftKey): void
     {
-        $this->isNestedSetLeftKey = (bool)$isNestedSetLeftKey;
+        $this->isNestedSetLeftKey = $isNestedSetLeftKey;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ public function isNestedSetLeftKey(): bool
      */
     public function setNestedSetRightKey(bool $isNestedSetRightKey): void
     {
-        $this->isNestedSetRightKey = (bool)$isNestedSetRightKey;
+        $this->isNestedSetRightKey = $isNestedSetRightKey;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ public function isNestedSetRightKey(): bool
      */
     public function setTreeScopeKey(bool $isTreeScopeKey): void
     {
-        $this->isTreeScopeKey = (bool)$isTreeScopeKey;
+        $this->isTreeScopeKey = $isTreeScopeKey;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Model/ForeignKey.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Model/ForeignKey.php
index ea7c8cba7..ac7c5c25c 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Model/ForeignKey.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Model/ForeignKey.php
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ public function isLocalPrimaryKey(): bool
      */
     public function setSkipSql(bool $skip): void
     {
-        $this->skipSql = (bool)$skip;
+        $this->skipSql = $skip;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Index.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Index.php
index a025f9ef5..a63dd5a2c 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Index.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Index.php
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public function addColumn($data): void
     {
         if ($data instanceof Column) {
             $column = $data;
-            $this->columns[] = (string)$column->getName();
+            $this->columns[] = $column->getName();
             if ($column->getSize()) {
                 $this->columnsSize[$column->getName()] = (int)$column->getSize();
             }
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Table.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Table.php
index 15604640b..303cb640c 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Table.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Model/Table.php
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public function setupObject(): void
         // retrieves the method for converting from specified name to a PHP name.
         $this->phpNamingMethod = $this->getAttribute('phpNamingMethod', $this->database->getDefaultPhpNamingMethod());
 
-        $this->phpName = $this->getAttribute('phpName', $this->buildPhpName((string)$this->getStdSeparatedName()));
+        $this->phpName = $this->getAttribute('phpName', $this->buildPhpName($this->getStdSeparatedName()));
 
         if ($this->database->getTablePrefix()) {
             $this->commonName = $this->database->getTablePrefix() . $this->commonName;
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ public function getOtherRequiredPrimaryKeys(array $primaryKeys): array
      */
     public function setContainsForeignPK(bool $containsForeignPK): void
     {
-        $this->containsForeignPK = (bool)$containsForeignPK;
+        $this->containsForeignPK = $containsForeignPK;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ public function setDescription(string $description): void
     public function getPhpName(): string
     {
         if ($this->phpName === null) {
-            $this->phpName = $this->buildPhpName((string)$this->getStdSeparatedName());
+            $this->phpName = $this->buildPhpName($this->getStdSeparatedName());
         }
 
         return $this->phpName;
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ public function isSkipSql(): bool
      */
     public function setSkipSql(bool $skip): void
     {
-        $this->skipSql = (bool)$skip;
+        $this->skipSql = $skip;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criteria.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criteria.php
index 26c0503f7..c082f5010 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criteria.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criteria.php
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ public function hasWhereClause(): bool
      */
     public function setUseTransaction(bool $v)
     {
-        $this->useTransaction = (bool)$v;
+        $this->useTransaction = $v;
 
         return $this;
     }
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ public function withoutLock()
      */
     public function setIgnoreCase(bool $b)
     {
-        $this->ignoreCase = (bool)$b;
+        $this->ignoreCase = $b;
 
         return $this;
     }
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ public function isIgnoreCase(): bool
      */
     public function setSingleRecord(bool $b)
     {
-        $this->singleRecord = (bool)$b;
+        $this->singleRecord = $b;
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/BasicCriterion.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/BasicCriterion.php
index a541bf726..a04ba047a 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/BasicCriterion.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/BasicCriterion.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public function __construct(Criteria $outer, $column, $value, ?string $compariso
      */
     public function setIgnoreCase(bool $b)
     {
-        $this->ignoreStringCase = (bool)$b;
+        $this->ignoreStringCase = $b;
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/CustomCriterion.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/CustomCriterion.php
index 896ce81b8..5e8122697 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/CustomCriterion.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/CustomCriterion.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public function __construct(Criteria $outer, string $value)
     protected function appendPsForUniqueClauseTo(string &$sb, array &$params): void
     {
         if ($this->value !== '') {
-            $sb .= (string)$this->value;
+            $sb .= $this->value;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/LikeCriterion.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/LikeCriterion.php
index a91b8d4f5..4cfcb1c8e 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/LikeCriterion.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/LikeCriterion.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public function __construct(Criteria $outer, $column, $value, string $comparison
      */
     public function setIgnoreCase(bool $b)
     {
-        $this->ignoreStringCase = (bool)$b;
+        $this->ignoreStringCase = $b;
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/LikeModelCriterion.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/LikeModelCriterion.php
index 8bb92fb11..795e594c4 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/LikeModelCriterion.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/ActiveQuery/Criterion/LikeModelCriterion.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class LikeModelCriterion extends BasicModelCriterion
      */
     public function setIgnoreCase(bool $b)
     {
-        $this->ignoreStringCase = (bool)$b;
+        $this->ignoreStringCase = $b;
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/Adapter/Pdo/MysqlAdapter.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/Adapter/Pdo/MysqlAdapter.php
index d62bbe62c..11f8f0cf3 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/Adapter/Pdo/MysqlAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/Adapter/Pdo/MysqlAdapter.php
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ public function quoteIdentifierTable(string $table): string
      */
     public function applyLimit(string &$sql, int $offset, int $limit, ?Criteria $criteria = null): void
     {
-        $offset = (int)$offset;
-        $limit = (int)$limit;
-
         if ($limit >= 0) {
             $sql .= ' LIMIT ' . ($offset > 0 ? $offset . ', ' : '') . $limit;
         } elseif ($offset > 0) {
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/Collection/Collection.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/Collection/Collection.php
index ed2262f2f..50b5a2d62 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/Collection/Collection.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/Collection/Collection.php
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ public function __call(string $name, $params)
      */
     public function __toString(): string
     {
-        return (string)$this->exportTo($this->getTableMapClass()::DEFAULT_STRING_FORMAT, false);
+        return $this->exportTo($this->getTableMapClass()::DEFAULT_STRING_FORMAT, false);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/Collection/OnDemandIterator.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/Collection/OnDemandIterator.php
index acd3da405..619cbcb2b 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/Collection/OnDemandIterator.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/Collection/OnDemandIterator.php
@@ -162,6 +162,6 @@ public function rewind(): void
      */
     public function valid(): bool
     {
-        return (bool)$this->isValid;
+        return $this->isValid;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/Connection/ConnectionManagerPrimaryReplica.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/Connection/ConnectionManagerPrimaryReplica.php
index f81a50591..c5b6e2268 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/Connection/ConnectionManagerPrimaryReplica.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/Connection/ConnectionManagerPrimaryReplica.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public function isForcePrimaryConnection(): bool
      */
     public function setForcePrimaryConnection(bool $isForceMasterConnection): void
     {
-        $this->isForcePrimaryConnection = (bool)$isForceMasterConnection;
+        $this->isForcePrimaryConnection = $isForceMasterConnection;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/Connection/ConnectionWrapper.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/Connection/ConnectionWrapper.php
index d76550362..76d60331b 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/Connection/ConnectionWrapper.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/Connection/ConnectionWrapper.php
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public function forceRollBack(): bool
      */
     public function inTransaction(): bool
     {
-        return (bool)$this->connection->inTransaction();
+        return $this->connection->inTransaction();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/Map/ColumnMap.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/Map/ColumnMap.php
index 39367420f..b4ccf6702 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/Map/ColumnMap.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/Map/ColumnMap.php
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public function getSize(): int
      */
     public function setPrimaryKey(bool $pk): void
     {
-        $this->pk = (bool)$pk;
+        $this->pk = $pk;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public function isPrimaryKey(): bool
      */
     public function setNotNull(bool $nn): void
     {
-        $this->notNull = (bool)$nn;
+        $this->notNull = $nn;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ public static function normalizeName(string $name): string
      */
     public function setPrimaryString(bool $pkString): void
     {
-        $this->isPkString = (bool)$pkString;
+        $this->isPkString = $pkString;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Propel/Runtime/Map/TableMap.php b/src/Propel/Runtime/Map/TableMap.php
index ce10ddf1c..07185760e 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Runtime/Map/TableMap.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Runtime/Map/TableMap.php
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public function getPackage(): ?string
      */
     public function setUseIdGenerator(bool $bit): void
     {
-        $this->useIdGenerator = (bool)$bit;
+        $this->useIdGenerator = $bit;
     }
 
     /**