diff --git a/src/MariaResultSimple.cpp b/src/MariaResultSimple.cpp
index 6cd39bc9..bcbe5b77 100644
--- a/src/MariaResultSimple.cpp
+++ b/src/MariaResultSimple.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ cpp11::list MariaResultSimple::fetch(int /*n_max*/) {
   LOG_VERBOSE;
 
   warning("Use dbExecute() instead of dbGetQuery() for statements, and also avoid dbFetch()");
-  return (SEXP)df_create(std::vector<MariaFieldType>(), std::vector<std::string>(), 0);
+  return df_create(std::vector<MariaFieldType>(), std::vector<std::string>(), 0);
 }
 
 int MariaResultSimple::n_rows_affected() {
diff --git a/src/MariaUtils.cpp b/src/MariaUtils.cpp
index 8d1469fa..a0354efe 100644
--- a/src/MariaUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/MariaUtils.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void df_s3(const cpp11::list& df, const std::vector<MariaFieldType>& types) {
   }
 }
 
-cpp11::writable::list df_create(const std::vector<MariaFieldType>& types, const std::vector<std::string>& names, int n) {
+cpp11::list df_create(const std::vector<MariaFieldType>& types, const std::vector<std::string>& names, int n) {
   R_xlen_t p = types.size();
 
   cpp11::writable::list out(p);
diff --git a/src/MariaUtils.h b/src/MariaUtils.h
index 0e2fb989..43da1748 100644
--- a/src/MariaUtils.h
+++ b/src/MariaUtils.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cpp11::list df_resize(const cpp11::list& df, int n);
 // Set up S3 classes correctly
 void df_s3(const cpp11::list& df, const std::vector<MariaFieldType>& types);
 
-cpp11::writable::list df_create(const std::vector<MariaFieldType>& types,
+cpp11::list df_create(const std::vector<MariaFieldType>& types,
                const std::vector<std::string>& names,
                int n);