diff --git a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/SmackConfiguration.java b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/SmackConfiguration.java
index 86d144112..5646b5271 100644
--- a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/SmackConfiguration.java
+++ b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/SmackConfiguration.java
@@ -213,6 +213,6 @@ public final class SmackConfiguration {
                 loaders.add(classLoader);
             }
         }
-        return (ClassLoader[]) loaders.toArray();
+        return loaders.toArray(new ClassLoader[loaders.size()]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/ProviderManager.java b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/ProviderManager.java
index d94a8e603..924d1766b 100644
--- a/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/ProviderManager.java
+++ b/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/ProviderManager.java
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ public class ProviderManager {
                 loaders.add(classLoader);
             }
         }
-        return (ClassLoader[]) loaders.toArray();
+        return loaders.toArray(new ClassLoader[loaders.size()]);
     }
 
     private ProviderManager() {