diff --git a/test/k4FWCoreTest/src/components/ExampleFunctionalConsumer.cpp b/test/k4FWCoreTest/src/components/ExampleFunctionalConsumer.cpp
index 214620c3..f1a2f3a6 100644
--- a/test/k4FWCoreTest/src/components/ExampleFunctionalConsumer.cpp
+++ b/test/k4FWCoreTest/src/components/ExampleFunctionalConsumer.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ struct ExampleFunctionalConsumer final : Gaudi::Functional::Consumer<void(const
     : Consumer( name, svcLoc, KeyValue("InputLocation", "MCParticles")) {}
 
   // This is the function that will be called to transform the data
-  // Note that the function has to be const, as well as all pointers to collections
+  // Note that the function has to be const, as well as the collections
   // we get from the input
   void operator()(const colltype& input) const override {
-    const auto* coll = input.getData();
-    const auto* ptr = dynamic_cast<const edm4hep::MCParticleCollection*>(coll);
+    auto* ptr = dynamic_cast<const edm4hep::MCParticleCollection*>(input.getData());
     int i = 0;
     for (const auto& p : *ptr) {
       assert(p.getPDG() == 1 + i);
diff --git a/test/k4FWCoreTest/src/components/ExampleFunctionalTransformer.cpp b/test/k4FWCoreTest/src/components/ExampleFunctionalTransformer.cpp
index b8555f32..a46b1274 100644
--- a/test/k4FWCoreTest/src/components/ExampleFunctionalTransformer.cpp
+++ b/test/k4FWCoreTest/src/components/ExampleFunctionalTransformer.cpp
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ struct ExampleFunctionalTransformer final :
   // Note that the function has to be const, as well as all pointers to collections
   // we get from the input
   colltype_out operator()(const colltype_in& input) const override {
-    const auto* coll = input.getData();
-    const auto* ptr = dynamic_cast<const edm4hep::MCParticleCollection*>(coll);
+    auto* ptr = dynamic_cast<const edm4hep::MCParticleCollection*>(input.getData());
     auto coll_out = std::make_unique<edm4hep::MCParticleCollection>();
     for (const auto& p : *ptr) {
       auto new_particle = edm4hep::MutableMCParticle();