diff --git a/contrib/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo.c b/contrib/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo.c
index 2ed93659dc24..f30d366cbd48 100644
--- a/contrib/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo.c
+++ b/contrib/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo.c
@@ -3918,12 +3918,6 @@ cm_dotless (arg, start, end)
     }
 }
 
-#if defined (__osf__)
-#define LOCALTIME_CAST(x) (time_t *)(x)
-#else
-#define LOCALTIME_CAST(x) (x)
-#endif
-
 void
 cm_today (arg)
      int arg;
@@ -3933,8 +3927,8 @@ cm_today (arg)
 	"August", "September", "October", "November", "December" };
   if (arg == START)
     {
-      long timer = time (0);
-      struct tm *ts = localtime (LOCALTIME_CAST (&timer));
+      time_t timer = time (0);
+      struct tm *ts = localtime (&timer);
       add_word_args
 	("%d %s %d",
 	 (ts -> tm_mday),
diff --git a/usr.bin/touch/touch.c b/usr.bin/touch/touch.c
index 32a7319564c2..712d72ecbe6f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/touch/touch.c
+++ b/usr.bin/touch/touch.c
@@ -184,11 +184,13 @@ stime_arg1(arg, tvp)
 	char *arg;
 	struct timeval *tvp;
 {
+	time_t now;
 	struct tm *t;
 	int yearset;
 	char *p;
 					/* Start with the current time. */
-	if ((t = localtime(&tvp[0].tv_sec)) == NULL)
+	now = tvp[0].tv_sec;
+	if ((t = localtime(&now)) == NULL)
 		err(1, "localtime");
 					/* [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS] */
 	if ((p = strchr(arg, '.')) == NULL)
@@ -246,9 +248,11 @@ stime_arg2(arg, year, tvp)
 	int year;
 	struct timeval *tvp;
 {
+	time_t now;
 	struct tm *t;
 					/* Start with the current time. */
-	if ((t = localtime(&tvp[0].tv_sec)) == NULL)
+	now = tvp[0].tv_sec;
+	if ((t = localtime(&now)) == NULL)
 		err(1, "localtime");
 
 	t->tm_mon = ATOI2(arg);		/* MMDDhhmm[yy] */