diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenSession.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenSession.java
index 77dbad8bcb..eb17b6fce3 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenSession.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenSession.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class MavenSession
 
     public List getSortedProjects()
     {
-        return rpm.getProjectsSortedByDependency();
+        return rpm.getSortedProjects();
     }
 
     public String getExecutionRootDirectory()
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluatorTest.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluatorTest.java
index 6f13f7f597..b464999c10 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluatorTest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluatorTest.java
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ public class PluginParameterExpressionEvaluatorTest
 
         MojoExecution mojoExecution = new MojoExecution( mojo );
 
-        return (ExpressionEvaluator) new PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator( session, mojoExecution, null,
-                                                                             container.getLogger(), project );
+        return new PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator( session, mojoExecution, null, container.getLogger(), project );
     }
 
     protected Artifact createArtifact( String groupId, String artifactId, String version )