diff --git a/src/Magnum/Primitives/Implementation/Spheroid.cpp b/src/Magnum/Primitives/Implementation/Spheroid.cpp
index 25acca688..0be690d6a 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Primitives/Implementation/Spheroid.cpp
+++ b/src/Magnum/Primitives/Implementation/Spheroid.cpp
@@ -247,29 +247,25 @@ Trade::MeshData Spheroid::finalize() {
     Containers::Array<Trade::MeshAttributeData> attributes{_attributeCount};
     attributes[attributeOffset++] = Trade::MeshAttributeData{
         Trade::MeshAttribute::Position, VertexFormat::Vector3,
-        /* GCC 4.8 can't handle the stridedArrayView() convenience thing */
-        Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const char>{_vertexData,
+        Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const void>{_vertexData,
             _vertexData.data(),
             _vertexData.size()/_stride, std::ptrdiff_t(_stride)}};
     attributes[attributeOffset++] = Trade::MeshAttributeData{
         Trade::MeshAttribute::Normal, VertexFormat::Vector3,
-        /* GCC 4.8 can't handle the stridedArrayView() convenience thing */
-        Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const char>{_vertexData,
+        Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const void>{_vertexData,
             _vertexData.data() + sizeof(Vector3),
             _vertexData.size()/_stride, std::ptrdiff_t(_stride)}};
 
     if(_flags & Flag::Tangents)
         attributes[attributeOffset++] = Trade::MeshAttributeData{
             Trade::MeshAttribute::Tangent, VertexFormat::Vector4,
-            /* GCC 4.8 can't handle the stridedArrayView() convenience thing */
-            Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const char>{_vertexData,
+            Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const void>{_vertexData,
                 _vertexData.data() + _tangentOffset,
                 _vertexData.size()/_stride, std::ptrdiff_t(_stride)}};
     if(_flags & Flag::TextureCoordinates)
         attributes[attributeOffset++] = Trade::MeshAttributeData{
             Trade::MeshAttribute::TextureCoordinates, VertexFormat::Vector2,
-            /* GCC 4.8 can't handle the stridedArrayView() convenience thing */
-            Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const char>{_vertexData,
+            Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const void>{_vertexData,
                 _vertexData.data() + _textureCoordinateOffset,
                 _vertexData.size()/_stride, std::ptrdiff_t(_stride)}};
 
diff --git a/src/Magnum/Trade/Test/MeshDataTest.cpp b/src/Magnum/Trade/Test/MeshDataTest.cpp
index 341597176..fd4141b6a 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Trade/Test/MeshDataTest.cpp
+++ b/src/Magnum/Trade/Test/MeshDataTest.cpp
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ void MeshDataTest::constructAttribute2DNonContiguous() {
 
 void MeshDataTest::constructAttributeTypeErased() {
     const Vector3 positionData[3]{};
-    MeshAttributeData positions{MeshAttribute::Position, VertexFormat::Vector3, Containers::arrayCast<const char>(Containers::stridedArrayView(positionData))};
+    MeshAttributeData positions{MeshAttribute::Position, VertexFormat::Vector3, Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const void>{positionData}};
     CORRADE_VERIFY(!positions.isOffsetOnly());
     CORRADE_COMPARE(positions.arraySize(), 0);
     CORRADE_COMPARE(positions.name(), MeshAttribute::Position);
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ void MeshDataTest::constructArrayAttribute2DNonContiguous() {
 void MeshDataTest::constructArrayAttributeTypeErased() {
     Vector2 vertexData[3*4];
     Containers::StridedArrayView1D<Vector2> attribute{vertexData, 3, 4*sizeof(Vector2)};
-    MeshAttributeData data{meshAttributeCustom(35), VertexFormat::Vector2, Containers::arrayCast<const char>(attribute), 4};
+    MeshAttributeData data{meshAttributeCustom(35), VertexFormat::Vector2, Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const void>{attribute}, 4};
     CORRADE_VERIFY(!data.isOffsetOnly());
     CORRADE_COMPARE(data.name(), meshAttributeCustom(35));
     CORRADE_COMPARE(data.format(), VertexFormat::Vector2);