diff --git a/src/plugins/expressions/common/execution/execution.ts b/src/plugins/expressions/common/execution/execution.ts
index b19a5bf90c2052..2bcf441b14203e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/expressions/common/execution/execution.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/expressions/common/execution/execution.ts
@@ -156,9 +156,7 @@ export class Execution<
       variables: execution.params.variables || {},
       types: executor.getTypes(),
       abortSignal: this.abortController.signal,
-      inspectorAdapters:
-        execution.params.inspectorAdapters ||
-        ((createDefaultInspectorAdapters() as any) as InspectorAdapters),
+      inspectorAdapters: execution.params.inspectorAdapters || createDefaultInspectorAdapters(),
       ...(execution.params as any).extraContext,
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/expressions/common/expression_functions/specs/kibana.ts b/src/plugins/expressions/common/expression_functions/specs/kibana.ts
index 0f1228c3a13e43..3ec4c23eab28d6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/expressions/common/expression_functions/specs/kibana.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/expressions/common/expression_functions/specs/kibana.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ export const kibana: ExpressionFunctionKibana = {
       // TODO: But it shouldn't be need.
       ...input,
       type: 'kibana_context',
-      query: [...toArray((getSearchContext() as any).query), ...toArray((input || {}).query)],
-      filters: [...((getSearchContext() as any).filters || []), ...((input || {}).filters || [])],
-      timeRange: (getSearchContext() as any).timeRange || (input ? input.timeRange : undefined),
+      query: [...toArray(getSearchContext().query), ...toArray((input || {}).query)],
+      filters: [...(getSearchContext().filters || []), ...((input || {}).filters || [])],
+      timeRange: getSearchContext().timeRange || (input ? input.timeRange : undefined),
     };
 
     return output;