diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpFactory.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpFactory.java
index 1545ff06b..c924c552d 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpFactory.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class RegexpFactory extends RegexpMatcherFactory
         if (p == null) {
             systemDefault = System.getProperty("ant.regexp.regexpimpl");
         } else {
-            systemDefault = (String) p.getProperties().get("ant.regexp.regexpimpl");
+            systemDefault = p.getProperty("ant.regexp.regexpimpl");
         }
         
         if (systemDefault != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpMatcherFactory.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpMatcherFactory.java
index cbbfa3fac..6ef638c90 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpMatcherFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpMatcherFactory.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class RegexpMatcherFactory {
         if (p == null) {
             systemDefault = System.getProperty("ant.regexp.regexpimpl");
         } else {
-            systemDefault = (String) p.getProperties().get("ant.regexp.regexpimpl");
+            systemDefault = p.getProperty("ant.regexp.regexpimpl");
         }
         
         if (systemDefault != null) {