diff --git a/src/libstore/ssh-store.cc b/src/libstore/ssh-store.cc
index af99ad40a..caae6b596 100644
--- a/src/libstore/ssh-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/ssh-store.cc
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ public:
 
     const Setting<Path> sshKey{(Store*) this, "", "ssh-key", "path to an SSH private key"};
     const Setting<bool> compress{(Store*) this, false, "compress", "whether to compress the connection"};
-    const Setting<Path> remoteProgram{this, "nix-daemon", "remote-program", "path to the nix-daemon executable on the remote system"};
-    const Setting<std::string> remoteStore{this, "", "remote-store", "URI of the store on the remote system"};
+    const Setting<Path> remoteProgram{(Store*) this, "nix-daemon", "remote-program", "path to the nix-daemon executable on the remote system"};
+    const Setting<std::string> remoteStore{(Store*) this, "", "remote-store", "URI of the store on the remote system"};
 
     SSHStore(const std::string & host, const Params & params)
         : Store(params)
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
index 743be9410..861b96930 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ class LocalFSStore : public virtual Store
 public:
 
     // FIXME: the (Store*) cast works around a bug in gcc that causes
-    // it to emit the call to the Option constructor. Clang works fine
+    // it to omit the call to the Setting constructor. Clang works fine
     // either way.
     const PathSetting rootDir{(Store*) this, true, "",
         "root", "directory prefixed to all other paths"};