diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayRef.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayRef.hpp
index a2e6eb11..fb396987 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayRef.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayRef.hpp
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ struct Converter<ArrayConstRef> {
   }
 
   static ArrayConstRef fromJson(VariantConstRef src) {
-    return ArrayConstRef(variantAsArray(getData(src)));
+    const VariantData* data = getData(src);
+    return data ? data->resolve()->asArray() : 0;
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(VariantConstRef src) {
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectRef.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectRef.hpp
index 7dcd43f0..ba862abe 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectRef.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectRef.hpp
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ struct Converter<ObjectConstRef> {
   }
 
   static ObjectConstRef fromJson(VariantConstRef src) {
-    return ObjectConstRef(variantAsObject(getData(src)));
+    const VariantData* data = getData(src);
+    return data != 0 ? data->resolve()->asObject() : 0;
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(VariantConstRef src) {
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantFunctions.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantFunctions.hpp
index c6b64f8a..5962fd87 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantFunctions.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantFunctions.hpp
@@ -20,18 +20,6 @@ inline typename TVisitor::result_type variantAccept(const VariantData *var,
     return visitor.visitNull();
 }
 
-inline const CollectionData *variantAsArray(const VariantData *var) {
-  return var != 0 ? var->resolve()->asArray() : 0;
-}
-
-inline const CollectionData *variantAsObject(const VariantData *var) {
-  return var != 0 ? var->resolve()->asObject() : 0;
-}
-
-inline CollectionData *variantAsObject(VariantData *var) {
-  return var != 0 ? var->asObject() : 0;
-}
-
 inline bool variantCopyFrom(VariantData *dst, const VariantData *src,
                             MemoryPool *pool) {
   if (!dst)