diff --git a/include/boost/type_traits/integral_constant.hpp b/include/boost/type_traits/integral_constant.hpp
index 164cb11..1b36dbd 100644
--- a/include/boost/type_traits/integral_constant.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/type_traits/integral_constant.hpp
@@ -56,17 +56,12 @@ namespace boost{
       typedef T value_type;
       typedef integral_constant<T, val> type;
       static const T value = val;
-      //
-      // This helper function is just to disable type-punning 
-      // warnings from GCC:
-      //
-      template <class U>
-      static U& dereference(U* p) { return *p; }
 
       operator const mpl::integral_c<T, val>& ()const
       {
          static const char data[sizeof(long)] = { 0 };
-         return dereference(reinterpret_cast<const mpl::integral_c<T, val>*>(&data));
+         static const void* pdata = data;
+         return *(reinterpret_cast<const mpl::integral_c<T, val>*>(pdata));
       }
       BOOST_CONSTEXPR operator T()const { return val; }
    };
@@ -81,17 +76,12 @@ namespace boost{
       typedef bool value_type;
       typedef integral_constant<bool, val> type;
       static const bool value = val;
-      //
-      // This helper function is just to disable type-punning 
-      // warnings from GCC:
-      //
-      template <class T>
-      static T& dereference(T* p) { return *p; }
 
       operator const mpl::bool_<val>& ()const
       {
-         static const char data = 0;
-         return dereference(reinterpret_cast<const mpl::bool_<val>*>(&data));
+         static const char data[sizeof(long)] = { 0 };
+         static const void* pdata = data;
+         return *(reinterpret_cast<const mpl::bool_<val>*>(pdata));
       }
       BOOST_CONSTEXPR operator bool()const { return val; }
    };