diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Tab.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Tab.zig
index 78b4953de..1a0d52a13 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Tab.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Tab.zig
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ pub fn init(self: *Tab, window: *Window, parent_: ?*CoreSurface) !void {
 
         // This ensures that tabs are always equal width. If they're too
         // long, they'll be truncated with an ellipsis.
-        c.gtk_label_set_max_width_chars(@ptrCast(label_text), 1);
-        c.gtk_label_set_ellipsize(@ptrCast(label_text), c.PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END);
+        c.gtk_label_set_max_width_chars(label_text, 1);
+        c.gtk_label_set_ellipsize(label_text, c.PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END);
 
         // We need to set a minimum width so that at a certain point
         // the notebook will have an arrow button rather than shrinking tabs
         // to an unreadably small size.
-        c.gtk_widget_set_size_request(@ptrCast(label_text), 100, 1);
+        c.gtk_widget_set_size_request(label_text_widget, 100, 1);
     }
 
     // Create a Box in which we'll later keep either Surface or Paned