diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/template/twig/extension.php b/phpBB/phpbb/template/twig/extension.php
index 7629fa2048..95c710ad7e 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/template/twig/extension.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/template/twig/extension.php
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ class extension extends \Twig\Extension\AbstractExtension
 			new \Twig\TwigFilter('subset', array($this, 'loop_subset'), array('needs_environment' => true)),
 			// @deprecated 3.2.0 Uses twig's JS escape method instead of addslashes
 			new \Twig\TwigFilter('addslashes', 'addslashes'),
-			new \Twig\TwigFilter('int', [$this, 'type_int']),
-			new \Twig\TwigFilter('float', [$this, 'type_float']),
+			new \Twig\TwigFilter('int', 'intval'),
+			new \Twig\TwigFilter('float', 'floatval'),
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -167,28 +167,6 @@ class extension extends \Twig\Extension\AbstractExtension
 		return twig_slice($env, $item, $start, $end, $preserveKeys);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Cast to INT a variable
-	 *
-	 * Example: config('my_awesome_config')|int
-	 * @return int
-	 */
-	public function type_int($value)
-	{
-		return (int) $value;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Cast to FLOAT a variable
-	 *
-	 * Example: config('my_awesome_config')|float
-	 * @return float
-	 */
-	public function type_float($value)
-	{
-		return (float) $value;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	* Get output for a language variable (L_FOO, LA_FOO)
 	*