diff --git a/doc/snippets/MagnumTrade.cpp b/doc/snippets/MagnumTrade.cpp
index e303c793cc..ca16be4eab 100644
--- a/doc/snippets/MagnumTrade.cpp
+++ b/doc/snippets/MagnumTrade.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ using namespace Magnum::Math::Literals;
 
 int main() {
 
+/* GCC 4.8 and Clang 3.8 has problems with an implicit cast here */
+#if (defined(CORRADE_TARGET_UNIX) || (defined(CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS) && !defined(CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS_RT))) && (!defined(CORRADE_TARGET_GCC) || __GNUC__ > 5 || (!defined(CORRADE_TARGET_APPLE_CLANG) && __clang_major__ >= 4) || (defined(CORRADE_TARGET_APPLE_CLANG) && __clang_major__ >= 9))
 {
 /* [blob-deserialize-mesh] */
 Containers::Array<const char, Utility::Directory::MapDeleter> blob =
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ if(!spaceship) Fatal{} << "oh no";
 // ...
 /* [blob-deserialize-mesh] */
 }
+#endif
 
 {
 /* [AbstractImporter-usage] */
diff --git a/src/Magnum/Trade/sceneconverter.cpp b/src/Magnum/Trade/sceneconverter.cpp
index 93d1ba5c56..4a3505fb72 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Trade/sceneconverter.cpp
+++ b/src/Magnum/Trade/sceneconverter.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ class BlobImporter: public Trade::AbstractImporter {
 
     UnsignedInt doMeshCount() const override { return 1; }
     Containers::Optional<Trade::MeshData> doMesh(UnsignedInt, UnsignedInt) override {
-        return Trade::MeshData::deserialize(_in);
+        /* GCC 4.8 and old Clang has problems with an implicit cast here */
+        return Trade::MeshData::deserialize(Containers::ArrayView<const void>(_in));
     }
 
     Containers::Array<const char, Utility::Directory::MapDeleter> _in;