diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-ducks-retire.md b/.changeset/eleven-ducks-retire.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01a0eb9a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-ducks-retire.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+"@twilio-paste/breadcrumb": patch
+"@twilio-paste/checkbox": patch
+"@twilio-paste/menu": patch
+"@twilio-paste/grid": patch
+"@twilio-paste/core": patch
+---
+
+chore: removed unnecessary type assertions
diff --git a/packages/paste-core/components/breadcrumb/src/Breadcrumb.tsx b/packages/paste-core/components/breadcrumb/src/Breadcrumb.tsx
index 5f3a277bf1..ee96876e1e 100644
--- a/packages/paste-core/components/breadcrumb/src/Breadcrumb.tsx
+++ b/packages/paste-core/components/breadcrumb/src/Breadcrumb.tsx
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ const Breadcrumb = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, BreadcrumbProps>(
     const [childrenCount, validChildren] = React.useMemo(
       () => [
         React.Children.count(children),
-        React.Children.toArray(children).filter((child) => React.isValidElement(child) || typeof child === "string"),
+        React.Children.toArray(children).filter(
+          (child): child is React.ReactElement => React.isValidElement(child) || typeof child === "string",
+        ),
       ],
       [children],
     );
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ const Breadcrumb = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, BreadcrumbProps>(
       <Box aria-label="breadcrumb" {...safelySpreadBoxProps(props)} as="nav" element={element} ref={ref}>
         <Box alignItems="center" as="ol" display="inline-flex" listStyleType="none" margin="space0" padding="space0">
           {validChildren.map((child, index) => {
-            return React.cloneElement(child as React.ReactElement<any>, {
+            return React.cloneElement(child, {
               last: childrenCount === index + 1,
               key: keySeed(`breadcrumb-${index}`),
               parentElement: element,
diff --git a/packages/paste-core/components/checkbox/src/CheckboxGroup.tsx b/packages/paste-core/components/checkbox/src/CheckboxGroup.tsx
index 46b6f5ac4a..6bd1cfb2ac 100644
--- a/packages/paste-core/components/checkbox/src/CheckboxGroup.tsx
+++ b/packages/paste-core/components/checkbox/src/CheckboxGroup.tsx
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ const CheckboxGroup = React.forwardRef<HTMLFieldSetElement, CheckboxGroupProps>(
           i18nRequiredLabel={i18nRequiredLabel}
         >
           {React.Children.map(children, (child, index) => {
-            return React.isValidElement(child)
-              ? React.cloneElement(child as React.ReactElement<CheckboxProps>, {
+            return React.isValidElement<CheckboxProps>(child)
+              ? React.cloneElement(child, {
                   isSelectAll: isSelectAll && index === 0,
                   isSelectAllChild: isSelectAll && orientation === "vertical" && index !== 0,
                 })
diff --git a/packages/paste-core/components/menu/src/MenuGroup.tsx b/packages/paste-core/components/menu/src/MenuGroup.tsx
index 9aad4ba025..61e6ce5b62 100644
--- a/packages/paste-core/components/menu/src/MenuGroup.tsx
+++ b/packages/paste-core/components/menu/src/MenuGroup.tsx
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ const MenuGroup = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, MenuGroupProps>(
           ref={ref}
         >
           <Box display="flex" alignItems="center" paddingX="space70" paddingY="space30" cursor="default">
-            {React.isValidElement(icon) ? (
+            {React.isValidElement<GenericIconProps>(icon) ? (
               <Box flexShrink={0} size="sizeIcon30">
-                {React.cloneElement(icon as React.ReactElement<GenericIconProps>, { color: "colorTextIcon" })}
+                {React.cloneElement(icon, { color: "colorTextIcon" })}
               </Box>
             ) : null}
             <Text
diff --git a/packages/paste-core/layout/grid/src/Grid.tsx b/packages/paste-core/layout/grid/src/Grid.tsx
index 53c4d021d2..ab6a276fdd 100644
--- a/packages/paste-core/layout/grid/src/Grid.tsx
+++ b/packages/paste-core/layout/grid/src/Grid.tsx
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ const Grid = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, GridProps>(
     const GridColumns = React.useMemo(
       () =>
         React.Children.map(children, (child) =>
-          React.isValidElement(child)
-            ? React.cloneElement(child as React.ReactElement<ColumnProps>, {
+          React.isValidElement<ColumnProps>(child)
+            ? React.cloneElement(child, {
                 count: React.Children.count(children),
                 gutter,
                 vertical,