diff --git a/src/core/config/manager.rs b/src/core/config/manager.rs
index e55916ba..395475ac 100644
--- a/src/core/config/manager.rs
+++ b/src/core/config/manager.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub struct Manager {
 }
 
 thread_local! {
-	static INDEX: Cell<usize> = 0.into();
+	static INDEX: Cell<usize> = const { Cell::new(0_usize) };
 	static HANDLE: RefCell<Handles> = const {
 		RefCell::new([const { None }; HISTORY])
 	};
diff --git a/src/core/utils/sys/compute.rs b/src/core/utils/sys/compute.rs
index 3ac5943a..8bb4f704 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/sys/compute.rs
+++ b/src/core/utils/sys/compute.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static NODE_TOPOLOGY: LazyLock<Masks> = LazyLock::new(init_node_topology);
 thread_local! {
 	/// Tracks the affinity for this thread. This is updated when affinities
 	/// are set via our set_affinity() interface.
-	static CORE_AFFINITY: Cell<Mask> = Cell::default();
+	static CORE_AFFINITY: Cell<Mask> = const { Cell::new(0) };
 }
 
 /// Set the core affinity for this thread. The ID should be listed in