diff --git a/core/object/object.h b/core/object/object.h
index 8ade5a204a7..33a5afc9aa4 100644
--- a/core/object/object.h
+++ b/core/object/object.h
@@ -733,34 +733,12 @@ public:
 
 	template <class T>
 	static T *cast_to(Object *p_object) {
-#ifndef NO_SAFE_CAST
 		return dynamic_cast<T *>(p_object);
-#else
-		if (!p_object) {
-			return nullptr;
-		}
-		if (p_object->is_class_ptr(T::get_class_ptr_static())) {
-			return static_cast<T *>(p_object);
-		} else {
-			return nullptr;
-		}
-#endif
 	}
 
 	template <class T>
 	static const T *cast_to(const Object *p_object) {
-#ifndef NO_SAFE_CAST
 		return dynamic_cast<const T *>(p_object);
-#else
-		if (!p_object) {
-			return nullptr;
-		}
-		if (p_object->is_class_ptr(T::get_class_ptr_static())) {
-			return static_cast<const T *>(p_object);
-		} else {
-			return nullptr;
-		}
-#endif
 	}
 
 	enum {
diff --git a/core/templates/rid_owner.h b/core/templates/rid_owner.h
index 320faebe986..a83ffa575fb 100644
--- a/core/templates/rid_owner.h
+++ b/core/templates/rid_owner.h
@@ -335,15 +335,8 @@ public:
 
 	~RID_Alloc() {
 		if (alloc_count) {
-			if (description) {
-				print_error("ERROR: " + itos(alloc_count) + " RID allocations of type '" + description + "' were leaked at exit.");
-			} else {
-#ifdef NO_SAFE_CAST
-				print_error("ERROR: " + itos(alloc_count) + " RID allocations of type 'unknown' were leaked at exit.");
-#else
-				print_error("ERROR: " + itos(alloc_count) + " RID allocations of type '" + typeid(T).name() + "' were leaked at exit.");
-#endif
-			}
+			print_error(vformat("ERROR: %d RID allocations of type '%s' were leaked at exit.",
+					alloc_count, description ? description : typeid(T).name()));
 
 			for (size_t i = 0; i < max_alloc; i++) {
 				uint64_t validator = validator_chunks[i / elements_in_chunk][i % elements_in_chunk];
diff --git a/editor/import/collada.cpp b/editor/import/collada.cpp
index 5d8e453395a..7cf35c519ba 100644
--- a/editor/import/collada.cpp
+++ b/editor/import/collada.cpp
@@ -2036,11 +2036,7 @@ void Collada::_merge_skeletons(VisualScene *p_vscene, Node *p_node) {
 
 				ERR_CONTINUE(!state.scene_map.has(nodeid)); //weird, it should have it...
 
-#ifdef NO_SAFE_CAST
-				NodeJoint *nj = static_cast<NodeJoint *>(state.scene_map[nodeid]);
-#else
 				NodeJoint *nj = dynamic_cast<NodeJoint *>(state.scene_map[nodeid]);
-#endif
 				ERR_CONTINUE(!nj); //broken collada
 				ERR_CONTINUE(!nj->owner); //weird, node should have a skeleton owner
 
@@ -2197,11 +2193,7 @@ bool Collada::_move_geometry_to_skeletons(VisualScene *p_vscene, Node *p_node, L
 			String nodeid = ng->skeletons[0];
 
 			ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!state.scene_map.has(nodeid), false); //weird, it should have it...
-#ifdef NO_SAFE_CAST
-			NodeJoint *nj = static_cast<NodeJoint *>(state.scene_map[nodeid]);
-#else
 			NodeJoint *nj = dynamic_cast<NodeJoint *>(state.scene_map[nodeid]);
-#endif
 			ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!nj, false);
 			ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!nj->owner, false); //weird, node should have a skeleton owner
 
diff --git a/modules/mono/csharp_script.h b/modules/mono/csharp_script.h
index d469c28d4a2..e5e53acb07e 100644
--- a/modules/mono/csharp_script.h
+++ b/modules/mono/csharp_script.h
@@ -48,20 +48,10 @@ class CSharpScript;
 class CSharpInstance;
 class CSharpLanguage;
 
-#ifdef NO_SAFE_CAST
-template <typename TScriptInstance, typename TScriptLanguage>
-TScriptInstance *cast_script_instance(ScriptInstance *p_inst) {
-	if (!p_inst) {
-		return nullptr;
-	}
-	return p_inst->get_language() == TScriptLanguage::get_singleton() ? static_cast<TScriptInstance *>(p_inst) : nullptr;
-}
-#else
 template <typename TScriptInstance, typename TScriptLanguage>
 TScriptInstance *cast_script_instance(ScriptInstance *p_inst) {
 	return dynamic_cast<TScriptInstance *>(p_inst);
 }
-#endif
 
 #define CAST_CSHARP_INSTANCE(m_inst) (cast_script_instance<CSharpInstance, CSharpLanguage>(m_inst))
 
diff --git a/platform/android/detect.py b/platform/android/detect.py
index e541aa0373b..866131cbe39 100644
--- a/platform/android/detect.py
+++ b/platform/android/detect.py
@@ -156,15 +156,9 @@ def configure(env: "Environment"):
     env["RANLIB"] = compiler_path + "/llvm-ranlib"
     env["AS"] = compiler_path + "/clang"
 
-    # Disable exceptions and rtti on non-tools (template) builds
-    if env.editor_build:
-        env.Append(CXXFLAGS=["-frtti"])
-    elif env["builtin_icu"]:
-        env.Append(CXXFLAGS=["-frtti", "-fno-exceptions"])
-    else:
-        env.Append(CXXFLAGS=["-fno-rtti", "-fno-exceptions"])
-        # Don't use dynamic_cast, necessary with no-rtti.
-        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["NO_SAFE_CAST"])
+    # Disable exceptions on template builds
+    if not env.editor_build:
+        env.Append(CXXFLAGS=["-fno-exceptions"])
 
     env.Append(
         CCFLAGS=(