diff --git a/spacy/syntax/arc_eager.pyx b/spacy/syntax/arc_eager.pyx
index e83b4c5ee..ebd8a0cac 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/arc_eager.pyx
+++ b/spacy/syntax/arc_eager.pyx
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ cdef class ArcEager(TransitionSystem):
             elif USE_ROOT_ARC_SEGMENT and st._sent[i].dep == self.root_label:
                 st._sent[i].head = 0
 
-    cdef int set_valid(self, bint* output, StateClass stcls) nogil:
+    cdef int set_valid(self, int* output, StateClass stcls) nogil:
         cdef bint[N_MOVES] is_valid
         is_valid[SHIFT] = Shift.is_valid(stcls, -1)
         is_valid[REDUCE] = Reduce.is_valid(stcls, -1)
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ cdef class ArcEager(TransitionSystem):
         for i in range(self.n_moves):
             output[i] = is_valid[self.c[i].move]
 
-    cdef int set_costs(self, bint* is_valid, int* costs, 
+    cdef int set_costs(self, int* is_valid, int* costs, 
                        StateClass stcls, GoldParse gold) except -1:
         cdef int i, move, label
         cdef label_cost_func_t[N_MOVES] label_cost_funcs
diff --git a/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx b/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx
index 85308fc0e..33c970f9a 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx
+++ b/spacy/syntax/parser.pyx
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ cdef class Parser:
         while not stcls.is_final():
             memset(eg.scores, 0, eg.nr_class * sizeof(weight_t))
 
-            self.moves.set_valid(<bint*>eg.is_valid, stcls)
+            self.moves.set_valid(eg.is_valid, stcls)
             fill_context(eg.atoms, stcls)
             self.model.set_scores(eg.scores, eg.atoms)
             eg.guess = arg_max_if_true(eg.scores, eg.is_valid, self.model.n_classes)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ cdef class Parser:
         while not stcls.is_final():
             memset(eg.c.scores, 0, eg.c.nr_class * sizeof(weight_t))
         
-            self.moves.set_costs(<bint*>eg.c.is_valid, eg.c.costs, stcls, gold)
+            self.moves.set_costs(eg.c.is_valid, eg.c.costs, stcls, gold)
             
             fill_context(eg.c.atoms, stcls)
 
diff --git a/spacy/syntax/transition_system.pxd b/spacy/syntax/transition_system.pxd
index 509833253..2114df410 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/transition_system.pxd
+++ b/spacy/syntax/transition_system.pxd
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cdef class TransitionSystem:
 
     cdef Transition init_transition(self, int clas, int move, int label) except *
 
-    cdef int set_valid(self, bint* output, StateClass state) nogil
+    cdef int set_valid(self, int* output, StateClass state) nogil
     
-    cdef int set_costs(self, bint* is_valid, int* costs,
+    cdef int set_costs(self, int* is_valid, int* costs,
                        StateClass state, GoldParse gold) except -1
diff --git a/spacy/syntax/transition_system.pyx b/spacy/syntax/transition_system.pyx
index 7a0b22b1a..083a4990b 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/transition_system.pyx
+++ b/spacy/syntax/transition_system.pyx
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ cdef class TransitionSystem:
     cdef Transition init_transition(self, int clas, int move, int label) except *:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    cdef int set_valid(self, bint* is_valid, StateClass stcls) nogil:
+    cdef int set_valid(self, int* is_valid, StateClass stcls) nogil:
         cdef int i
         for i in range(self.n_moves):
             is_valid[i] = self.c[i].is_valid(stcls, self.c[i].label)
 
-    cdef int set_costs(self, bint* is_valid, int* costs,
+    cdef int set_costs(self, int* is_valid, int* costs,
                        StateClass stcls, GoldParse gold) except -1:
         cdef int i
         self.set_valid(is_valid, stcls)