diff --git a/framework/inc/uielement/rootitemcontainer.hxx b/framework/inc/uielement/rootitemcontainer.hxx
index cdfc82fada3e..159137f0f67e 100644
--- a/framework/inc/uielement/rootitemcontainer.hxx
+++ b/framework/inc/uielement/rootitemcontainer.hxx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexAccess.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleComponentFactory.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/lang/XUnoTunnel.hpp>
 
 #include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/basemutex.hxx>
@@ -40,8 +39,7 @@ class ConstItemContainer;
 
 typedef ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<
             css::container::XIndexContainer,
-            css::lang::XSingleComponentFactory,
-            css::lang::XUnoTunnel > RootItemContainer_BASE;
+            css::lang::XSingleComponentFactory > RootItemContainer_BASE;
 
 class RootItemContainer final : private cppu::BaseMutex,
                             public ::cppu::OBroadcastHelper                         ,
@@ -65,10 +63,6 @@ class RootItemContainer final : private cppu::BaseMutex,
         // XTypeProvider
         virtual css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Type > SAL_CALL getTypes(  ) override;
 
-        // XUnoTunnel
-        static const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&   getUnoTunnelId() noexcept;
-        sal_Int64                                                   SAL_CALL getSomething( const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& rIdentifier ) override;
-
         // XIndexContainer
         virtual void SAL_CALL insertByIndex( sal_Int32 Index, const css::uno::Any& Element ) override;
 
diff --git a/framework/source/fwi/uielement/rootitemcontainer.cxx b/framework/source/fwi/uielement/rootitemcontainer.cxx
index db267f54a658..fdfb6b709c4a 100644
--- a/framework/source/fwi/uielement/rootitemcontainer.cxx
+++ b/framework/source/fwi/uielement/rootitemcontainer.cxx
@@ -138,18 +138,6 @@ Reference< XIndexAccess > RootItemContainer::deepCopyContainer( const Reference<
     return xReturn;
 }
 
-// XUnoTunnel
-sal_Int64 RootItemContainer::getSomething( const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& rIdentifier )
-{
-    return comphelper::getSomethingImpl(rIdentifier, this);
-}
-
-const Sequence< sal_Int8 >& RootItemContainer::getUnoTunnelId() noexcept
-{
-    static const comphelper::UnoIdInit theRootItemContainerUnoTunnelId;
-    return theRootItemContainerUnoTunnelId.getSeq();
-}
-
 // XElementAccess
 sal_Bool SAL_CALL RootItemContainer::hasElements()
 {
diff --git a/framework/source/uiconfiguration/moduleuiconfigurationmanager.cxx b/framework/source/uiconfiguration/moduleuiconfigurationmanager.cxx
index 235190ac9d0d..a75b84e7457f 100644
--- a/framework/source/uiconfiguration/moduleuiconfigurationmanager.cxx
+++ b/framework/source/uiconfiguration/moduleuiconfigurationmanager.cxx
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void ModuleUIConfigurationManager::impl_requestUIElementData( sal_Int16 nElement
                         {
                             MenuConfiguration aMenuCfg( m_xContext );
                             Reference< XIndexAccess > xContainer( aMenuCfg.CreateMenuBarConfigurationFromXML( xInputStream ));
-                            auto pRootItemContainer = comphelper::getFromUnoTunnel<RootItemContainer>( xContainer );
+                            auto pRootItemContainer = dynamic_cast<RootItemContainer*>( xContainer.get() );
                             if ( pRootItemContainer )
                                 aUIElementData.xSettings = new ConstItemContainer( pRootItemContainer, true );
                             else
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void ModuleUIConfigurationManager::impl_requestUIElementData( sal_Int16 nElement
                         {
                             Reference< XIndexContainer > xIndexContainer( new RootItemContainer() );
                             ToolBoxConfiguration::LoadToolBox( m_xContext, xInputStream, xIndexContainer );
-                            auto pRootItemContainer = comphelper::getFromUnoTunnel<RootItemContainer>( xIndexContainer );
+                            auto pRootItemContainer = dynamic_cast<RootItemContainer*>( xIndexContainer.get() );
                             aUIElementData.xSettings = new ConstItemContainer( pRootItemContainer, true );
                             return;
                         }
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ void ModuleUIConfigurationManager::impl_requestUIElementData( sal_Int16 nElement
                         {
                             Reference< XIndexContainer > xIndexContainer( new RootItemContainer() );
                             StatusBarConfiguration::LoadStatusBar( m_xContext, xInputStream, xIndexContainer );
-                            auto pRootItemContainer = comphelper::getFromUnoTunnel<RootItemContainer>( xIndexContainer );
+                            auto pRootItemContainer = dynamic_cast<RootItemContainer*>( xIndexContainer.get() );
                             aUIElementData.xSettings = new ConstItemContainer( pRootItemContainer, true );
                             return;
                         }
diff --git a/framework/source/uiconfiguration/uiconfigurationmanager.cxx b/framework/source/uiconfiguration/uiconfigurationmanager.cxx
index 4950cbfc4cf3..e0527d481504 100644
--- a/framework/source/uiconfiguration/uiconfigurationmanager.cxx
+++ b/framework/source/uiconfiguration/uiconfigurationmanager.cxx
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void UIConfigurationManager::impl_requestUIElementData( sal_Int16 nElementType,
                         {
                             MenuConfiguration aMenuCfg( m_xContext );
                             Reference< XIndexAccess > xContainer( aMenuCfg.CreateMenuBarConfigurationFromXML( xInputStream ));
-                            auto pRootItemContainer = comphelper::getFromUnoTunnel<RootItemContainer>( xContainer );
+                            auto pRootItemContainer = dynamic_cast<RootItemContainer*>( xContainer.get() );
                             if ( pRootItemContainer )
                                 aUIElementData.xSettings = new ConstItemContainer( pRootItemContainer, true );
                             else
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ void UIConfigurationManager::impl_requestUIElementData( sal_Int16 nElementType,
                         {
                             Reference< XIndexContainer > xIndexContainer( new RootItemContainer() );
                             ToolBoxConfiguration::LoadToolBox( m_xContext, xInputStream, xIndexContainer );
-                            auto pRootItemContainer = comphelper::getFromUnoTunnel<RootItemContainer>( xIndexContainer );
+                            auto pRootItemContainer = dynamic_cast<RootItemContainer*>( xIndexContainer.get() );
                             aUIElementData.xSettings = new ConstItemContainer( pRootItemContainer, true );
                             return;
                         }
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ void UIConfigurationManager::impl_requestUIElementData( sal_Int16 nElementType,
                         {
                             Reference< XIndexContainer > xIndexContainer( new RootItemContainer() );
                             StatusBarConfiguration::LoadStatusBar( m_xContext, xInputStream, xIndexContainer );
-                            auto pRootItemContainer = comphelper::getFromUnoTunnel<RootItemContainer>( xIndexContainer );
+                            auto pRootItemContainer = dynamic_cast<RootItemContainer*>( xIndexContainer.get() );
                             aUIElementData.xSettings = new ConstItemContainer( pRootItemContainer, true );
                             return;
                         }