diff --git a/drivers/kw2xrf/kw2xrf_netdev.c b/drivers/kw2xrf/kw2xrf_netdev.c
index 24bb36774b..44ea7702fb 100644
--- a/drivers/kw2xrf/kw2xrf_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/kw2xrf/kw2xrf_netdev.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int _init(netdev_t *netdev)
 {
     kw2xrf_t *dev = (kw2xrf_t *)netdev;
 
-    dev->thread = (thread_t *)thread_get(thread_getpid());
+    dev->thread = thread_get_active();
 
     /* initialize SPI and GPIOs */
     if (kw2xrf_init(dev, &_irq_handler)) {
diff --git a/drivers/kw41zrf/kw41zrf_netdev.c b/drivers/kw41zrf/kw41zrf_netdev.c
index a5e15cb878..4d5a7f39ad 100644
--- a/drivers/kw41zrf/kw41zrf_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/kw41zrf/kw41zrf_netdev.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static void kw41zrf_irq_handler(void *arg)
 static int kw41zrf_netdev_init(netdev_t *netdev)
 {
     kw41zrf_t *dev = (kw41zrf_t *)netdev;
-    dev->thread = (thread_t *)thread_get(thread_getpid());
+    dev->thread = thread_get_active();
 
     /* initialize hardware */
     if (kw41zrf_init(dev, kw41zrf_irq_handler)) {
diff --git a/examples/riot_and_cpp/main.cpp b/examples/riot_and_cpp/main.cpp
index d228616f92..ed4bb02cee 100644
--- a/examples/riot_and_cpp/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/riot_and_cpp/main.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ int main()
                                         THREAD_CREATE_WOUT_YIELD,
                                         threadA_func, NULL, "thread A");
 
-    printf("******** Hello, you're in thread #%" PRIkernel_pid " ********\n", sched_active_pid);
+    printf("******** Hello, you're in thread #%" PRIkernel_pid " ********\n",
+           thread_getpid());
     printf("We'll test C++ class and methods here!\n");
 
     cpp_class cpp_obj;
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ void *threadA_func(void *)
     int day = 13, month = 6, year = 2014;
     int ret_day;
 
-    printf("******** Hello, you're in thread #%" PRIkernel_pid " ********\n", sched_active_pid);
+    printf("******** Hello, you're in thread #%" PRIkernel_pid " ********\n",
+           thread_getpid());
     printf("We'll test some C functions here!\n");
 
     printf("\n-= hello function =-\n");
diff --git a/pkg/lvgl/contrib/lvgl.c b/pkg/lvgl/contrib/lvgl.c
index 6f1f8eb0e3..3ea44fcd77 100644
--- a/pkg/lvgl/contrib/lvgl.c
+++ b/pkg/lvgl/contrib/lvgl.c
@@ -162,6 +162,6 @@ void lvgl_init(screen_dev_t *screen_dev)
 
 void lvgl_wakeup(void)
 {
-    thread_t *tcb = (thread_t *)sched_threads[_task_thread_pid];
+    thread_t *tcb = thread_get(_task_thread_pid);
     thread_flags_set(tcb, LVGL_THREAD_FLAG);
 }
diff --git a/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c b/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c
index 4dc5f6b28a..31cad107c8 100644
--- a/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c
+++ b/pkg/nimble/netif/nimble_netif.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void _netif_init(gnrc_netif_t *netif)
 
     gnrc_netif_default_init(netif);
     /* save the threads context pointer, so we can set its flags */
-    _netif_thread = (thread_t *)thread_get(thread_getpid());
+    _netif_thread = thread_get_active();
 
 #if IS_USED(MODULE_GNRC_NETIF_6LO)
     /* we disable fragmentation for this device, as the L2CAP layer takes care