diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Clipboard/Clipboard.php b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Clipboard/Clipboard.php
index f08a247135ae7d30014c855fe1280dbe5bbcc397..ff351400f8944e9eb003fbd746545737bd7dbff9 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Clipboard/Clipboard.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Clipboard/Clipboard.php
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ class Clipboard
                 $selectedItem = reset($selectedElements);
                 $selectedRecordTitle = PathUtility::basename($selectedItem);
             } else {
-                $selectedRecordTitle = count($selectedElements);
+                $selectedRecordTitle = (string)count($selectedElements);
             }
         } else {
             $recordTitle = $table !== 'pages' && is_array($reference)
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ class Clipboard
                 $selectedItem = $this->getSelectedRecord();
                 $selectedRecordTitle = $selectedItem['_RECORD_TITLE'];
             } else {
-                $selectedRecordTitle = count($selectedElements);
+                $selectedRecordTitle = (string)count($selectedElements);
             }
         }
         // @TODO
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php
index 9c866f32a646fd14449ec0323e289a0e950d06be..36590b5e0475c903c5346a89a1ac0add6a6209fe 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/GeneralUtility.php
@@ -184,13 +184,9 @@ class GeneralUtility
      * @param int $chars Must be an integer with an absolute value of at least 4. if negative the string is cropped from the right end.
      * @param string $appendString Appendix to the truncated string
      * @return string Cropped string
-     * @todo Add strict types and return types as breaking change in v12.
      */
-    public static function fixed_lgd_cs($string, $chars, $appendString = '...')
+    public static function fixed_lgd_cs(string $string, int $chars, string $appendString = '...'): string
     {
-        $string = (string)$string;
-        $chars = (int)$chars;
-        $appendString = (string)$appendString;
         if ($chars === 0 || mb_strlen($string, 'utf-8') <= abs($chars)) {
             return $string;
         }