JSF 1.x ValueBinding is deprecated, what is the correct replacement?

I have some JSF 1.0/1.1 code:

FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
ValueBinding vb = context.getApplication().createValueBinding("#{someBean}");
SomeBean sb = (SomeBean) vb.getValue(context);

Since JSF 1.2, ValueBinding is deprecated and replaced by ValueExpression. I'm not sure how to change the above code in order to use ValueExpression.