diff --git a/console-tools/loadfont.c b/console-tools/loadfont.c
index 36f0e6d..6aa739b 100644
--- a/console-tools/loadfont.c
+++ b/console-tools/loadfont.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 	uint16_t unicode;
 
 	maxct = tailsz;				/* more than enough */
-	up = (struct unipair *) xmalloc(maxct * sizeof(struct unipair));
+	up = xmalloc(maxct * sizeof(struct unipair));
 
 	for (glyph = 0; glyph < fontsize; glyph++) {
 		while (tailsz >= 2) {