diff --git a/src/util/dirpath.c b/src/util/dirpath.c
index b307184068..3e76824e0b 100644
--- a/src/util/dirpath.c
+++ b/src/util/dirpath.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ ConstructLocalPath(const char *cpath, const char *relativeTo,
 	    /* construct path relative to install directory only */
 	    pathSize += strlen(cpath);
 
-	    newPath = (char *)malloc(pathSize);
+	    newPath = malloc(pathSize);
 	    if (!newPath) {
 		status = ENOMEM;
 	    } else {
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ ConstructLocalPath(const char *cpath, const char *relativeTo,
 	    /* construct path relative to 'relativeTo' (and install dir) */
 	    pathSize += strlen(relativeTo) + 1 + strlen(cpath);
 
-	    newPath = (char *)malloc(pathSize);
+	    newPath = malloc(pathSize);
 	    if (!newPath) {
 		status = ENOMEM;
 	    } else {
diff --git a/src/util/fileutil.c b/src/util/fileutil.c
index 509d728972..fcd6f581f6 100644
--- a/src/util/fileutil.c
+++ b/src/util/fileutil.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ BufioOpen(char *path, int oflag, int mode)
 {
     bufio_p bp;
 
-    bp = (bufio_p) malloc(sizeof(bufio_t));
+    bp = malloc(sizeof(bufio_t));
     if (bp == NULL) {
 	return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/hostparse.c b/src/util/hostparse.c
index 0079d8cf6a..9caf422299 100644
--- a/src/util/hostparse.c
+++ b/src/util/hostparse.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ gettmpdir(void)
 
     if (saveTmpDir == NULL) {
 	/* initialize global temporary directory string */
-	char *dirp = (char *)malloc(MAX_PATH+1);
+	char *dirp = malloc(MAX_PATH+1);
 	int freeDirp = 1;
 
 	if (dirp != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/util/tabular_output.c b/src/util/tabular_output.c
index bc8f3e4981..5866fbef14 100644
--- a/src/util/tabular_output.c
+++ b/src/util/tabular_output.c
@@ -337,13 +337,12 @@ util_newCellContents(struct util_Table* Table) {
     char **CellContents=NULL;
     int i;
 
-    if ( (CellContents=(char **) malloc( sizeof(char *) * Table->numColumns))\
-          == NULL ) {
+    if ( (CellContents=malloc( sizeof(char *) * Table->numColumns))== NULL ) {
         fprintf(stderr,"Internal Error. Cannot allocate memory for new CellContents-array.\n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     for (i=0;i<Table->numColumns;i++) {
-        if ( (CellContents[i]=(char *) malloc(UTIL_T_MAX_CELLCONTENT_LEN)) == NULL)  {
+        if ( (CellContents[i]=malloc(UTIL_T_MAX_CELLCONTENT_LEN)) == NULL)  {
             fprintf(stderr,\
                     "Internal Error. Cannot allocate memory for new CellContents-array.\n");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -417,7 +416,7 @@ struct util_TableRow*
 newTableRow(struct util_Table* Table) {
     struct util_TableRow *aRow =NULL;
 
-    if ( (aRow= (struct util_TableRow*) malloc(sizeof(struct util_TableRow))) == NULL) {
+    if ( (aRow = malloc(sizeof(struct util_TableRow))) == NULL) {
         fprintf(stderr,\
                 "Internal Error. Cannot allocate memory for new TableRow.\n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
diff --git a/src/util/work_queue.c b/src/util/work_queue.c
index e2f1553a28..d1ffa6f759 100644
--- a/src/util/work_queue.c
+++ b/src/util/work_queue.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ afs_wq_node_alloc(struct afs_work_queue_node ** node_out)
     int ret = 0;
     struct afs_work_queue_node * node;
 
-    *node_out = node = (struct afs_work_queue_node *) malloc(sizeof(*node));
+    *node_out = node = malloc(sizeof(*node));
     if (node == NULL) {
 	ret = ENOMEM;
 	goto error;