diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index dfee35abde..1ef5a80f69 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-04-19  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
+
+	* xcoffread.c (process_xcoff_symbol): Remove useless cast.
+	(scan_xcoff_symtab): Likewise.
+
 2011-04-19  Pierre Muller  <muller@ics.u-strasbg.fr>
 
 	* xcoffread.c (process_xcoff_symbol): ARI fix: Avoid assignment
diff --git a/gdb/xcoffread.c b/gdb/xcoffread.c
index 4dd048d5d9..23decae466 100644
--- a/gdb/xcoffread.c
+++ b/gdb/xcoffread.c
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ process_xcoff_symbol (struct coff_symbol *cs, struct objfile *objfile)
 	  if (*name == ':')
 	    return NULL;
 
-	  pp = (char *) strchr (name, ':');
+	  pp = strchr (name, ':');
 	  if (pp == NULL)
 	    return NULL;
 
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ scan_xcoff_symtab (struct objfile *objfile)
 	    swap_sym (&symbol, &main_aux[0], &namestring, &sraw_symbol,
 		      &ssymnum, objfile);
 
-	    p = (char *) strchr (namestring, ':');
+	    p = strchr (namestring, ':');
 	    if (!p)
 	      continue;			/* Not a debugging symbol.   */