diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 165bae491..e1a9d3e5c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-02-06  Robert Larice
+ * src/frontend/terminal.c :
+  drop tgetstr() return value cast
+
 2012-02-06  Robert Larice
  * src/frontend/parser/complete.c :
    drop (char*) cast in the third argument of ioctl()
diff --git a/src/frontend/terminal.c b/src/frontend/terminal.c
index c09e11a46..f8d6661e8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/terminal.c
+++ b/src/frontend/terminal.c
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ tcap_init(void)
 	    ysize = tgetnum("li");
 	    if ((xsize <= 0) || (ysize <= 0))
 		xsize = ysize = 0;
-	    clear_chars = (char *) tgetstr("cl", &charbuf);
-	    motion_chars = (char *) tgetstr("cm", &charbuf);
-	    home_chars = (char *) tgetstr("ho", &charbuf);
-	    cleol_chars = (char *) tgetstr("ce", &charbuf);
+	    clear_chars = tgetstr("cl", &charbuf);
+	    motion_chars = tgetstr("cm", &charbuf);
+	    home_chars = tgetstr("ho", &charbuf);
+	    cleol_chars = tgetstr("ce", &charbuf);
 	}
     }
 #endif