diff a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
@@ -335,11 +335,11 @@
   // Note that the space for the colon and the trailing null are provided
   // by the nulls included by the sizeof operator.
   const size_t bufsize =
     MAX2((size_t)MAXPATHLEN,  // For dll_dir & friends.
          (size_t)MAXPATHLEN + sizeof(EXTENSIONS_DIR) + sizeof(SYS_EXT_DIR) + sizeof(EXTENSIONS_DIR)); // extensions dir
-  char *buf = (char *)NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, bufsize, mtInternal);
+  char *buf = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, bufsize, mtInternal);
 
   // sysclasspath, java_home, dll_dir
   {
     char *pslash;
     os::jvm_path(buf, bufsize);
@@ -385,14 +385,14 @@
     // addressed).
     const char *v = ::getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH");
     const char *v_colon = ":";
     if (v == NULL) { v = ""; v_colon = ""; }
     // That's +1 for the colon and +1 for the trailing '\0'.
-    char *ld_library_path = (char *)NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char,
-                                                     strlen(v) + 1 +
-                                                     sizeof(SYS_EXT_DIR) + sizeof("/lib/") + strlen(cpu_arch) + sizeof(DEFAULT_LIBPATH) + 1,
-                                                     mtInternal);
+    char *ld_library_path = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char,
+                                             strlen(v) + 1 +
+                                             sizeof(SYS_EXT_DIR) + sizeof("/lib/") + strlen(cpu_arch) + sizeof(DEFAULT_LIBPATH) + 1,
+                                             mtInternal);
     sprintf(ld_library_path, "%s%s" SYS_EXT_DIR "/lib/%s:" DEFAULT_LIBPATH, v, v_colon, cpu_arch);
     Arguments::set_library_path(ld_library_path);
     FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, ld_library_path);
   }
 
@@ -416,11 +416,11 @@
   // Note that the space for the colon and the trailing null are provided
   // by the nulls included by the sizeof operator.
   const size_t bufsize =
     MAX2((size_t)MAXPATHLEN,  // for dll_dir & friends.
          (size_t)MAXPATHLEN + sizeof(EXTENSIONS_DIR) + system_ext_size); // extensions dir
-  char *buf = (char *)NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, bufsize, mtInternal);
+  char *buf = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, bufsize, mtInternal);
 
   // sysclasspath, java_home, dll_dir
   {
     char *pslash;
     os::jvm_path(buf, bufsize);
@@ -478,14 +478,14 @@
     // at all. To ease the transition from Apple's Java6 to OpenJDK7,
     // "." is appended to the end of java.library.path. Yes, this
     // could cause a change in behavior, but Apple's Java6 behavior
     // can be achieved by putting "." at the beginning of the
     // JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.
-    char *ld_library_path = (char *)NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char,
-                                                     strlen(v) + 1 + strlen(l) + 1 +
-                                                     system_ext_size + 3,
-                                                     mtInternal);
+    char *ld_library_path = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char,
+                                             strlen(v) + 1 + strlen(l) + 1 +
+                                             system_ext_size + 3,
+                                             mtInternal);
     sprintf(ld_library_path, "%s%s%s%s%s" SYS_EXTENSIONS_DIR ":" SYS_EXTENSIONS_DIRS ":.",
             v, v_colon, l, l_colon, user_home_dir);
     Arguments::set_library_path(ld_library_path);
     FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, ld_library_path);
   }