diff a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp
@@ -295,11 +295,11 @@
 bool os::dll_locate_lib(char *buffer, size_t buflen,
                         const char* pname, const char* fname) {
   bool retval = false;
 
   size_t fullfnamelen = strlen(JNI_LIB_PREFIX) + strlen(fname) + strlen(JNI_LIB_SUFFIX);
-  char* fullfname = (char*)NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, fullfnamelen + 1, mtInternal);
+  char* fullfname = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, fullfnamelen + 1, mtInternal);
   if (dll_build_name(fullfname, fullfnamelen + 1, fname)) {
     const size_t pnamelen = pname ? strlen(pname) : 0;
 
     if (pnamelen == 0) {
       // If no path given, use current working directory.
@@ -1333,11 +1333,11 @@
   *elements = (size_t)0;
   if (path == NULL || strlen(path) == 0 || file_name_length == (size_t)NULL) {
     return NULL;
   }
   const char psepchar = *os::path_separator();
-  char* inpath = (char*)NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, strlen(path) + 1, mtInternal);
+  char* inpath = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, strlen(path) + 1, mtInternal);
   if (inpath == NULL) {
     return NULL;
   }
   strcpy(inpath, path);
   size_t count = 1;
@@ -1346,11 +1346,12 @@
   while (p != NULL) {
     count++;
     p++;
     p = strchr(p, psepchar);
   }
-  char** opath = (char**) NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char*, count, mtInternal);
+
+  char** opath = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char*, count, mtInternal);
 
   // do the actual splitting
   p = inpath;
   for (size_t i = 0 ; i < count ; i++) {
     size_t len = strcspn(p, os::path_separator());
@@ -1360,11 +1361,12 @@
       vm_exit_during_initialization("The VM tried to use a path that exceeds the maximum path length for "
                                     "this system. Review path-containing parameters and properties, such as "
                                     "sun.boot.library.path, to identify potential sources for this path.");
     }
     // allocate the string and add terminator storage
-    char* s  = (char*)NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY_RETURN_NULL(char, len + 1, mtInternal);
+    char* s  = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY_RETURN_NULL(char, len + 1, mtInternal);
+
     if (s == NULL) {
       // release allocated storage before returning null
       free_array_of_char_arrays(opath, i++);
       return NULL;
     }