diff a/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp
@@ -560,11 +560,11 @@
   // by the nulls included by the sizeof operator.
   const size_t bufsize =
     MAX3((size_t)MAXPATHLEN,  // For dll_dir & friends.
          sizeof(SYS_EXT_DIR) + sizeof("/lib/"), // invariant ld_library_path
          (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);
@@ -646,11 +646,11 @@
 
     // Struct size is more than sufficient for the path components obtained
     // through the dlinfo() call, so only add additional space for the path
     // components explicitly added here.
     size_t library_path_size = info->dls_size + strlen(common_path);
-    library_path = (char *)NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, library_path_size, mtInternal);
+    library_path = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, library_path_size, mtInternal);
     library_path[0] = '\0';
 
     // Construct the desired Java library path from the linker's library
     // search path.
     //