.. code-block:: c
 
-       /* Note: the cast is to satisfy overly strict type-checking. */
        #define TEST_SHA1(in, want) \
                sha1sum(in, out); \
-               KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ_MSG(test, (char *)out, want, "sha1sum(%s)", in);
+               KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ_MSG(test, out, want, "sha1sum(%s)", in);
 
        char out[40];
        TEST_SHA1("hello world",  "2aae6c35c94fcfb415dbe95f408b9ce91ee846ed");
        };
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cases); ++i) {
                sha1sum(cases[i].str, out);
-               KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ_MSG(test, (char *)out, cases[i].sha1,
+               KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ_MSG(test, out, cases[i].sha1,
                                      "sha1sum(%s)", cases[i].str);
        }
 
                struct sha1_test_case *test_param = (struct sha1_test_case *)(test->param_value);
 
                sha1sum(test_param->str, out);
-               KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ_MSG(test, (char *)out, test_param->sha1,
+               KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ_MSG(test, out, test_param->sha1,
                                      "sha1sum(%s)", test_param->str);
        }