diff --git a/sot/source/sdstor/stgole.cxx b/sot/source/sdstor/stgole.cxx
index 4987b3d67f30..72a3a29ea6f0 100644
--- a/sot/source/sdstor/stgole.cxx
+++ b/sot/source/sdstor/stgole.cxx
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ bool StgCompObjStream::Store()
     WriteInt32( -1L );
     WriteClsId( *this, aClsId );             // Class ID
     WriteInt32( aAsciiUserName.getLength() + 1 );
-    WriteCharPtr( (const char *)aAsciiUserName.getStr() );
+    WriteCharPtr( aAsciiUserName.getStr() );
     WriteUChar( 0 );             // string terminator
     WriteClipboardFormat( *this, nCbFormat );
     WriteInt32( 0 );             // terminator
diff --git a/sot/source/sdstor/storinfo.cxx b/sot/source/sdstor/storinfo.cxx
index 7ff16c38f5a6..bba6d8f058eb 100644
--- a/sot/source/sdstor/storinfo.cxx
+++ b/sot/source/sdstor/storinfo.cxx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void WriteClipboardFormat( SvStream & rStm, SotClipboardFormatId nFormat )
         OString aAsciiCbFmt(OUStringToOString(aCbFmt,
                                               RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US));
         rStm.WriteInt32( aAsciiCbFmt.getLength() + 1 );
-        rStm.WriteCharPtr( (const char *)aAsciiCbFmt.getStr() );
+        rStm.WriteCharPtr( aAsciiCbFmt.getStr() );
         rStm.WriteUChar( 0 );
     }
     else if( nFormat != SotClipboardFormatId::NONE )