diff --git a/src/lib/commands/turn.c b/src/lib/commands/turn.c
index 6a365eff..1c35ef53 100644
--- a/src/lib/commands/turn.c
+++ b/src/lib/commands/turn.c
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ turn(void)
     if (msgfilepath == downfil)
 	pr("Logins disabled.\n");
 
-    if ((fwrite((void *)&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, fptr) != 1) ||
-	(fwrite((void *)buf, tgm.tel_length, 1, fptr) != 1)) {
+    if ((fwrite(&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, fptr) != 1) ||
+	(fwrite(buf, tgm.tel_length, 1, fptr) != 1)) {
 	fclose(fptr);
 	pr("Something went wrong writing the message file.\n");
 	logerror("Could not properly write message file (%s).\n",
diff --git a/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c b/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c
index 5d87ed73..529cbf86 100644
--- a/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c
+++ b/src/lib/empthread/ntthread.c
@@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ empth_create(int prio, void (*entry)(void *), int size, int flags,
     if (size < loc_MIN_THREAD_STACK)
 	size = loc_MIN_THREAD_STACK;
 
-    pThread->ulThreadID = _beginthread(empth_threadMain, size,
-				       (void *)pThread);
+    pThread->ulThreadID = _beginthread(empth_threadMain, size, pThread);
     if (pThread->ulThreadID == -1) {
 	logerror("can not create thread: %s (%s): %s", name, desc,
 		 strerror(errno));
diff --git a/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c b/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c
index 6379d5b0..a01c1b5e 100644
--- a/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c
+++ b/src/lib/empthread/pthread.c
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ empth_create(int prio, void (*entry)(void *), int size, int flags,
     pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
 
 #ifdef _DECTHREADS_
-    eno = pthread_create(&t, attr, empth_start, (void *)ctx) ? errno : 0;
+    eno = pthread_create(&t, attr, empth_start, ctx) ? errno : 0;
 #else
-    eno = pthread_create(&t, &attr, empth_start, (void *)ctx);
+    eno = pthread_create(&t, &attr, empth_start, ctx);
 #endif
     if (eno) {
 	logerror("can not create thread: %s (%s): %s", name, desc,
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ empth_setctx(void *ct)
     ctx_ptr = (empth_t *)pthread_getspecific(ctx_key);
 #endif
     ctx_ptr->ud = ct;
-    *udata = ((empth_t *)ctx_ptr)->ud;
-    pthread_setspecific(ctx_key, (void *)ctx_ptr);
+    *udata = ctx_ptr->ud;
+    pthread_setspecific(ctx_key, ctx_ptr);
     empth_status("context saved");
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/player/empdis.c b/src/lib/player/empdis.c
index 831710a9..56a75163 100644
--- a/src/lib/player/empdis.c
+++ b/src/lib/player/empdis.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ gamedown(void)
 	return 0;
     if ((down_fp = fopen(downfil, "rb")) == NULL)
 	return 0;
-    if (fread((void *)&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, down_fp) != 1) {
+    if (fread(&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, down_fp) != 1) {
 	logerror("bad header on login message (downfil)");
 	fclose(down_fp);
 	return 1;
diff --git a/src/lib/player/player.c b/src/lib/player/player.c
index ae4447ab..51932422 100644
--- a/src/lib/player/player.c
+++ b/src/lib/player/player.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ show_motd(void)
 	    return RET_SYS;
 	}
     }
-    if (fread((void *)&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, motd_fp) != 1) {
+    if (fread(&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, motd_fp) != 1) {
 	logerror("bad header on login message (motdfil)");
 	fclose(motd_fp);
 	return RET_FAIL;
diff --git a/src/lib/update/anno.c b/src/lib/update/anno.c
index 46b0a02c..8895ef4b 100644
--- a/src/lib/update/anno.c
+++ b/src/lib/update/anno.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ copy_and_expire(FILE *annfp, FILE *tmpfp, char *tmp_filename,
     int saved = 0;
     int first = 1;
 
-    while (fread((void *)&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, annfp) == 1) {
+    while (fread(&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, annfp) == 1) {
 	writeit = 1;
 	if (tgm.tel_length < 0 || tgm.tel_length > MAXTELSIZE) {
 	    logerror("bad telegram file header (length=%ld)",
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ copy_and_expire(FILE *annfp, FILE *tmpfp, char *tmp_filename,
 	    writeit = 0;
 
 	if (writeit) {
-	    if (fwrite((void *)&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, tmpfp) != 1) {
+	    if (fwrite(&tgm, sizeof(tgm), 1, tmpfp) != 1) {
 		logerror("error writing header to temporary "
 			 "telegram file %s", tmp_filename);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/src/util/fairland.c b/src/util/fairland.c
index 088aca3c..b6f0d7a1 100644
--- a/src/util/fairland.c
+++ b/src/util/fairland.c
@@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@ write_file(void)
 {
     int n;
 
-    if ((n = fwrite((void *)sectsbuf, sizeof(struct sctstr),
-                    YSIZE * XSIZE, sect_fptr)) <= 0) {
+    n = fwrite(sectsbuf, sizeof(struct sctstr), YSIZE * XSIZE, sect_fptr);
+    if (n <= 0) {
 	perror(empfile[EF_SECTOR].file);
 	return -1;
     }