diff --git a/src/menu/menu.c b/src/menu/menu.c
index faf0c8da..89f061c1 100644
--- a/src/menu/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu/menu.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ fill_item(struct menu *menu, xmlNode *node)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	struct menuitem *item = item_create(menu, (char *)label, icon_name, false);
+	struct menuitem *item = item_create(menu, label, icon_name, false);
 	lab_xml_expand_dotted_attributes(node);
 	append_parsed_actions(node, &item->actions);