diff --git a/src/tools/apinames.c b/src/tools/apinames.c
index f64541ebb..2aa4b9a21 100644
--- a/src/tools/apinames.c
+++ b/src/tools/apinames.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ names_add( const char*   name,
   {
     nm = the_names + nn;
 
-    if ( (int)nm->hash                 == h &&
+    if ( nm->hash                      == h &&
          memcmp( name, nm->name, len ) == 0 &&
          nm->name[len]                 == 0 )
       return;