diff --git a/ssh-dss.c b/ssh-dss.c
index 5cf0076..22fffa0 100644
--- a/ssh-dss.c
+++ b/ssh-dss.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh-dss.c,v 1.7 2001/06/06 23:13:54 markus Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh-dss.c,v 1.8 2001/09/17 19:27:15 stevesk Exp $");
 
 #include <openssl/bn.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@
 		/* ietf-drafts */
 		char *ktype;
 		buffer_init(&b);
-		buffer_append(&b, (char *) signature, signaturelen);
+		buffer_append(&b, signature, signaturelen);
 		ktype = buffer_get_string(&b, NULL);
 		if (strcmp("ssh-dss", ktype) != 0) {
 			error("ssh_dss_verify: cannot handle type %s", ktype);
 			buffer_free(&b);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		sigblob = (u_char *)buffer_get_string(&b, &len);
+		sigblob = buffer_get_string(&b, &len);
 		rlen = buffer_len(&b);
 		if(rlen != 0) {
 			error("remaining bytes in signature %d", rlen);