diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 223994737f..9e3c78914c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Jan  5 15:49:45 2009  Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA  <zn@mbf.nifty.com>
+
+	* ext/gdbm/gdbm.c (rb_gdbm_fetch): remove needless cast.
+
 Mon Jan  5 12:52:08 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* win32/win32.c (init_env): use user profile folder than personal
diff --git a/ext/gdbm/gdbm.c b/ext/gdbm/gdbm.c
index edde0d19ab..71a159171e 100644
--- a/ext/gdbm/gdbm.c
+++ b/ext/gdbm/gdbm.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ rb_gdbm_fetch(GDBM_FILE dbm, datum key)
     str = rb_str_new(val.dptr, val.dsize);
     free(val.dptr);
     OBJ_TAINT(str);
-    return (VALUE)str;
+    return str;
 }
 
 static VALUE