diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/startup/init_main_thread.cc b/repos/base/src/lib/startup/init_main_thread.cc
index e0a6efc392..4efaeecd83 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/startup/init_main_thread.cc
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/startup/init_main_thread.cc
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ extern "C" void init_main_thread()
 	 * Explicitly setup program environment at this point to ensure that its
 	 * destructor won't be registered for the atexit routine.
 	 */
-	(void*)env_deprecated();
+	(void)env_deprecated();
 	init_log(*env_deprecated()->parent());
 
 	/* create a thread object for the main thread */