diff --git a/tsk3/img/img_open.c b/tsk3/img/img_open.c
index 7d61118810ac83933921d42ac10e146474325efe..105d1cad5fb0d25265fc643aa7f024f9a8e3db1a 100644
--- a/tsk3/img/img_open.c
+++ b/tsk3/img/img_open.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ tsk_img_open_utf8(int num_img, const char *const images[],
         }
 
         retval =
-            tsk_img_open(num_img, (const TSK_TCHAR **) images16, type);
+            tsk_img_open(num_img, images16, type);
 
         // free up the memory
       tsk_utf8_cleanup: