diff --git a/lib/std/fs/get_app_data_dir.zig b/lib/std/fs/get_app_data_dir.zig
index c35a97d84e..ae203e5260 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/get_app_data_dir.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/get_app_data_dir.zig
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn getAppDataDir(allocator: mem.Allocator, appname: []const u8) GetAppDataDi
                 &dir_path_ptr,
             )) {
                 os.windows.S_OK => {
-                    defer os.windows.ole32.CoTaskMemFree(@as(*anyopaque, @ptrCast(dir_path_ptr)));
+                    defer os.windows.ole32.CoTaskMemFree(dir_path_ptr);
                     const global_dir = unicode.utf16leToUtf8Alloc(allocator, mem.sliceTo(dir_path_ptr, 0)) catch |err| switch (err) {
                         error.UnexpectedSecondSurrogateHalf => return error.AppDataDirUnavailable,
                         error.ExpectedSecondSurrogateHalf => return error.AppDataDirUnavailable,