diff --git a/include/SFML/System/Utf.inl b/include/SFML/System/Utf.inl
index d48d8b51..1fed3a00 100644
--- a/include/SFML/System/Utf.inl
+++ b/include/SFML/System/Utf.inl
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ In Utf<16>::decode(In begin, In end, Uint32& output, Uint32 replacement)
             if ((second >= 0xDC00) && (second <= 0xDFFF))
             {
                 // The second element is valid: convert the two elements to a UTF-32 character
-                output = static_cast<Uint32>(((first - 0xD800) << 10) + (second - 0xDC00) + 0x0010000);
+                output = ((first - 0xD800) << 10) + (second - 0xDC00) + 0x0010000;
             }
             else
             {