diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b02873bed..6df378ea8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-02-07  Robert Larice
+ * src/include/ngspice/complex.h :
+   #1/4 drop cast (enable compiler type check)
+
 2012-02-07  Holger Vogt / Robert Larice
  * src/tclspice.c :
    fix varags usage, tcl_printf(), tcl_fprintf(), tcl_vfprintf()
diff --git a/src/include/ngspice/complex.h b/src/include/ngspice/complex.h
index fbeaef9d9..35ad12d61 100644
--- a/src/include/ngspice/complex.h
+++ b/src/include/ngspice/complex.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ struct ngcomplex {
 
 typedef struct ngcomplex ngcomplex_t;
 
-#define realpart(cval)  ((struct ngcomplex *) (cval))->cx_real
-#define imagpart(cval)  ((struct ngcomplex *) (cval))->cx_imag
+#define realpart(cval)  (cval)->cx_real
+#define imagpart(cval)  (cval)->cx_imag
 
 #ifdef CIDER
 /* From Cider numcomplex.h