diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib3207.c b/tests/libtest/lib3207.c
index 4eca3dd024..446d98a000 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib3207.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib3207.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static CURL_THREAD_RETURN_T CURL_STDCALL test_thread(void *ptr)
   for(i = 0; i < PER_THREAD_SIZE; i++) {
     CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
     if(curl) {
-      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, (char *)CURL_UNCONST(ctx->URL));
+      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, ctx->URL);
 
       /* use the share object */
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SHARE, ctx->share);