diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib1587.c b/tests/libtest/lib1587.c
index 6afe89d8bc..3b1f5be74b 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib1587.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib1587.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static CURLcode test_lib1587(const char *URL)
 
   curl_global_cleanup();
 
-  return (int)result;
+  return result;
 }
 #else
 /* without OpenSSL this does nothing */