diff --git a/test/testautomation_clipboard.c b/test/testautomation_clipboard.c
index dbe1ef8e4..ce8ea1bd3 100644
--- a/test/testautomation_clipboard.c
+++ b/test/testautomation_clipboard.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int clipboard_testSetClipboardText(void *arg)
     char *textRef = SDLTest_RandomAsciiString();
     char *text = SDL_strdup(textRef);
     int result;
-    result = SDL_SetClipboardText((const char *)text);
+    result = SDL_SetClipboardText(text);
     SDLTest_AssertPass("Call to SDL_SetClipboardText succeeded");
     SDLTest_AssertCheck(
         result == 0,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int clipboard_testSetPrimarySelectionText(void *arg)
     char *textRef = SDLTest_RandomAsciiString();
     char *text = SDL_strdup(textRef);
     int result;
-    result = SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText((const char *)text);
+    result = SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText(text);
     SDLTest_AssertPass("Call to SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText succeeded");
     SDLTest_AssertCheck(
         result == 0,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int clipboard_testClipboardTextFunctions(void *arg)
     boolResult = SDL_HasClipboardText();
     SDLTest_AssertPass("Call to SDL_HasClipboardText succeeded");
     if (boolResult == SDL_TRUE) {
-        intResult = SDL_SetClipboardText((const char *)NULL);
+        intResult = SDL_SetClipboardText(NULL);
         SDLTest_AssertPass("Call to SDL_SetClipboardText(NULL) succeeded");
         SDLTest_AssertCheck(
             intResult == 0,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int clipboard_testClipboardTextFunctions(void *arg)
         charResult[0] == '\0', /* NOLINT(clang-analyzer-core.NullDereference): Checked for NULL above */
         "Verify SDL_GetClipboardText returned string with length 0, got length %i",
         (int)SDL_strlen(charResult));
-    intResult = SDL_SetClipboardText((const char *)text);
+    intResult = SDL_SetClipboardText(text);
     SDLTest_AssertPass("Call to SDL_SetClipboardText succeeded");
     SDLTest_AssertCheck(
         intResult == 0,
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ int clipboard_testPrimarySelectionTextFunctions(void *arg)
     boolResult = SDL_HasPrimarySelectionText();
     SDLTest_AssertPass("Call to SDL_HasPrimarySelectionText succeeded");
     if (boolResult == SDL_TRUE) {
-        intResult = SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText((const char *)NULL);
+        intResult = SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText(NULL);
         SDLTest_AssertPass("Call to SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText(NULL) succeeded");
         SDLTest_AssertCheck(
             intResult == 0,
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ int clipboard_testPrimarySelectionTextFunctions(void *arg)
         charResult[0] == '\0', /* NOLINT(clang-analyzer-core.NullDereference): Checked for NULL above */
         "Verify SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText returned string with length 0, got length %i",
         (int)SDL_strlen(charResult));
-    intResult = SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText((const char *)text);
+    intResult = SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText(text);
     SDLTest_AssertPass("Call to SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText succeeded");
     SDLTest_AssertCheck(
         intResult == 0,