diff --git a/examples/gcoap/gcoap_cli.c b/examples/gcoap/gcoap_cli.c
index f1a2f6fb71..fbb931bf54 100644
--- a/examples/gcoap/gcoap_cli.c
+++ b/examples/gcoap/gcoap_cli.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static const coap_resource_t _resources[] = {
 };
 
 static gcoap_listener_t _listener = {
-    (coap_resource_t *)&_resources[0],
+    &_resources[0],
     sizeof(_resources) / sizeof(_resources[0]),
     NULL
 };
diff --git a/examples/rdcli_simple/main.c b/examples/rdcli_simple/main.c
index 48af120856..5931e64376 100644
--- a/examples/rdcli_simple/main.c
+++ b/examples/rdcli_simple/main.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static const coap_resource_t resources[] = {
 };
 
 static gcoap_listener_t listener = {
-    .resources     = (coap_resource_t *)&resources[0],
+    .resources     = &resources[0],
     .resources_len = sizeof(resources) / sizeof(resources[0]),
     .next          = NULL
 };
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tests-gcoap/tests-gcoap.c b/tests/unittests/tests-gcoap/tests-gcoap.c
index 03cfa7c307..e519aaf87a 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/tests-gcoap/tests-gcoap.c
+++ b/tests/unittests/tests-gcoap/tests-gcoap.c
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ static const coap_resource_t resources_second[] = {
 };
 
 static gcoap_listener_t listener = {
-    .resources     = (coap_resource_t *)&resources[0],
+    .resources     = &resources[0],
     .resources_len = (sizeof(resources) / sizeof(resources[0])),
     .next          = NULL
 };
 
 static gcoap_listener_t listener_second = {
-    .resources     = (coap_resource_t *)&resources_second[0],
+    .resources     = &resources_second[0],
     .resources_len = (sizeof(resources_second) / sizeof(resources_second[0])),
     .next          = NULL
 };