diff --git a/dune/common/test/fvectortest.cc b/dune/common/test/fvectortest.cc
index 4a323dfdda8a3dee4266af2858a5ed5e9cda5799..d2c416b9c7497cf4f13a13424c45f135e25fb727 100644
--- a/dune/common/test/fvectortest.cc
+++ b/dune/common/test/fvectortest.cc
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ struct ScalarOperatorTest
     v = a / v;
 
     v -= v;
-    v -= (ft)a;
+    v -= a;
     v += v;
-    v += (ft)a;
-    v *= (ft)a;
+    v += a;
+    v *= a;
     a += (ft)1; // make sure a!=0
-    v /= (ft)a;
+    v /= a;
 
     b = (v == a);
     b = (v != a);