diff --git a/src/share/classes/javax/net/ssl/HttpsURLConnection.java b/src/share/classes/javax/net/ssl/HttpsURLConnection.java
index 6d799e3ff5fe8193a2a151eea111ba1c8cc007bf..fbd8fca13722ecf85a5e0a9446ed817eac4bdab6 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/javax/net/ssl/HttpsURLConnection.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/javax/net/ssl/HttpsURLConnection.java
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ class HttpsURLConnection extends HttpURLConnection
             throws SSLPeerUnverifiedException {
 
         java.security.cert.Certificate[] certs = getServerCertificates();
-        return ((X500Principal)
-                ((X509Certificate)certs[0]).getSubjectX500Principal());
+        return ((X509Certificate)certs[0]).getSubjectX500Principal();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -173,8 +172,7 @@ class HttpsURLConnection extends HttpURLConnection
 
         java.security.cert.Certificate[] certs = getLocalCertificates();
         if (certs != null) {
-            return ((X500Principal)
-                ((X509Certificate)certs[0]).getSubjectX500Principal());
+            return ((X509Certificate)certs[0]).getSubjectX500Principal();
         } else {
             return null;
         }