diff --git a/hikaricp/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariJNDIFactory.java b/hikaricp/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariJNDIFactory.java
index 55ab3c96..d2fed65d 100644
--- a/hikaricp/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariJNDIFactory.java
+++ b/hikaricp/src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariJNDIFactory.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class HikariJNDIFactory implements ObjectFactory
 
       if (jndiDS == null) {
          try {
-            context = (Context) (new InitialContext());
+            context = new InitialContext();
             jndiDS = (DataSource) context.lookup(jndiName);
          }
          catch (NamingException e) {