diff --git a/content.c b/content.c
index c126cfb65a..ca1ff31d18 100644
--- a/content.c
+++ b/content.c
@@ -342,9 +342,7 @@ static bool load_content(const struct retro_subsystem_info *special,
 {
    unsigned i;
    bool ret = true;
-
    struct string_list* additional_path_allocs = string_list_new();
-
    struct retro_game_info *info = (struct retro_game_info*)
       calloc(content->size, sizeof(*info));
 
@@ -503,9 +501,10 @@ bool init_content_file(void)
    }
 
    union string_list_elem_attr attr;
+   struct string_list *content = string_list_new();
+
    attr.i = 0;
 
-   struct string_list *content = (struct string_list*)string_list_new();
    if (!content)
       return false;
 
diff --git a/decompress/7zip_support.c b/decompress/7zip_support.c
index 25b349a93f..011633ce91 100644
--- a/decompress/7zip_support.c
+++ b/decompress/7zip_support.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ struct string_list *compressed_7zip_file_list_new(const char *path,
 {
 
    struct string_list *ext_list = NULL;
-   struct string_list *list = (struct string_list*)string_list_new();
+   struct string_list *list = string_list_new();
    if (!list)
    {
       RARCH_ERR("Could not allocate list memory in compressed_7zip_file_list_new\n.");
diff --git a/decompress/zip_support.c b/decompress/zip_support.c
index b07cf4bd19..1f84e58559 100644
--- a/decompress/zip_support.c
+++ b/decompress/zip_support.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ struct string_list *compressed_zip_file_list_new(const char *path,
       const char* ext)
 {
    struct string_list *ext_list = NULL;
-   struct string_list *list = (struct string_list*)string_list_new();
+   struct string_list *list = string_list_new();
    if (!list)
    {
       RARCH_ERR("Could not allocate list memory in compressed_7zip_file_list_new\n.");
diff --git a/input/input_context.c b/input/input_context.c
index 64531b209a..a88c8f2f45 100644
--- a/input/input_context.c
+++ b/input/input_context.c
@@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ const char* config_get_joypad_driver_options(void)
    char *options = NULL;
    int option_k = 0;
    int options_len = 0;
-   struct string_list *options_l = NULL;
+   struct string_list *options_l = string_list_new();
 
    attr.i = 0;
-   options_l = (struct string_list*)string_list_new();
 
    for (option_k = 0; joypad_drivers[option_k]; option_k++)
    {
diff --git a/libretro-sdk/file/dir_list.c b/libretro-sdk/file/dir_list.c
index b6f5a21718..ea545fa6ca 100644
--- a/libretro-sdk/file/dir_list.c
+++ b/libretro-sdk/file/dir_list.c
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ struct string_list *dir_list_new(const char *dir,
 {
    char path_buf[PATH_MAX];
    WIN32_FIND_DATA ffd;
-   struct string_list *ext_list = NULL, *list = NULL;
+   struct string_list *ext_list = NULL;
    HANDLE hFind = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-   list = string_list_new();
+   struct string_list *list = string_list_new();
    if (!list)
       return NULL;
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ struct string_list *dir_list_new(const char *dir,
    DIR *directory = NULL;
    const struct dirent *entry = NULL;
    struct string_list *ext_list = NULL;
-   struct string_list *list = (struct string_list*)string_list_new();
+   struct string_list *list = string_list_new();
 
    if (!list)
       return NULL;