2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/assert/assert-perr.c b/assert/assert-perr.c
index b5890d226a..dd54246360 100644
--- a/assert/assert-perr.c
+++ b/assert/assert-perr.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ __assert_perror_fail (int errnum,
 		  __strerror_r (errnum, errbuf, sizeof errbuf)) >= 0)
     {
       /* Print the message.  */
-      (void) __fxprintf (NULL, "%s", L"%s", buf);
+      (void) __fxprintf (NULL, "%s", buf);
       (void) fflush (stderr);
 
       /* We have to free the buffer since the appplication might catch the
diff --git a/assert/assert.c b/assert/assert.c
index 7b7f255717..0ef4ca62e4 100644
--- a/assert/assert.c
+++ b/assert/assert.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ __assert_fail (const char *assertion, const char *file, unsigned int line,
 		  assertion) >= 0)
     {
       /* Print the message.  */
-      (void) __fxprintf (NULL, "%s", L"%s", buf);
+      (void) __fxprintf (NULL, "%s", buf);
       (void) fflush (stderr);
 
       /* We have to free the buffer since the application might catch the