diff --git a/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.cpp b/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.cpp
index 096f6a512a30229815b1d597d6df62c97ddc2988..da1035c4cbb92c7007da67fe1d6be445682c94c7 100644
--- a/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/IO/MPI_IO/NodePartitionedMeshReader.cpp
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ void NodePartitionedMeshReader::setElements(
             elem_nodes[k] = mesh_nodes[ elem_data[id_offset_elem++] ];
 
         // The element types below are defined by the MeshLib::CellType.
-        switch (static_cast<CellType const>(e_type))
+        switch (static_cast<CellType>(e_type))
         {
             case CellType::POINT1:
                 mesh_elems[i + id_offset_ghost] =