diff --git a/src/lib/nfs/FileReader.cxx b/src/lib/nfs/FileReader.cxx
index 0538f7f73..466491630 100644
--- a/src/lib/nfs/FileReader.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/nfs/FileReader.cxx
@@ -183,20 +183,11 @@ NfsFileReader::OpenCallback(nfsfh *_fh) noexcept
 }
 
 inline void
-NfsFileReader::StatCallback(const struct nfs_stat_64 *_st) noexcept
+NfsFileReader::StatCallback(const struct nfs_stat_64 *st) noexcept
 {
 	assert(connection != nullptr);
 	assert(fh != nullptr);
-	assert(_st != nullptr);
-
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_WIN64)
-	/* on 32-bit Windows, libnfs enables -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64,
-	   but MPD (Meson) doesn't - to work around this mismatch, we
-	   cast explicitly to "struct stat64" */
-	const auto *st = (const struct stat64 *)_st;
-#else
-	const auto *st = _st;
-#endif
+	assert(st != nullptr);
 
 	if (!S_ISREG(st->nfs_mode)) {
 		OnNfsFileError(std::make_exception_ptr(std::runtime_error("Not a regular file")));