diff --git a/Foundation/src/Format.cpp b/Foundation/src/Format.cpp
index 821f523aa..9a934a8bc 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Format.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Format.cpp
@@ -206,16 +206,8 @@ namespace
 					}
 					break;
 				case 's':
-				{
-					const Any& val = *itVal++;
-					if (val.type() == typeid(char*))
-						str << AnyCast<char*>(val);
-					else if (val.type() == typeid(const char*))
-						str << AnyCast<const char*>(val);
-					else
-						str << RefAnyCast<std::string>(val);
+					str << RefAnyCast<std::string>(*itVal++);
 					break;
-				}
 				case 'z':
 					str << AnyCast<std::size_t>(*itVal++); 
 					break;
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/FormatTest.cpp b/Foundation/testsuite/src/FormatTest.cpp
index 86b45759b..e922c724e 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/FormatTest.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/FormatTest.cpp
@@ -306,12 +306,6 @@ void FormatTest::testString()
 	std::string s(format("%s", foo));
 	assert (s == "foo");
 
-	s = format("%s", "foo");
-	assert (s == "foo");
-
-	s = format("%s", static_cast<const char*>("foo"));
-	assert (s == "foo");
-
 	s = format("%5s", foo);
 	assert (s == "  foo");