diff --git a/cfg/std.cfg b/cfg/std.cfg
index 2ebd2c42d..fad093880 100644
--- a/cfg/std.cfg
+++ b/cfg/std.cfg
@@ -1058,7 +1058,6 @@
   <!-- size_t fread(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nobj, FILE *stream); -->
   <function name="fread,std::fread">
     <noreturn>false</noreturn>
-    <use-retval/>
     <leak-ignore/>
     <arg nr="1">
       <not-null/>
diff --git a/test/cfg/std.c b/test/cfg/std.c
index 032b51f52..0fea8bef0 100644
--- a/test/cfg/std.c
+++ b/test/cfg/std.c
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ void bufferAccessOutOfBounds(void)
     // cppcheck-suppress bufferAccessOutOfBounds
     // cppcheck-suppress redundantCopy
     strncpy(a,"abcde",6);
-    (void)fread(a,1,5,stdin);
+    fread(a,1,5,stdin);
     // cppcheck-suppress bufferAccessOutOfBounds
-    (void)fread(a,1,6,stdin);
+    fread(a,1,6,stdin);
     fwrite(a,1,5,stdout);
     // cppcheck-suppress bufferAccessOutOfBounds
-    (void)fread(a,1,6,stdout);
+    fread(a,1,6,stdout);
 }
 
 // memory leak