diff --git a/rules/DowngradePhp73/Tokenizer/FollowedByNewlineOnlyMaybeWithSemicolonAnalyzer.php b/rules/DowngradePhp73/Tokenizer/FollowedByNewlineOnlyMaybeWithSemicolonAnalyzer.php
index 4832f94f..2ea4ef64 100644
--- a/rules/DowngradePhp73/Tokenizer/FollowedByNewlineOnlyMaybeWithSemicolonAnalyzer.php
+++ b/rules/DowngradePhp73/Tokenizer/FollowedByNewlineOnlyMaybeWithSemicolonAnalyzer.php
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ public function isFollowed(File $file, Node $node): bool
 
         return ! isset($oldTokens[$nextTokenPosition]) ||
             isset($oldTokens[$nextTokenPosition][1]) &&
-            \str_starts_with((string) $oldTokens[$nextTokenPosition][1], "\n");
+            \str_starts_with($oldTokens[$nextTokenPosition][1], "\n");
     }
 }