diff --git a/src/target/target_request.c b/src/target/target_request.c
index bccae07b4..8d51dc3d6 100644
--- a/src/target/target_request.c
+++ b/src/target/target_request.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int target_hexmsg(struct target *target, int size, uint32_t length)
  */
 int target_request(struct target *target, uint32_t request)
 {
-	target_req_cmd_t target_req_cmd = request & 0xff;
+	enum target_req_cmd target_req_cmd = request & 0xff;
 
 	assert(target->type->target_request_data);
 
diff --git a/src/target/target_request.h b/src/target/target_request.h
index 62d5c74b1..97edd9ede 100644
--- a/src/target/target_request.h
+++ b/src/target/target_request.h
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 struct target;
 struct command_context;
 
-typedef enum target_req_cmd {
+enum target_req_cmd {
 	TARGET_REQ_TRACEMSG,
 	TARGET_REQ_DEBUGMSG,
 	TARGET_REQ_DEBUGCHAR,
 /*	TARGET_REQ_SEMIHOSTING, */
-} target_req_cmd_t;
+};
 
 struct debug_msg_receiver {
 	struct command_context *cmd_ctx;