diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_test.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_test.cc
index 565f90f53a5..92cce5c3ec8 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_test.cc
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ class TestCast : public TestBase {
     ArrayFromVector<SourceType, std::string>(src_type, valid, strings, &array);
     CheckZeroCopy(*array, dest_type);
 
-    CheckCase<SourceType, std::string, DestType, std::string>(
-        src_type, strings, all, dest_type, strings, options);
+    CheckCase<SourceType, DestType>(src_type, strings, all, dest_type, strings, options,
+                                    /*check_scalar=*/false);
   }
 
   template <typename DestType>