diff --git a/libnetutil/EthernetHeader.h b/libnetutil/EthernetHeader.h
index 8e8db04aa..9ea322085 100644
--- a/libnetutil/EthernetHeader.h
+++ b/libnetutil/EthernetHeader.h
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class EthernetHeader : public DataLinkLayerElement {
         const u8 *getDstMAC() const;
 
         int setEtherType(u16 val);
-        const u16 getEtherType() const;
+        u16 getEtherType() const;
 
 };
 
diff --git a/scan_engine.h b/scan_engine.h
index 65fd1f284..629c2935e 100644
--- a/scan_engine.h
+++ b/scan_engine.h
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ struct ultra_scan_performance_vars : public scan_performance_vars {
 
 struct HssPredicate {
 public:
-  const int operator() (const HostScanStats *lhs, const HostScanStats *rhs) const;
+  int operator() (const HostScanStats *lhs, const HostScanStats *rhs) const;
   static struct sockaddr_storage *ss;
 };