diff --git a/rpmio/macro.c b/rpmio/macro.c
index 753ee9be7..be0c9e7e8 100644
--- a/rpmio/macro.c
+++ b/rpmio/macro.c
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ rpmExpand(const char *arg, ...)
 int
 rpmExpandNumeric(const char *arg)
 {
-    const char *val;
+    char *val;
     int rc;
 
     if (arg == NULL)
diff --git a/rpmio/rpmpgp.c b/rpmio/rpmpgp.c
index 9ca66c8aa..841d08c55 100644
--- a/rpmio/rpmpgp.c
+++ b/rpmio/rpmpgp.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ int pgpPubkeyFingerprint(const uint8_t * pkt, size_t pktlen,
 
 int pgpExtractPubkeyFingerprint(const char * b64pkt, pgpKeyID_t keyid)
 {
-    const uint8_t * pkt;
+    uint8_t * pkt;
     size_t pktlen;
 
     if (b64decode(b64pkt, (void **)&pkt, &pktlen))
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ exit:
 
 char * pgpArmorWrap(int atype, const unsigned char * s, size_t ns)
 {
-    const char * enc;
+    char * enc;
     char * t;
     size_t nt = 0;
     char * val;