diff --git a/include/irrUString.h b/include/irrUString.h
index a50d497f..5b2b8578 100644
--- a/include/irrUString.h
+++ b/include/irrUString.h
@@ -963,11 +963,11 @@ public:
 #endif
 
 		if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 4)
-			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar32_t* const>(c));
+			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar32_t*>(c));
 		else if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 2)
-			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar16_t* const>(c));
+			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar16_t*>(c));
 		else if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 1)
-			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar8_t* const>(c));
+			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar8_t*>(c));
 	}
 
 
@@ -982,11 +982,11 @@ public:
 #endif
 
 		if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 4)
-			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar32_t* const>(c), length);
+			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar32_t*>(c), length);
 		else if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 2)
-			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar16_t* const>(c), length);
+			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar16_t*>(c), length);
 		else if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 1)
-			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar8_t* const>(c), length);
+			append(reinterpret_cast<const uchar8_t*>(c), length);
 	}
 
 
@@ -1116,11 +1116,11 @@ public:
 	ustring16& operator=(const wchar_t* const c)
 	{
 		if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 4)
-			*this = reinterpret_cast<const uchar32_t* const>(c);
+			*this = reinterpret_cast<const uchar32_t*>(c);
 		else if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 2)
-			*this = reinterpret_cast<const uchar16_t* const>(c);
+			*this = reinterpret_cast<const uchar16_t*>(c);
 		else if (sizeof(wchar_t) == 1)
-			*this = reinterpret_cast<const uchar8_t* const>(c);
+			*this = reinterpret_cast<const uchar8_t*>(c);
 
 		return *this;
 	}
@@ -3049,14 +3049,14 @@ public:
 
 	//! Gets the encoding of the Unicode string this class contains.
 	//! \return An enum describing the current encoding of this string.
-	const unicode::EUTF_ENCODE getEncoding() const
+	unicode::EUTF_ENCODE getEncoding() const
 	{
 		return encoding;
 	}
 
 	//! Gets the endianness of the Unicode string this class contains.
 	//! \return An enum describing the endianness of this string.
-	const unicode::EUTF_ENDIAN getEndianness() const
+	unicode::EUTF_ENDIAN getEndianness() const
 	{
 		if (encoding == unicode::EUTFE_UTF16_LE ||
 			encoding == unicode::EUTFE_UTF32_LE)