diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index e3431702e..64655c85b 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check_internal(CppCheck& cppcheck, int /*argc*/, const cha
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 // fix trac ticket #439 'Cppcheck reports wrong filename for filenames containing 8-bit ASCII'
-static inline const std::string ansiToOEM(const std::string &msg, bool doConvert)
+static inline std::string ansiToOEM(const std::string &msg, bool doConvert)
 {
     if (doConvert) {
         const unsigned msglength = msg.length();
diff --git a/lib/path.cpp b/lib/path.cpp
index effe81470..6a7c1e855 100644
--- a/lib/path.cpp
+++ b/lib/path.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ std::string Path::getFilenameExtensionInLowerCase(const std::string &path)
     return extension;
 }
 
-const std::string Path::getCurrentPath()
+std::string Path::getCurrentPath()
 {
     char currentPath[4096];
 
diff --git a/lib/path.h b/lib/path.h
index a454c6312..10290091a 100644
--- a/lib/path.h
+++ b/lib/path.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public:
      * @brief Returns the absolute path of current working directory
      * @return absolute path of current working directory
      */
-    static const std::string getCurrentPath();
+    static std::string getCurrentPath();
 
     /**
      * @brief Check if given path is absolute