diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index e96c20ed6..b0f8a5934 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ Checks: >
         -portability-std-allocator-const,
         -readability-avoid-const-params-in-decls,
         -readability-braces-around-statements,
-        -readability-const-return-type,
         -readability-container-data-pointer,
         -readability-function-cognitive-complexity,
         -readability-function-size,
diff --git a/clang-tidy.md b/clang-tidy.md
index 1b9c0aef1..a1abd9a5f 100644
--- a/clang-tidy.md
+++ b/clang-tidy.md
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ Also reports a false positive about templates which deduce the array length: htt
 We run this separately via `clang-include-cleaner` in the `iwyu.yml` workflow as the findings of the include checkers still need to be reviewed manually before applying them. 
 
 `bugprone-branch-clone`<br/>
-`readability-const-return-type`<br/>
 `modernize-return-braced-init-list`<br/>
 `misc-throw-by-value-catch-by-reference`<br/>
 `readability-avoid-const-params-in-decls`<br/>
diff --git a/gui/test/translationhandler/testtranslationhandler.cpp b/gui/test/translationhandler/testtranslationhandler.cpp
index f6a925c6b..7abb1c8f7 100644
--- a/gui/test/translationhandler/testtranslationhandler.cpp
+++ b/gui/test/translationhandler/testtranslationhandler.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QtTest>
 
-static const QStringList getTranslationNames(const TranslationHandler& handler)
+static QStringList getTranslationNames(const TranslationHandler& handler)
 {
     QStringList names;
     for (const TranslationInfo& translation : handler.getTranslations()) {
diff --git a/lib/standards.h b/lib/standards.h
index f22cd7632..619ce6235 100644
--- a/lib/standards.h
+++ b/lib/standards.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct Standards {
         }
         return false;
     }
-    const std::string getC() const {
+    std::string getC() const {
         switch (c) {
         case C89:
             return "c89";
diff --git a/lib/utils.h b/lib/utils.h
index d5721574a..9d11a68e9 100644
--- a/lib/utils.h
+++ b/lib/utils.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 struct SelectMapKeys {
     template<class Pair>
+    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-const-return-type) - false positive
     typename Pair::first_type operator()(const Pair& p) const {
         return p.first;
     }