diff --git a/src/common.cpp b/src/common.cpp
index 96873f17a..06192c7fc 100644
--- a/src/common.cpp
+++ b/src/common.cpp
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ bool is_windows_subsystem_for_linux() {
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS
 // This function produces a stack backtrace with demangled function & method names. It is based on
 // https://gist.github.com/fmela/591333 but adapted to the style of the fish project.
-[[gnu::noinline]] static const wcstring_list_t demangled_backtrace(int max_frames,
-                                                                   int skip_levels) {
+[[gnu::noinline]] static wcstring_list_t demangled_backtrace(int max_frames, int skip_levels) {
     void *callstack[128];
     const int n_max_frames = sizeof(callstack) / sizeof(callstack[0]);
     int n_frames = backtrace(callstack, n_max_frames);
diff --git a/src/complete.cpp b/src/complete.cpp
index 2707931fd..ed144cca5 100644
--- a/src/complete.cpp
+++ b/src/complete.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ typedef struct complete_entry_opt {
     // Completion flags.
     complete_flags_t flags;
 
-    const wcstring localized_desc() const { return C_(desc); }
+    wcstring localized_desc() const { return C_(desc); }
 
     size_t expected_dash_count() const {
         switch (this->type) {
diff --git a/src/wutil.cpp b/src/wutil.cpp
index 9f21f3131..ea7bdf694 100644
--- a/src/wutil.cpp
+++ b/src/wutil.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ bool wreaddir_for_dirs(DIR *dir, wcstring *out_name) {
     return result != nullptr;
 }
 
-const wcstring wgetcwd() {
+wcstring wgetcwd() {
     char cwd[PATH_MAX];
     char *res = getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd));
     if (res) {
diff --git a/src/wutil.h b/src/wutil.h
index 8a3b74cd4..636eff347 100644
--- a/src/wutil.h
+++ b/src/wutil.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void safe_perror(const char *message);
 const char *safe_strerror(int err);
 
 /// Wide character version of getcwd().
-const wcstring wgetcwd();
+wcstring wgetcwd();
 
 /// Wide character version of realpath function.
 /// \returns the canonicalized path, or none if the path is invalid.