diff --git a/archival/gunzip.c b/archival/gunzip.c
index 7be94e1b8..a7f5ce481 100644
--- a/archival/gunzip.c
+++ b/archival/gunzip.c
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ int gunzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	do {
 		struct stat stat_buf;
-		const char *old_path = argv[optind];
-		const char *delete_path = NULL;
+		char *old_path = argv[optind];
+		char *delete_path = NULL;
 		char *new_path = NULL;
 		int src_fd;
 		int dst_fd;
diff --git a/archival/uncompress.c b/archival/uncompress.c
index 8c466ebdf..cbcbcefed 100644
--- a/archival/uncompress.c
+++ b/archival/uncompress.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ int uncompress_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	flags = bb_getopt_ulflags(argc, argv, "cf");
 
 	while (optind < argc) {
-		const char *compressed_file = argv[optind++];
-		const char *delete_path = NULL;
+		char *compressed_file = argv[optind++];
+		char *delete_path = NULL;
 		char *uncompressed_file = NULL;
 		int src_fd;
 		int dst_fd;
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index cb39e7b3f..dfb7a70bd 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ extern FILE *xfopen(const char *path, const char *mode);
 extern int   bb_fclose_nonstdin(FILE *f);
 extern void  bb_fflush_stdout_and_exit(int retval) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 
-extern void xstat(const char * const filename, struct stat *buf);
+extern void xstat(char *filename, struct stat *buf);
 extern int  xsocket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
 extern pid_t spawn(char **argv);
 extern pid_t xspawn(char **argv);
diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs.c b/libbb/xfuncs.c
index e88a5380f..0f0faaf74 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ void xlisten(int s, int backlog)
 
 #ifdef L_xstat
 /* xstat() - a stat() which dies on failure with meaningful error message */
-void xstat(const char * const name, struct stat *stat_buf)
+void xstat(char *name, struct stat *stat_buf)
 {
         if (stat(name, stat_buf))
                 bb_perror_msg_and_die("Can't stat '%s'", name);
diff --git a/loginutils/deluser.c b/loginutils/deluser.c
index 1b9bc4439..d93a550fa 100644
--- a/loginutils/deluser.c
+++ b/loginutils/deluser.c
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ static void del_line_matching(const char *login, const char *filename)
 
 
 	if ((passwd = bb_wfopen(filename, "r"))) {
-		xstat(filename, &statbuf);
+		// Remove pointless const.
+		xstat((char *)filename, &statbuf);
 		buffer = (char *) xmalloc(statbuf.st_size * sizeof(char));
 		fread(buffer, statbuf.st_size, sizeof(char), passwd);
 		fclose(passwd);
diff --git a/util-linux/swaponoff.c b/util-linux/swaponoff.c
index 9bb70a1f5..c693cf9b5 100644
--- a/util-linux/swaponoff.c
+++ b/util-linux/swaponoff.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <sys/swap.h>
 
 
-static int swap_enable_disable(const char *device)
+static int swap_enable_disable(char *device)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct stat st;