diff --git a/libupnp/ixml/inc/ixml.h b/libupnp/ixml/inc/ixml.h
index 79866e2..0301357 100644
--- a/libupnp/ixml/inc/ixml.h
+++ b/libupnp/ixml/inc/ixml.h
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ ixmlNode_setNodeValue(IXML_Node *nodeptr,
    *          {\bf Node}.
    */
 
-EXPORT_SPEC const unsigned short    
+EXPORT_SPEC unsigned short    
 ixmlNode_getNodeType(IXML_Node *nodeptr  
 		       /** The {\bf Node} from which to retrieve the type. */
                     );
diff --git a/libupnp/ixml/src/node.c b/libupnp/ixml/src/node.c
index a28e7b8..01e8d59 100644
--- a/libupnp/ixml/src/node.c
+++ b/libupnp/ixml/src/node.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ ixmlNode_setNodeValue( IN IXML_Node * nodeptr,
 *       External function.
 *
 *=================================================================*/
-const unsigned short
+unsigned short
 ixmlNode_getNodeType( IN IXML_Node * nodeptr )
 {
     if( nodeptr != NULL ) {