diff --git a/src/camera/SDL_camera.c b/src/camera/SDL_camera.c
index 45b35af952..0c5e835f5a 100644
--- a/src/camera/SDL_camera.c
+++ b/src/camera/SDL_camera.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ const SDL_CameraSpec * const *SDL_GetCameraSupportedFormats(SDL_CameraID instanc
 
     int i;
     int num_specs = device->num_specs;
-    const SDL_CameraSpec **retval = (const SDL_CameraSpec **) SDL_malloc(((num_specs + 1) * sizeof(*retval)) + (num_specs * sizeof (**retval)));
+    SDL_CameraSpec **retval = (SDL_CameraSpec **) SDL_malloc(((num_specs + 1) * sizeof(*retval)) + (num_specs * sizeof (**retval)));
     if (retval) {
         SDL_CameraSpec *specs = (SDL_CameraSpec *)(retval + (num_specs + 1));
         SDL_memcpy(specs, device->all_specs, num_specs * sizeof(*specs));
diff --git a/src/events/SDL_keyboard.c b/src/events/SDL_keyboard.c
index 8c4c7c45bc..b0c3fcb66b 100644
--- a/src/events/SDL_keyboard.c
+++ b/src/events/SDL_keyboard.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ int SDL_SendEditingText(const char *text, int start, int length)
 
 static const char * const *CreateCandidatesForEvent(char **candidates, int num_candidates)
 {
-    const char **event_candidates;
+    char **event_candidates;
     int i;
     char *ptr;
     size_t total_length = (num_candidates + 1) * sizeof(*event_candidates);
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static const char * const *CreateCandidatesForEvent(char **candidates, int num_c
         total_length += length;
     }
 
-    event_candidates = (const char **)SDL_malloc(total_length);
+    event_candidates = (char **)SDL_malloc(total_length);
     if (!event_candidates) {
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/src/locale/SDL_locale.c b/src/locale/SDL_locale.c
index ca46db5660..341bf68286 100644
--- a/src/locale/SDL_locale.c
+++ b/src/locale/SDL_locale.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static const SDL_Locale * const *build_locales_from_csv_string(char *csv, int *c
     size_t alloclen;
     char *ptr;
     SDL_Locale *loc;
-    const SDL_Locale **retval;
+    SDL_Locale **retval;
 
     if (count) {
         *count = 0;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static const SDL_Locale * const *build_locales_from_csv_string(char *csv, int *c
     slen = ((size_t)(ptr - csv)) + 1; /* SDL_strlen(csv) + 1 */
     alloclen = (num_locales * sizeof(SDL_Locale *)) + (num_locales * sizeof(SDL_Locale)) + slen;
 
-    retval = (const SDL_Locale **)SDL_calloc(1, alloclen);
+    retval = (SDL_Locale **)SDL_calloc(1, alloclen);
     if (!retval) {
         return NULL; /* oh well */
     }
diff --git a/src/video/SDL_video.c b/src/video/SDL_video.c
index 70c3660537..d50af934d3 100644
--- a/src/video/SDL_video.c
+++ b/src/video/SDL_video.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ const SDL_DisplayMode * const *SDL_GetFullscreenDisplayModes(SDL_DisplayID displ
 {
     int i;
     int num_modes;
-    const SDL_DisplayMode **retval;
+    SDL_DisplayMode **retval;
     SDL_VideoDisplay *display = SDL_GetVideoDisplay(displayID);
 
     if (count) {
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ const SDL_DisplayMode * const *SDL_GetFullscreenDisplayModes(SDL_DisplayID displ
     }
 
     num_modes = display->num_fullscreen_modes;
-    retval = (const SDL_DisplayMode **)SDL_malloc((num_modes + 1) * sizeof(*retval) + num_modes * sizeof(**retval));
+    retval = (SDL_DisplayMode **)SDL_malloc((num_modes + 1) * sizeof(*retval) + num_modes * sizeof(**retval));
     if (retval) {
         SDL_DisplayMode *modes = (SDL_DisplayMode *)((Uint8 *)retval + ((num_modes + 1) * sizeof(*retval)));
         SDL_memcpy(modes, display->fullscreen_modes, num_modes * sizeof(*modes));