diff --git a/src/includes/rc-misc.h b/src/includes/rc-misc.h
index 89d6336b..fa370e49 100644
--- a/src/includes/rc-misc.h
+++ b/src/includes/rc-misc.h
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ int is_writable(const char *);
 #define service_stop(service)  exec_service(service, "stop");
 
 int parse_mode(mode_t *, char *);
-const char *detect_prefix(void);
-const char *get_systype(void);
-const char *detect_container(void);
-const char *detect_vm(void);
+char *detect_prefix(void);
+char *get_systype(void);
+char *detect_container(void);
+char *detect_vm(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/rc/_usage.c b/src/rc/_usage.c
index e190eb40..b5f664a7 100644
--- a/src/rc/_usage.c
+++ b/src/rc/_usage.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static void set_quiet_options(void)
 _noreturn static void
 show_version(void)
 {
-	const char *systype = NULL;
+	char *systype = NULL;
 
 	printf("%s (OpenRC", applet);
 	systype = detect_container();
diff --git a/src/rc/rc-misc.c b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
index f1dad3bc..bb401e13 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-misc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-misc.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ env_config(void)
 	char *np;
 	char *npp;
 	char *tok;
-	const char *sys = NULL;
+	char *sys = NULL;
 	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
 
 	/* Ensure our PATH is prefixed with the system locations first
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ found:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-const char *detect_prefix(void)
+char *detect_prefix(void)
 {
 #ifdef PREFIX
 	return RC_SYS_PREFIX;
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ const char *detect_prefix(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-const char *get_systype(void)
+char *get_systype(void)
 {
 	char *systype = rc_conf_value("rc_sys");
 	if (systype) {
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ const char *get_systype(void)
 	return systype;
 }
 
-const char *detect_container(void)
+char *detect_container(void)
 {
 	char *systype = get_systype();
 
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ const char *detect_container(void)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-const char *detect_vm(void)
+char *detect_vm(void)
 {
 	char *systype = get_systype();
 
diff --git a/src/rc/rc.c b/src/rc/rc.c
index a0b18865..64541e07 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ open_shell(void)
 	struct passwd *pw;
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-	const char *sys = NULL;
+	char *sys = NULL;
 	
 	sys = detect_container();
 	if (!sys)
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void
 do_sysinit()
 {
 	struct utsname uts;
-	const char *sys;
+	char *sys;
 
 	/* exec init-early.sh if it exists
 	 * This should just setup the console to use the correct
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	const char *bootlevel = NULL;
 	char *newlevel = NULL;
-	const char *systype = NULL;
+	char *systype = NULL;
 	static RC_STRINGLIST *hotplugged_services;
 	static RC_STRINGLIST *stop_services;
 	static RC_STRINGLIST *start_services;