diff --git a/include/osgUtil/Tessellator b/include/osgUtil/Tessellator
index 2173845e8..ee7dd8552 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/Tessellator
+++ b/include/osgUtil/Tessellator
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT Tessellator : public osg::Referenced
 
         /** Set and get tessellation request boundary only on/off */
         void setBoundaryOnly (const bool tt) { _boundaryOnly=tt;}
-        inline const bool getBoundaryOnly ( ) { return _boundaryOnly;}
+        inline bool getBoundaryOnly ( ) { return _boundaryOnly;}
 
         /** Set and get tessellation windong rule */
         void setWindingType (const WindingType wt) { _wtype=wt;}
-        inline const WindingType getWindingType ( ) { return _wtype;}
+        inline WindingType getWindingType ( ) { return _wtype;}
 
         /** Set and get tessellation type */
         void setTessellationType (const TessellationType tt) { _ttype=tt;}
-        inline const TessellationType getTessellationType ( ) { return _ttype;}
+        inline TessellationType getTessellationType ( ) { return _ttype;}
 
         /** Change the contours lists of the geometry into tessellated primitives (the
           * list of primitives in the original geometry is stored in the Tessellator for
diff --git a/include/osgUtil/TriStripVisitor b/include/osgUtil/TriStripVisitor
index 824fcbc21..c1d4d67b8 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/TriStripVisitor
+++ b/include/osgUtil/TriStripVisitor
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT TriStripVisitor : public BaseOptimizerVisitor
             return _cacheSize;
         }
 
-        inline const unsigned int getCacheSize() const
+        inline unsigned int getCacheSize() const
         {
             return _cacheSize;
         }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT TriStripVisitor : public BaseOptimizerVisitor
             return _minStripSize;
         }
 
-        inline const unsigned int getMinStripSize() const
+        inline unsigned int getMinStripSize() const
         {
             return _minStripSize;
         }