diff --git a/lib/util.c b/lib/util.c
index 3fb8c54e5f..fdd758cf8c 100644
--- a/lib/util.c
+++ b/lib/util.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ load_mc_home_file (const char *from, const char *filename, char **allocated_file
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-const const char *
+const char *
 extract_line (const char *s, const char *top, size_t *len)
 {
     static char tmp_line[BUF_MEDIUM];
diff --git a/lib/util.h b/lib/util.h
index a5be42e9a6..370c276d41 100644
--- a/lib/util.h
+++ b/lib/util.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ const char *get_group (gid_t gid);
 const char *get_owner (uid_t uid);
 
 /* Returns a copy of *s until a \n is found and is below top */
-const const char *extract_line (const char *s, const char *top, size_t *len);
+const char *extract_line (const char *s, const char *top, size_t *len);
 
 /* Process spawning */
 int my_system (int flags, const char *shell, const char *command);