diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.h
index 8a9932c0..06963f7c 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.h
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	public:
 		Block(uint16_t uSideLength, Compressor* pCompressor);
 
-		const uint8_t* const getCompressedData(void) const;
-		const uint32_t getCompressedDataLength(void) const;
+		const uint8_t* getCompressedData(void) const;
+		uint32_t getCompressedDataLength(void) const;
 		uint16_t getSideLength(void) const;
 		VoxelType getVoxel(uint16_t uXPos, uint16_t uYPos, uint16_t uZPos) const;
 		VoxelType getVoxel(const Vector3DUint16& v3dPos) const;
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
index 3076d2bb..cfeb00c1 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	}
 
 	template <typename VoxelType>
-	const uint8_t* const Block<VoxelType>::getCompressedData(void) const
+	const uint8_t* Block<VoxelType>::getCompressedData(void) const
 	{
 		POLYVOX_ASSERT(m_pCompressedData, "Compressed data is NULL");
 		return m_pCompressedData;
 	}
 	
 	template <typename VoxelType>
-	const uint32_t Block<VoxelType>::getCompressedDataLength(void) const
+	uint32_t Block<VoxelType>::getCompressedDataLength(void) const
 	{
 		POLYVOX_ASSERT(m_pCompressedData, "Compressed data is NULL");
 		return m_uCompressedDataLength;