diff --git a/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp b/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
index 66c94edc7..4db686191 100644
--- a/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
@@ -3908,7 +3908,7 @@ static off64_t truncate_movie(MI_MOVIE_INFO * minfo)
 	char spart[255];
 	int part = 0, tpart = 0;
 	bool found = 0;
-	char * name = (char *) minfo->file.Name.c_str();
+	const char *name = minfo->file.Name.c_str();
 	off64_t size = minfo->file.Size;
 	int len = minfo->length;
 	int seconds = minfo->bookmarks.end;
diff --git a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
index a2d4badee..0bb58d01e 100644
--- a/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/movieplayer.cpp
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ bool CMoviePlayerGui::PlayBackgroundStart(const std::string &file, const std::st
 		int agen[] = { 18, 16, 12, 6, 0 };
 		for (int i = 0; ages[i] && age < 0; i++) {
 			const char *n = name.c_str();
-			char *h = (char *) n;
+			const char *h = n;
 			while ((age < 0) && (h = strstr(h, ages[i])))
 				if ((h == n) || !isdigit(*(h - 1)))
 					age = agen[i];