diff --git a/Headers/gnustep/base/NSException.h b/Headers/gnustep/base/NSException.h
index 1ee4aef4a..64e9bac85 100644
--- a/Headers/gnustep/base/NSException.h
+++ b/Headers/gnustep/base/NSException.h
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@
 @end
 
 /* Common exceptions */
-GS_EXPORT const NSString* const NSGenericException;
-GS_EXPORT const NSString* const NSInternalInconsistencyException;
-GS_EXPORT const NSString* const NSInvalidArgumentException;
-GS_EXPORT const NSString* const NSMallocException;
-GS_EXPORT const NSString* const NSRangeException;
-GS_EXPORT const NSString* const NSCharacterConversionException;
+GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSGenericException;
+GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSInternalInconsistencyException;
+GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSInvalidArgumentException;
+GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSMallocException;
+GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSRangeException;
+GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSCharacterConversionException;
 #ifndef	STRICT_OPENSTEP
-GS_EXPORT const NSString* const NSParseErrorException;
+GS_EXPORT NSString* const NSParseErrorException;
 #endif
 
 /* Exception handler definitions */
diff --git a/Source/NSException.m b/Source/NSException.m
index 745743e0a..d8c0cc522 100644
--- a/Source/NSException.m
+++ b/Source/NSException.m
@@ -37,45 +37,45 @@
 /**
  * A generic exception for general purpose usage.
  */
-const NSString* const NSGenericException
+NSString* const NSGenericException
   = @"NSGenericException";
 
 /**
  * An exception for caes where unexpected state is detected within an object
  */
-const NSString* const NSInternalInconsistencyException
+NSString* const NSInternalInconsistencyException
   = @"NSInternalInconsistencyException";
 
 /**
  * An exception used when an invalid argument is passed to a method
  * or function.
  */
-const NSString* const NSInvalidArgumentException
+NSString* const NSInvalidArgumentException
   = @"NSInvalidArgumentException";
 
 /**
  * An exception used when the system faols to allocate required memory.
  */
-const NSString* const NSMallocException
+NSString* const NSMallocException
   = @"NSMallocException";
 
 /**
  * An exception used when an illegal range is encountered ... usually this
  * is used to provide more information than an invalid argument exception.
  */
-const NSString* const NSRangeException
+NSString* const NSRangeException
  = @"NSRangeException";
 
 /**
  * An exception when character set conversion fails.
  */
-const NSString* const NSCharacterConversionException
+NSString* const NSCharacterConversionException
   = @"NSCharacterConversionException";
 
 /**
  * An exception used when some form of parsing fails.
  */
-const NSString* const NSParseErrorException
+NSString* const NSParseErrorException
   = @"NSParseErrorException";
 
 #include "GSPrivate.h"