diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/misc/enumdisplay.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/misc/enumdisplay.c
index 90c1b86b9..e0e20d413 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/misc/enumdisplay.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/misc/enumdisplay.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "compat.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE "enumdisplay.txt"
-char *outputfile = DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE;
 
 HMODULE      hDDrawDLL = NULL;
 LPDIRECTDRAW lpDD      = NULL;
@@ -88,6 +87,8 @@ void UninitDirectDraw(void)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+    char const * outputfile = DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE;
+
     int i;
 
     DEVMODE devmode;
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/misc/getdxdidf.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/misc/getdxdidf.c
index 3aed884e0..9cf0acc87 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/misc/getdxdidf.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/misc/getdxdidf.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "compat.h"
 
-char *WhatGUID(const GUID *guid)
+char const * WhatGUID(const GUID *guid)
 {
     if (guid == &GUID_XAxis) return "&GUID_XAxis";
     if (guid == &GUID_YAxis) return "&GUID_YAxis";
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/cacheinfo.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/cacheinfo.c
index b4913adea..e719eeb6b 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/cacheinfo.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int main(void)
             continue;
         }
         else {
-            char *format;
+            char const * format;
             char flags[4] = "", flagsc = 0;
             switch (mip.format) {
                 case GL_COMPRESSED_RGB_S3TC_DXT1_EXT: format = "RGB DXT1"; break;
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/givedepth.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/givedepth.c
index 035c770ce..67ec68dcb 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/givedepth.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/givedepth.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fail:
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    char *palfile = "palette.dat", *voxfile = "output.vox";
+    char const * palfile = "palette.dat", * voxfile = "output.vox";
     int tilenum;
     int depth;
     FILE *artfh, *voxfh, *palfh;
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/kgroup.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/kgroup.c
index e7703d044..34774f766 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/kgroup.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/kgroup.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static char filespec[MAXFILES][128], filelist[MAXFILES][16];
 static int fileleng[MAXFILES];
 
 
-static char *matchstr = "*.*";
+static char const * matchstr = "*.*";
 int checkmatch(const struct Bdirent *a)
 {
     if (a->mode & BS_IFDIR) return 0;    // is a directory
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ void findfiles(const char *dafilespec)
 {
     struct Bdirent *name;
     int daspeclen;
-    char daspec[128], *dir;
+    char daspec[128];
+    char const * dir;
     BDIR *di;
 
     strcpy(daspec,dafilespec);
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/mkpalette.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/mkpalette.c
index 364506208..ba027cb85 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/mkpalette.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/mkpalette.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     unsigned char rgbout[3];
     int idx, step, rampnum;
     FILE* fh;
-    char *outfile = "palette.dat";
+    char const * outfile = "palette.dat";
 
     memset(palette,0,sizeof(palette));
 
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/wad2art.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/wad2art.c
index d83f2be82..cd9d82143 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/wad2art.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/wad2art.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void savenames(void)
     }
 }
 
-void showart (char *part)
+void showart (char const * part)
 {
     char yoff;
     short xsiz, ysiz;
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/wad2map.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/wad2map.c
index 6b7d5edb8..a8474edd1 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/wad2map.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/util/wad2map.c
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ void setsectorfield(int i, int fieldnum, int newval)
     }
 }
 
-int getwadindex(char *nam)
+int getwadindex(char const * nam)
 {
     int i, j;