diff --git a/kdecore/kpalette.cpp b/kdecore/kpalette.cpp
index bc446367a..6dc1800f1 100644
--- a/kdecore/kpalette.cpp
+++ b/kdecore/kpalette.cpp
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ KPalette::KPalette(const TQString &name)
 
   // Read first line
   // Expected "GIMP Palette"
-  if (paletteFile.readLine(line.ascii(), maxLength) == -1) return;
+  if (paletteFile.readLine(const_cast<char *>(line.ascii()), maxLength) == -1) return;
   if (line.find(" Palette") == -1) return;
 
-  while( paletteFile.readLine(line.ascii(), maxLength) != -1)
+  while( paletteFile.readLine(const_cast<char *>(line.ascii()), maxLength) != -1)
   {
      if (line[0] == '#') 
      {
diff --git a/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp b/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
index f64acbd90..34af28657 100644
--- a/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
+++ b/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static void lookupDirectory(const TQString& path, const TQString &relPart,
     while( ( ep = readdir( dp ) ) != 0L )
     {
       TQString fn( TQFile::decodeName(ep->d_name));
-      if (fn == _dot || fn == _dotdot || (TQCString)(fn.at(fn.length() - 1).latin1()) == (QChar)'~')
+      if (fn == _dot || fn == _dotdot || (TQCString)(fn.at(fn.length() - 1).latin1()) == '~')
 	continue;
 
       if (!recursive && !regexp.exactMatch(fn))