diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index d940a12e0..ca8ef1135 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static CURLcode ftp_state_use_port(struct connectdata *conn,
   char hbuf[NI_MAXHOST];
   struct sockaddr *sa=(struct sockaddr *)&ss;
   char tmp[1024];
-  static const char * const mode[] = { "EPRT", "PORT", NULL };
+  static const char mode[][5] = { "EPRT", "PORT" };
   int rc;
   int error;
   char *host=NULL;
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ static CURLcode ftp_state_use_pasv(struct connectdata *conn)
 
   */
 
-  static const char * const mode[] = { "EPSV", "PASV", NULL };
+  static const char mode[][5] = { "EPSV", "PASV" };
   int modeoff;
 
 #ifdef PF_INET6
@@ -2550,9 +2550,7 @@ static CURLcode ftp_statemach_act(struct connectdata *conn)
   struct SessionHandle *data=conn->data;
   int ftpcode;
   struct ftp_conn *ftpc = &conn->proto.ftpc;
-  static const char * const ftpauth[]  = {
-    "SSL", "TLS"
-  };
+  static const char ftpauth[][4]  = { "SSL", "TLS" };
   size_t nread = 0;
 
   if(ftpc->sendleft) {
diff --git a/lib/parsedate.c b/lib/parsedate.c
index ef2ee658b..786ab7ff4 100644
--- a/lib/parsedate.c
+++ b/lib/parsedate.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const char * const Curl_month[]=
   "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" };
 
 struct tzinfo {
-  const char *name;
+  char name[5];
   int offset; /* +/- in minutes */
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/sendf.c b/lib/sendf.c
index 4d17ec133..7a8c3cad2 100644
--- a/lib/sendf.c
+++ b/lib/sendf.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ int Curl_read(struct connectdata *conn, /* connection data */
 static int showit(struct SessionHandle *data, curl_infotype type,
                   char *ptr, size_t size)
 {
-  static const char * const s_infotype[CURLINFO_END] = {
+  static const char s_infotype[CURLINFO_END][3] = {
     "* ", "< ", "> ", "{ ", "} ", "{ ", "} " };
 
 #ifdef CURL_DOES_CONVERSIONS
diff --git a/lib/ssh.c b/lib/ssh.c
index 19b685f30..32057a3c4 100644
--- a/lib/ssh.c
+++ b/lib/ssh.c
@@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ get_pathname(const char **cpp, char **path)
   const char *cp = *cpp, *end;
   char quot;
   unsigned int i, j;
-  static const char * const WHITESPACE = " \t\r\n";
+  static const char WHITESPACE[] = " \t\r\n";
 
   cp += strspn(cp, WHITESPACE);
   if(!*cp) {