diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 542802ad35..39d75eb4ed 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5793,7 +5793,7 @@ if ${libc_cv_insert+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
   cat > conftest.c <<EOF
-		const int __attribute__ ((section(".bar"))) bar = 0x12345678;
+		int __attribute__ ((section(".bar"))) bar = 0x12345678;
 		int test (void) { return bar; }
 EOF
 		cat > conftest.t <<EOF
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d9232418de..00f49f09f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ AC_SUBST(libc_cv_protected_data)
 AC_CACHE_CHECK(linker support for INSERT in linker script,
 	       libc_cv_insert,
 	       [cat > conftest.c <<EOF
-		const int __attribute__ ((section(".bar"))) bar = 0x12345678;
+		int __attribute__ ((section(".bar"))) bar = 0x12345678;
 		int test (void) { return bar; }
 EOF
 		cat > conftest.t <<EOF