diff --git a/api/capi.cpp b/api/capi.cpp
index 9511b16db6..6fbd364bbc 100644
--- a/api/capi.cpp
+++ b/api/capi.cpp
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ TESS_API const TessPageIterator* TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorGetPageIteratorCons
     return handle;
 }
 
-TESS_API const TessChoiceIterator* TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorGetChoiceIterator(const TessResultIterator* handle)
+TESS_API TessChoiceIterator* TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorGetChoiceIterator(const TessResultIterator* handle)
 {
     return new TessChoiceIterator(*handle);
 }
diff --git a/api/capi.h b/api/capi.h
index e813916cfc..82a6b55b9a 100644
--- a/api/capi.h
+++ b/api/capi.h
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ TESS_API TessPageIterator*
                TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorGetPageIterator(TessResultIterator* handle);
 TESS_API const TessPageIterator*
                TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorGetPageIteratorConst(const TessResultIterator* handle);
-TESS_API const TessChoiceIterator*
+TESS_API TessChoiceIterator*
                TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorGetChoiceIterator(const TessResultIterator* handle);
 
 TESS_API BOOL  TESS_CALL TessResultIteratorNext(TessResultIterator* handle, TessPageIteratorLevel level);