diff --git a/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp b/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
index 674d36eb8..70bc65be8 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		void on_name_lookup(error_code const& e, tcp::resolver::iterator i
 			, std::list<web_seed_entry>::iterator url, tcp::endpoint proxy);
 
-		void connect_web_seed(std::list<web_seed_entry>::iterator web, tcp::endpoint const& a);
+		void connect_web_seed(std::list<web_seed_entry>::iterator web, tcp::endpoint a);
 
 		// this is the asio callback that is called when a name
 		// lookup for a proxy for a web seed is completed.
diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index 834522bda..c1dcd0042 100644
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -3669,7 +3669,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		connect_web_seed(web, a);
 	}
 
-	void torrent::connect_web_seed(std::list<web_seed_entry>::iterator web, tcp::endpoint const& a)
+	void torrent::connect_web_seed(std::list<web_seed_entry>::iterator web, tcp::endpoint a)
 	{
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(m_ses.is_network_thread());
 		if (m_ses.m_ip_filter.access(a.address()) & ip_filter::blocked)