diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/geometry_tile.hpp b/src/mbgl/map/geometry_tile.hpp
index f94ce15d7..f303a32bd 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/geometry_tile.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/geometry_tile.hpp
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ public:
 class GeometryTileLayer : public mbgl::util::noncopyable {
 public:
     virtual std::size_t featureCount() const = 0;
-    virtual const util::ptr<const GeometryTileFeature> feature(std::size_t i) const = 0;
+    virtual util::ptr<const GeometryTileFeature> feature(std::size_t i) const = 0;
 };
 
 class GeometryTile : public mbgl::util::noncopyable {
 public:
-    virtual const util::ptr<const GeometryTileLayer> getLayer(const std::string&) const = 0;
+    virtual util::ptr<const GeometryTileLayer> getLayer(const std::string&) const = 0;
 };
 
 class GeometryTileFeatureExtractor {
diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.cpp b/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.cpp
index 9ea57f4f6..e9ae52e9a 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ VectorTile::VectorTile(pbf tile_pbf) {
     }
 }
 
-const util::ptr<const GeometryTileLayer> VectorTile::getLayer(const std::string& name) const {
+util::ptr<const GeometryTileLayer> VectorTile::getLayer(const std::string& name) const {
     auto layer_it = layers.find(name);
     if (layer_it != layers.end()) {
         return layer_it->second;
@@ -127,6 +127,6 @@ VectorTileLayer::VectorTileLayer(pbf layer_pbf) {
     }
 }
 
-const util::ptr<const GeometryTileFeature> VectorTileLayer::feature(std::size_t i) const {
+util::ptr<const GeometryTileFeature> VectorTileLayer::feature(std::size_t i) const {
     return std::make_shared<VectorTileFeature>(features.at(i), *this);
 }
diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.hpp b/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.hpp
index a7521cd32..b27f6bb39 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public:
     VectorTileLayer(pbf);
 
     virtual std::size_t featureCount() const { return features.size(); }
-    virtual const util::ptr<const GeometryTileFeature> feature(std::size_t) const;
+    virtual util::ptr<const GeometryTileFeature> feature(std::size_t) const;
 
 private:
     friend class VectorTile;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class VectorTile : public GeometryTile {
 public:
     VectorTile(pbf);
 
-    virtual const util::ptr<const GeometryTileLayer> getLayer(const std::string&) const;
+    virtual util::ptr<const GeometryTileLayer> getLayer(const std::string&) const;
 
 private:
     std::map<std::string, util::ptr<const GeometryTileLayer>> layers;