diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8fe24f11..9e329945 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2004-08-30  Gary V. Vaughan  <gary@gnu.org>
+
+	* libltdl/lt_dlloader.c (lt_dlloader_remove): Since the return
+	value of this function is often passed to free, don't declare it
+	`const'. Responsibility for this memory is given back to the
+	caller on return.
+	* libltdl/lt_dlloader.h (lt_dlloader_remove): Ditto.
+	* libltdl/ltdl.c (lt_dlexit): Adjust.
+	* NEWS: Updated.
+
 2004-08-30  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* libltdl/ltdl.c (lt_dlexit): Remove lvalue cast.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bcda7126..343a23d1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GNU Libtool
 
 New in 1.9d: 2004-??-??; CVS version 1.9c, Libtool team:
-* ???
+* Return type of lt_dlloader_remove is no longer `const'.
 
 New in 1.9b: 2004-08-29; CVS version 1.5a, Libtool team:
 * The /^_?LT_[A-Z_]+$/ namespace is now reserved for Libtool's own macros.
diff --git a/libltdl/lt_dlloader.c b/libltdl/lt_dlloader.c
index 714eb4ce..8487747c 100644
--- a/libltdl/lt_dlloader.c
+++ b/libltdl/lt_dlloader.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ lt_dlloader_get	(lt_dlloader loader)
    was no match, return NULL; if there is an error, return NULL and
    set an error for lt_dlerror; in either case the loader list is
    not changed.  */
-const lt_dlvtable *
+lt_dlvtable *
 lt_dlloader_remove (const char *name)
 {
   const lt_dlvtable *	vtable	= lt_dlloader_find (name);
diff --git a/libltdl/lt_dlloader.h b/libltdl/lt_dlloader.h
index c65df387..6bf66b7c 100644
--- a/libltdl/lt_dlloader.h
+++ b/libltdl/lt_dlloader.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ typedef struct {
 LT_SCOPE int		lt_dlloader_add	   (const lt_dlvtable *vtable);
 LT_SCOPE lt_dlloader	lt_dlloader_next   (const lt_dlloader loader);
 
-LT_SCOPE const lt_dlvtable *lt_dlloader_remove	(const char *name);
+LT_SCOPE lt_dlvtable *	lt_dlloader_remove	(const char *name);
 LT_SCOPE const lt_dlvtable *lt_dlloader_find	(const char *name);
 LT_SCOPE const lt_dlvtable *lt_dlloader_get	(lt_dlloader loader);
 
diff --git a/libltdl/ltdl.c b/libltdl/ltdl.c
index f2533318..25fe418a 100644
--- a/libltdl/ltdl.c
+++ b/libltdl/ltdl.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ lt_dlexit (void)
       /* close all loaders */
       while (loader = lt_dlloader_next (loader))
 	{
-	  const lt_dlvtable *vtable = lt_dlloader_get (loader);
+	  lt_dlvtable *vtable = (lt_dlvtable *) lt_dlloader_get (loader);
 
 	  if ((vtable = lt_dlloader_remove (vtable->name)))
 	    {