diff --git a/TODO.txt b/TODO.txt
index b410f2e..34aa7b9 100644
--- a/TODO.txt
+++ b/TODO.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 separate building of static and shader object files
-make install relinking (Darwin)
 web page and documentation update
 web poll on separating glew, glxew and wglew
diff --git a/auto/bin/make_info.pl b/auto/bin/make_info.pl
index 6fc89f9..2839c35 100755
--- a/auto/bin/make_info.pl
+++ b/auto/bin/make_info.pl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ do 'bin/make.pl';
 sub make_pfn_info($%)
 {
     my $name = $_[0];
-    return "  glewInfoFunc((const GLubyte*)\"$_[0]\", $name == NULL);";
+    return "  glewInfoFunc(\"$_[0]\", $name == NULL);";
 }
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ foreach my $ext (sort @extlist)
     print "static void _glewInfo_$extname (void)\n{\n";
     if ($extvar =~ /VERSION/)
     {
-        print "  glewPrintExt((const GLubyte*)\"$extname\", $extvar, $extvar);\n";
+        print "  glewPrintExt(\"$extname\", $extvar, $extvar);\n";
     }
     else
     {
-        print "  glewPrintExt((const GLubyte*)\"$extname\", $extvar, $extpre" .
-            "ewGetExtension((const GLubyte*)\"$extname\"));\n";
+        print "  glewPrintExt(\"$extname\", $extvar, $extpre" .
+            "ewGetExtension(\"$extname\"));\n";
     }
     output_decls($functions, \&make_pfn_info);
     print "}\n\n";
diff --git a/auto/bin/make_list.pl b/auto/bin/make_list.pl
index d12ec48..f145fae 100755
--- a/auto/bin/make_list.pl
+++ b/auto/bin/make_list.pl
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ foreach my $ext (sort @extlist)
     my $pextvar = prefix_varname($extvar);
 
     print "#ifdef $extname\n";
-    print "  ctx->" . $pextvar . "= " . $extpre . "GetExtension((const GLubyte*)\"$extname\");\n";
+    print "  ctx->" . $pextvar . "= " . $extpre . "GetExtension(\"$extname\");\n";
     if (keys %$functions)
     {
         if ($extname =~ /WGL_.*/)
diff --git a/auto/src/glewinfo_pre.c b/auto/src/glewinfo_pre.c
index 83d3876..edff187 100644
--- a/auto/src/glewinfo_pre.c
+++ b/auto/src/glewinfo_pre.c
@@ -57,26 +57,26 @@ void glewDestroyContext ();
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-static void glewPrintExt (const GLubyte* name, GLint def1, GLint def2)
+static void glewPrintExt (const char* name, GLint def1, GLint def2)
 {
   unsigned int i;
   fprintf(f, "\n%s:", name);
-  for (i=0; i<62-strlen((const char*)name); i++) fprintf(f, " ");
+  for (i=0; i<62-strlen(name); i++) fprintf(f, " ");
   fprintf(f, "%s ", def1 ? "OK" : "MISSING");
   if (def1 != def2)
     fprintf(f, "[%s]\n", def2 ? "OK" : "MISSING");
   else
     fprintf(f, "\n");
-  for (i=0; i<strlen((const char*)name)+1; i++) fprintf(f, "-");
+  for (i=0; i<strlen(name)+1; i++) fprintf(f, "-");
   fprintf(f, "\n");
   fflush(f);
 }
 
-static void glewInfoFunc (const GLubyte* name, GLint undefined)
+static void glewInfoFunc (const char* name, GLint undefined)
 {
   unsigned int i;
   fprintf(f, "  %s:", name);
-  for (i=0; i<60-strlen((const char*)name); i++) fprintf(f, " ");
+  for (i=0; i<60-strlen(name); i++) fprintf(f, " ");
   fprintf(f, "%s\n", undefined ? "MISSING" : "OK");
   fflush(f);
 }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void glewInfoFunc (const GLubyte* name, GLint undefined)
 
 static void _glewInfo_GL_VERSION_1_1 (void)
 {
-  glewPrintExt((const GLubyte*)"GL_VERSION_1_1", GLEW_VERSION_1_1, GLEW_VERSION_1_1);
+  glewPrintExt("GL_VERSION_1_1", GLEW_VERSION_1_1, GLEW_VERSION_1_1);
 }
 
 #endif /* GL_VERSION_1_1 */