diff --git a/libsrc/common/_hextab.c b/libsrc/common/_hextab.c
index fc82f17d7..d4f24b2ea 100644
--- a/libsrc/common/_hextab.c
+++ b/libsrc/common/_hextab.c
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
 
 
-/* Data in this module is read-only, put it into the RODATA segment */
-#pragma dataseg ("RODATA")
-
 const unsigned char _hextab [16] = {
     '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7',
     '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'
diff --git a/libsrc/common/errormsg.c b/libsrc/common/errormsg.c
index 4c15ac4cd..d52daeaae 100644
--- a/libsrc/common/errormsg.c
+++ b/libsrc/common/errormsg.c
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
 
 
 
-/* Place the following data into the readonly data segment */
-#pragma dataseg ("RODATA")
-
-const char* _sys_errlist[] = {
+const char* const _sys_errlist[] = {
     "Unknown error",                /*  0 */
     "No such file or directory",    /*  1 */
     "Out of memory",                /*  2 */
diff --git a/libsrc/common/locale.c b/libsrc/common/locale.c
index ad5fe1c23..5c084a2d0 100644
--- a/libsrc/common/locale.c
+++ b/libsrc/common/locale.c
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@
 
 
 
-/* Data in this module is read-only, put it into the RODATA segment */
-#pragma dataseg ("RODATA");
-
 /* For memory efficiency use a separate empty string */
 static const char EmptyString [] = "";
 
-static struct lconv lc = {
+static const struct lconv lc = {
     EmptyString,   	/* currency_symbol */
     ".",		/* decimal_point */
     EmptyString,   	/* grouping */
@@ -44,9 +41,6 @@ static struct lconv lc = {
     CHAR_MAX,		/* p_sign_posn */
 };
 
-/* Restore the old data segment name */
-#pragma dataseg ("DATA");
-
 
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -75,4 +69,4 @@ char* setlocale (int, const char* locale)
 
 
 
-		  
+