diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/common_source/printcap.c b/usr.sbin/lpr/common_source/printcap.c
index 2cf4de4a395a..96b3e9dfdbac 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/common_source/printcap.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/common_source/printcap.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 /*
  * Routines and data used in processing the printcap file.
  */
-static char *printcapdb[2] = { _PATH_PRINTCAP, 0 };  /* list for cget* */
+static char	*printcapdb[] = { __DECONST(char *, _PATH_PRINTCAP), NULL };
 
 static char 	*capdb_canonical_name(const char *_bp);
 static int	 capdb_getaltlog(char *_bp, const char *_shrt,
@@ -99,15 +99,9 @@ int
 getprintcap(const char *printer, struct printer *pp)
 {
 	int status;
-	char *XXX;
 	char *bp;
 
-	/*
-	 * A bug in the declaration of cgetent(3) means that we have
-	 * to hide the constness of its third argument.
-	 */
-	XXX = (char *)printer;
-	if ((status = cgetent(&bp, printcapdb, XXX)) < 0)
+	if ((status = cgetent(&bp, printcapdb, printer)) < 0)
 		return status;
 	status = getprintcap_int(bp, pp);
 	free(bp);
@@ -380,10 +374,10 @@ capdb_getaltstr(char *bp, const char *shrt, const char *lng,
 {
 	int status;
 
-	status = cgetstr(bp, (char *)/*XXX*/lng, result);
+	status = cgetstr(bp, lng, result);
 	if (status >= 0 || status == PCAPERR_OSERR)
 		return status;
-	status = cgetstr(bp, (char *)/*XXX*/shrt, result);
+	status = cgetstr(bp, shrt, result);
 	if (status >= 0 || status == PCAPERR_OSERR)
 		return status;
 	if (dflt) {
@@ -404,10 +398,10 @@ capdb_getaltnum(char *bp, const char *shrt, const char *lng, long dflt,
 {
 	int status;
 
-	status = cgetnum(bp, (char *)/*XXX*/lng, result);
+	status = cgetnum(bp, lng, result);
 	if (status >= 0)
 		return status;
-	status = cgetnum(bp, (char *)/*XXX*/shrt, result);
+	status = cgetnum(bp, shrt, result);
 	if (status >= 0)
 		return status;
 	*result = dflt;
@@ -421,9 +415,9 @@ capdb_getaltnum(char *bp, const char *shrt, const char *lng, long dflt,
 static int
 capdb_getaltlog(char *bp, const char *shrt, const char *lng)
 {
-	if (cgetcap(bp, (char *)/*XXX*/lng, ':'))
+	if (cgetcap(bp, lng, ':'))
 		return 1;
-	if (cgetcap(bp, (char *)/*XXX*/shrt, ':'))
+	if (cgetcap(bp, shrt, ':'))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }