diff -ur qt-win-opensource-src-4.4.0.orig/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h qt-win-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h
--- qt-win-opensource-src-4.4.0.orig/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h	Mon Jun 30 20:25:04 2008
+++ qt-win-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h	Mon Jun 30 16:25:50 2008
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 #define Q_OBJECT \
 public: \
     Q_OBJECT_CHECK \
-    static const QMetaObject staticMetaObject; \
+    static QMetaObject staticMetaObject; \
     virtual const QMetaObject *metaObject() const; \
     virtual void *qt_metacast(const char *); \
     QT_TR_FUNCTIONS \
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 /* tmake ignore Q_GADGET */
 #define Q_GADGET \
 public: \
-    static const QMetaObject staticMetaObject; \
+    static QMetaObject staticMetaObject; \
 private:
 #else // Q_MOC_RUN
 #define slots slots
diff -ur qt-win-opensource-src-4.4.0.orig/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp qt-win-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp
--- qt-win-opensource-src-4.4.0.orig/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp	Mon Jun 30 20:25:24 2008
+++ qt-win-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp	Mon Jun 30 16:16:08 2008
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
     if (isQt)
         fprintf(out, "const QMetaObject QObject::staticQtMetaObject = {\n");
     else
-        fprintf(out, "const QMetaObject %s::staticMetaObject = {\n", cdef->qualified.constData());
+        fprintf(out, "QMetaObject %s::staticMetaObject = {\n", cdef->qualified.constData());
 
     if (isQObject)
         fprintf(out, "    { 0, ");