diff --git a/met/src/basic/vx_util/data_plane_util.cc b/met/src/basic/vx_util/data_plane_util.cc
index 89dcae02e0..d34e56a361 100644
--- a/met/src/basic/vx_util/data_plane_util.cc
+++ b/met/src/basic/vx_util/data_plane_util.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ using namespace std;
 
 #include "GridTemplate.h"
 
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // Utility functions operating on a DataPlane
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ DataPlane smooth_field(const DataPlane &dp,
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 void fractional_coverage(const DataPlane &dp, DataPlane &frac_dp,
-        int width, const GridTemplateFactory::GridTemplates shape,
+        int width, GridTemplateFactory::GridTemplates shape,
         bool wrap_lon, SingleThresh t,
         const DataPlane *cmn, const DataPlane *csd, double vld_t) {
    GridPoint *gp = NULL;
diff --git a/met/src/basic/vx_util/data_plane_util.h b/met/src/basic/vx_util/data_plane_util.h
index 1b5788dddc..c4f0b07c16 100644
--- a/met/src/basic/vx_util/data_plane_util.h
+++ b/met/src/basic/vx_util/data_plane_util.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extern DataPlane smooth_field(const DataPlane &dp,
                     bool wrap_lon, double t, const GaussianInfo &gaussian);
 
 extern void fractional_coverage(const DataPlane &dp, DataPlane &frac_dp,
-               int width, const GridTemplateFactory::GridTemplates shape,
+               int width, GridTemplateFactory::GridTemplates shape,
                bool wrap_lon, SingleThresh t,
                const DataPlane *cmn, const DataPlane *csd, double vld_t);