diff --git a/src/util/virjson.c b/src/util/virjson.c
index b42211c0d2..3804e7e977 100644
--- a/src/util/virjson.c
+++ b/src/util/virjson.c
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ virJSONValueObjectIsNull(virJSONValuePtr object,
  * during iteration and -1 on generic errors.
  */
 int
-virJSONValueObjectForeachKeyValue(const virJSONValue *object,
+virJSONValueObjectForeachKeyValue(virJSONValuePtr object,
                                   virJSONValueObjectIteratorFunc cb,
                                   void *opaque)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/virjson.h b/src/util/virjson.h
index 5b4f17253f..122de96c52 100644
--- a/src/util/virjson.h
+++ b/src/util/virjson.h
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ char *virJSONValueToString(virJSONValuePtr object,
                            bool pretty);
 
 typedef int (*virJSONValueObjectIteratorFunc)(const char *key,
-                                              const virJSONValue *value,
+                                              virJSONValuePtr value,
                                               void *opaque);
 
-int virJSONValueObjectForeachKeyValue(const virJSONValue *object,
+int virJSONValueObjectForeachKeyValue(virJSONValuePtr object,
                                       virJSONValueObjectIteratorFunc cb,
                                       void *opaque);
 
diff --git a/src/util/virqemu.c b/src/util/virqemu.c
index 7849d8b3eb..2e9e65f9ef 100644
--- a/src/util/virqemu.c
+++ b/src/util/virqemu.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct virQEMUCommandLineJSONIteratorData {
 
 static int
 virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONRecurse(const char *key,
-                                   const virJSONValue *value,
+                                   virJSONValuePtr value,
                                    virBufferPtr buf,
                                    virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayFormatFunc arrayFunc,
                                    bool nested);
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONRecurse(const char *key,
 
 int
 virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayBitmap(const char *key,
-                                       const virJSONValue *array,
+                                       virJSONValuePtr array,
                                        virBufferPtr buf)
 {
     ssize_t pos = -1;
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayBitmap(const char *key,
 
 int
 virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayNumbered(const char *key,
-                                         const virJSONValue *array,
+                                         virJSONValuePtr array,
                                          virBufferPtr buf)
 {
-    const virJSONValue *member;
+    virJSONValuePtr member;
     char *prefix = NULL;
     size_t i;
     int ret = 0;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayNumbered(const char *key,
 /* internal iterator to handle nested object formatting */
 static int
 virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONIterate(const char *key,
-                                   const virJSONValue *value,
+                                   virJSONValuePtr value,
                                    void *opaque)
 {
     struct virQEMUCommandLineJSONIteratorData *data = opaque;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONIterate(const char *key,
 
 static int
 virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONRecurse(const char *key,
-                                   const virJSONValue *value,
+                                   virJSONValuePtr value,
                                    virBufferPtr buf,
                                    virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayFormatFunc arrayFunc,
                                    bool nested)
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONRecurse(const char *key,
  * Returns 0 on success -1 on error.
  */
 int
-virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSON(const virJSONValue *value,
+virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSON(virJSONValuePtr value,
                             virBufferPtr buf,
                             virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayFormatFunc array)
 {
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ virQEMUBuildObjectCommandlineFromJSON(const char *type,
 
 
 char *
-virQEMUBuildDriveCommandlineFromJSON(const virJSONValue *srcdef)
+virQEMUBuildDriveCommandlineFromJSON(virJSONValuePtr srcdef)
 {
     virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
     char *ret = NULL;
diff --git a/src/util/virqemu.h b/src/util/virqemu.h
index f3c2b69565..539d62ab14 100644
--- a/src/util/virqemu.h
+++ b/src/util/virqemu.h
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@
 # include "virstorageencryption.h"
 
 typedef int (*virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayFormatFunc)(const char *key,
-                                                          const virJSONValue *array,
+                                                          virJSONValuePtr array,
                                                           virBufferPtr buf);
 int virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayBitmap(const char *key,
-                                           const virJSONValue *array,
+                                           virJSONValuePtr array,
                                            virBufferPtr buf);
 int virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayNumbered(const char *key,
-                                             const virJSONValue *array,
+                                             virJSONValuePtr array,
                                              virBufferPtr buf);
 
-int virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSON(const virJSONValue *value,
+int virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSON(virJSONValuePtr value,
                                 virBufferPtr buf,
                                 virQEMUBuildCommandLineJSONArrayFormatFunc array);
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ char *virQEMUBuildObjectCommandlineFromJSON(const char *type,
                                             const char *alias,
                                             virJSONValuePtr props);
 
-char *virQEMUBuildDriveCommandlineFromJSON(const virJSONValue *src);
+char *virQEMUBuildDriveCommandlineFromJSON(virJSONValuePtr src);
 
 void virQEMUBuildBufferEscapeComma(virBufferPtr buf, const char *str);
 void virQEMUBuildLuksOpts(virBufferPtr buf,
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index f750e121a1..9ec005d500 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -2990,7 +2990,7 @@ static const struct virStorageSourceJSONDriverParser jsonParsers[] = {
 
 static int
 virStorageSourceParseBackingJSONDeflattenWorker(const char *key,
-                                                const virJSONValue *value,
+                                                virJSONValuePtr value,
                                                 void *opaque)
 {
     virJSONValuePtr retobj = opaque;