diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp
index 6c7065f0..85b43eaf 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ escape_type_class_jump:
       {
          bool have_brace = false;
          bool negative = false;
-         static const char* incomplete_message = "Incomplete \\g escape found.";
+         static const char incomplete_message[] = "Incomplete \\g escape found.";
          if(++m_position == m_end)
          {
             fail(regex_constants::error_escape, m_position - m_base, incomplete_message);
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ bool basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse_repeat(std::size_t low, std::size_
 template <class charT, class traits>
 bool basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse_repeat_range(bool isbasic)
 {
-   static const char* incomplete_message = "Missing } in quantified repetition.";
+   static const char incomplete_message[] = "Missing } in quantified repetition.";
    //
    // parse a repeat-range:
    //
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ bool basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse_alt()
 template <class charT, class traits>
 bool basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse_set()
 {
-   static const char* incomplete_message = "Character set declaration starting with [ terminated prematurely - either no ] was found or the set had no content.";
+   static const char incomplete_message[] = "Character set declaration starting with [ terminated prematurely - either no ] was found or the set had no content.";
    ++m_position;
    if(m_position == m_end)
    {
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ bool basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse_set()
 template <class charT, class traits>
 bool basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse_inner_set(basic_char_set<charT, traits>& char_set)
 {
-   static const char* incomplete_message = "Character class declaration starting with [ terminated prematurely - either no ] was found or the set had no content.";
+   static const char incomplete_message[] = "Character class declaration starting with [ terminated prematurely - either no ] was found or the set had no content.";
    //
    // we have either a character class [:name:]
    // a collating element [.name.]
diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_traits_defaults.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_traits_defaults.hpp
index 361ade96..d08047d9 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_traits_defaults.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_traits_defaults.hpp
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ int get_default_class_id(const charT* p1, const charT* p2)
       {data+63, data+67,}, // word
       {data+67, data+73,}, // xdigit
    };
-   static const character_pointer_range<charT>* ranges_begin = ranges;
-   static const character_pointer_range<charT>* ranges_end = ranges + (sizeof(ranges)/sizeof(ranges[0]));
+   const character_pointer_range<charT>* ranges_begin = ranges;
+   const character_pointer_range<charT>* ranges_end = ranges + (sizeof(ranges)/sizeof(ranges[0]));
 
    character_pointer_range<charT> t = { p1, p2, };
    const character_pointer_range<charT>* p = std::lower_bound(ranges_begin, ranges_end, t);
diff --git a/src/icu.cpp b/src/icu.cpp
index 5f249e2d..cb11f323 100644
--- a/src/icu.cpp
+++ b/src/icu.cpp
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ icu_regex_traits::char_class_type icu_regex_traits::lookup_icu_mask(const ::UCha
    };
 
 
-   static const BOOST_REGEX_DETAIL_NS::character_pointer_range< ::UChar32>* ranges_begin = range_data;
-   static const BOOST_REGEX_DETAIL_NS::character_pointer_range< ::UChar32>* ranges_end = range_data + (sizeof(range_data)/sizeof(range_data[0]));
+   const BOOST_REGEX_DETAIL_NS::character_pointer_range< ::UChar32>* ranges_begin = range_data;
+   const BOOST_REGEX_DETAIL_NS::character_pointer_range< ::UChar32>* ranges_end = range_data + (sizeof(range_data)/sizeof(range_data[0]));
    
    BOOST_REGEX_DETAIL_NS::character_pointer_range< ::UChar32> t = { p1, p2, };
    const BOOST_REGEX_DETAIL_NS::character_pointer_range< ::UChar32>* p = std::lower_bound(ranges_begin, ranges_end, t);