diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvcparser.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvcparser.cpp
index 77ba7ca6534..96428634b1f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvcparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvcparser.cpp
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@
 #include "msvcparser.h"
 #include "projectexplorerconstants.h"
 
-namespace {
-const char * const FILE_POS_PATTERN = "(cl|LINK|.+) : ";
-const char * const ERROR_PATTERN = "[A-Z]+\\d\\d\\d\\d ?:";
+static const char FILE_POS_PATTERN[] = "(cl|LINK|.+) : ";
+static const char ERROR_PATTERN[] = "[A-Z]+\\d\\d\\d\\d ?:";
 
 static QPair<QString, int> parseFileName(const QString &input)
 {
@@ -60,8 +59,6 @@ static QPair<QString, int> parseFileName(const QString &input)
     return qMakePair(fileName, linenumber);
 }
 
-} // namespace
-
 using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 
 MsvcParser::MsvcParser()
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvcparser.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvcparser.h
index 118ac375d46..d7890f28d38 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvcparser.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvcparser.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #define MSVCPARSER_H
 
 #include "ioutputparser.h"
-#include "taskwindow.h"
+#include "task.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QRegExp>
 #include <QtCore/QString>