diff --git a/lib/ns/hooks.h b/lib/ns/hooks.h
index c16cebbf7f..36d148bdfd 100644
--- a/lib/ns/hooks.h
+++ b/lib/ns/hooks.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  * Consider the following sample code:
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * const ns_hook_t *foo_hook_table = NULL;
+ * ns_hook_t *foo_hook_table = NULL;
  *
  * isc_result_t
  * foo_bar(void) {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
  * void
  * test_foo_bar(void) {
  *     isc_boolean_t foo_bar_called = ISC_FALSE;
- *     const ns_hook_t my_hooks[FOO_HOOKS_COUNT] = {
+ *     ns_hook_t my_hooks[FOO_HOOKS_COUNT] = {
  *         [FOO_EXTRACT_VAL] = {
  *             .callback = cause_failure,
  *             .callback_data = &foo_bar_called,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ typedef struct ns_hook {
 #define NS_PROCESS_HOOK_VOID(table, id, data) \
 	_NS_PROCESS_HOOK(table, id, data)
 
-LIBNS_EXTERNAL_DATA extern const ns_hook_t *ns__hook_table;
+LIBNS_EXTERNAL_DATA extern ns_hook_t *ns__hook_table;
 
 #endif /* NS_HOOKS_ENABLE */
 #endif /* NS_HOOKS_H */
diff --git a/lib/ns/query.c b/lib/ns/query.c
index 8c9fa5c0c8..fdd2d7aad2 100644
--- a/lib/ns/query.c
+++ b/lib/ns/query.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ log_noexistnodata(void *val, int level, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 #ifdef NS_HOOKS_ENABLE
 
-LIBNS_EXTERNAL_DATA const ns_hook_t *ns__hook_table = NULL;
+LIBNS_EXTERNAL_DATA ns_hook_t *ns__hook_table = NULL;
 
 #define PROCESS_HOOK(...) \
 	NS_PROCESS_HOOK(ns__hook_table, __VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/lib/ns/tests/nstest.c b/lib/ns/tests/nstest.c
index a47ee8aea0..642908e83b 100644
--- a/lib/ns/tests/nstest.c
+++ b/lib/ns/tests/nstest.c
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ extract_qctx(void *hook_data, void *callback_data, isc_result_t *resultp) {
  */
 static isc_result_t
 create_qctx_for_client(ns_client_t *client, query_ctx_t **qctxp) {
-	const ns_hook_t *saved_hook_table;
-	const ns_hook_t query_hooks[NS_QUERY_HOOKS_COUNT] = {
+	ns_hook_t *saved_hook_table;
+	ns_hook_t query_hooks[NS_QUERY_HOOKS_COUNT] = {
 		[NS_QUERY_SETUP_QCTX_INITIALIZED] = {
 			.callback = extract_qctx,
 			.callback_data = qctxp,
diff --git a/lib/ns/tests/query_test.c b/lib/ns/tests/query_test.c
index 7906989e54..ab8def3040 100644
--- a/lib/ns/tests/query_test.c
+++ b/lib/ns/tests/query_test.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ns__query_sfcache_test(const ns__query_sfcache_test_params_t *test) {
 	/*
 	 * Interrupt execution if query_done() is called.
 	 */
-	const ns_hook_t query_hooks[NS_QUERY_HOOKS_COUNT] = {
+	ns_hook_t query_hooks[NS_QUERY_HOOKS_COUNT] = {
 		[NS_QUERY_DONE_BEGIN] = {
 			.callback = ns_test_hook_catch_call,
 			.callback_data = NULL,
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ ns__query_start_test(const ns__query_start_test_params_t *test) {
 	/*
 	 * Interrupt execution if query_lookup() or query_done() is called.
 	 */
-	const ns_hook_t query_hooks[NS_QUERY_HOOKS_COUNT] = {
+	ns_hook_t query_hooks[NS_QUERY_HOOKS_COUNT] = {
 		[NS_QUERY_LOOKUP_BEGIN] = {
 			.callback = ns_test_hook_catch_call,
 			.callback_data = NULL,