diff --git a/writerperfect/qa/unit/DirectoryStreamTest.cxx b/writerperfect/qa/unit/DirectoryStreamTest.cxx
index 8d8388dc3c0d..fcf77743c0c5 100644
--- a/writerperfect/qa/unit/DirectoryStreamTest.cxx
+++ b/writerperfect/qa/unit/DirectoryStreamTest.cxx
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ private:
     uno::Reference<ucb::XContent> m_xNonexistent;
 };
 
-static const char g_aDirPath[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/test.dir";
-static const char g_aNondirPath[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/test.dir/mimetype";
-static const char g_aNonexistentPath[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/foo/bar";
+const char g_aDirPath[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/test.dir";
+const char g_aNondirPath[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/test.dir/mimetype";
+const char g_aNonexistentPath[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/foo/bar";
 
 DirectoryStreamTest::DirectoryStreamTest()
 {
diff --git a/writerperfect/qa/unit/WPXSvStreamTest.cxx b/writerperfect/qa/unit/WPXSvStreamTest.cxx
index e9680510b43a..21715229e299 100644
--- a/writerperfect/qa/unit/WPXSvStreamTest.cxx
+++ b/writerperfect/qa/unit/WPXSvStreamTest.cxx
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ private:
     void testStructured();
 };
 
-static const char aText[] = "hello world";
-static const char aOLEFile[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/fdo40686-1.doc";
-static const char aZipFile[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/test.odt";
+const char aText[] = "hello world";
+const char aOLEFile[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/fdo40686-1.doc";
+const char aZipFile[] = "/writerperfect/qa/unit/data/stream/test.odt";
 
 shared_ptr<RVNGInputStream> lcl_createStream()
 {
diff --git a/writerperfect/source/common/DocumentHandler.cxx b/writerperfect/source/common/DocumentHandler.cxx
index 35aa49181313..181415033909 100644
--- a/writerperfect/source/common/DocumentHandler.cxx
+++ b/writerperfect/source/common/DocumentHandler.cxx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 namespace writerperfect
 {
-static const unsigned char librvng_utf8_skip_data[256]
+const unsigned char librvng_utf8_skip_data[256]
     = { 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
         1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
         1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,