1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/qpid/Serializer.h b/cpp/src/qpid/Serializer.h
index 2660fb2b3e..fc53097207 100644
--- a/cpp/src/qpid/Serializer.h
+++ b/cpp/src/qpid/Serializer.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ template <class Derived> class Serializer {
         size_t save;
     };
 
-    static const size_t maxLimit() { return  std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max(); }
+    static size_t maxLimit() { return  std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max(); }
     
     Serializer() : bytes(0), limit(maxLimit()) {}