diff --git a/glm/common.hpp b/glm/common.hpp
index 0a114eb9..32d71a2e 100644
--- a/glm/common.hpp
+++ b/glm/common.hpp
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ namespace glm
 	///
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/floatBitsToInt.xml">GLSL floatBitsToInt man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.3 Common Functions</a>
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL int floatBitsToInt(float const& v);
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL int floatBitsToInt(float v);
 
 	/// Returns a signed integer value representing
 	/// the encoding of a floating-point value. The floatingpoint
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_common.inl b/glm/detail/func_common.inl
index f7a10168..3a8551c9 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_common.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_common.inl
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ namespace detail
 		return detail::functor1<vec, L, uint, float, Q>::call(floatBitsToUint, v);
 	}
 
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float intBitsToFloat(int const& v)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float intBitsToFloat(int v)
 	{
 		union
 		{