diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index a4f8d11b..73349003 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ void syslog_example();
 #include <spdlog/loaders/env.h>
 #include <spdlog/loaders/argv.h>
 
-int main(int args, const char *argv[])
+int main(int args, char *argv[])
 {
 
-    spdlog::loaders::load_env();
+    //spdlog::loaders::load_env();
     spdlog::loaders::load_argv(args, argv);
     spdlog::info("HELLO INFO");
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/loaders/argv.h b/include/spdlog/loaders/argv.h
index 9fe45059..736b8c49 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/loaders/argv.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/loaders/argv.h
@@ -36,9 +36,5 @@ void load_argv(int args, char **argv)
     }
 }
 
-void load_argv(int args, const char **argv)
-{
-    return load_argv(args, const_cast<const char**>(argv));
-}
 } // namespace loaders
 } // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/tests/test_loaders.cpp b/tests/test_loaders.cpp
index fdc3346a..be4643b1 100644
--- a/tests/test_loaders.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_loaders.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TEST_CASE("env", "[loaders]")
 TEST_CASE("argv1", "[loaders]")
 {
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=l1=warn"};
-    load_argv(2, argv);
+    load_argv(2, const_cast<char**>(argv));
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::test_sink_st>("l1");
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::warn);
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::info);
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv1", "[loaders]")
 TEST_CASE("argv2", "[loaders]")
 {
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=l1=warn,trace"};
-    load_argv(2, argv);
+    load_argv(2, const_cast<char**>(argv));
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::test_sink_st>("l1");
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::warn);
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::trace);
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv2", "[loaders]")
 TEST_CASE("argv3", "[loaders]")
 {
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL="};
-    load_argv(2, argv);
+    load_argv(2, const_cast<char**>(argv));
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::test_sink_st>("l1");
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::info);
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::info);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv3", "[loaders]")
 TEST_CASE("argv4", "[loaders]")
 {
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=junk"};
-    load_argv(2, argv);
+    load_argv(2, const_cast<char**>(argv));
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::test_sink_st>("l1");
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::info);
     spdlog::drop(l1->name());