diff --git a/newlib/libc/iconv/lib/aliasesbi.c b/newlib/libc/iconv/lib/aliasesbi.c
index dfd7090d0..83b6fd003 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/iconv/lib/aliasesbi.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/iconv/lib/aliasesbi.c
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #include <_ansi.h>
 #include "encnames.h"
 
-const char *
-_iconv_aliases =
+const char
+_iconv_aliases[] =
 {
 #if defined (_ICONV_FROM_ENCODING_BIG5) \
  || defined (_ICONV_TO_ENCODING_BIG5)
@@ -210,4 +210,3 @@ _iconv_aliases =
 #endif
   ""
 };
-
diff --git a/newlib/libc/iconv/lib/local.h b/newlib/libc/iconv/lib/local.h
index bd9dcddca..2d3a16969 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/iconv/lib/local.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/iconv/lib/local.h
@@ -57,10 +57,8 @@ typedef __uint16_t ucs2_t;
 /* 32-bit UCS-4 type */
 typedef __uint32_t ucs4_t;
 
-
 /* The list of built-in encoding names and aliases */
-extern const char *
-_iconv_aliases;
+extern const char _iconv_aliases[];
 
 #endif /* !__ICONV_LIB_LOCAL_H__ */