diff --git a/src/c2.c b/src/c2.c
index 2ea045e..da363e5 100644
--- a/src/c2.c
+++ b/src/c2.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ typedef struct {
   .l = NULL, \
 }
 
-const static c2_ptr_t C2_PTR_NULL = C2_PTR_INIT;
+static const c2_ptr_t C2_PTR_NULL = C2_PTR_INIT;
 
 /// Operator of a branch element.
 typedef enum {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ struct _c2_l {
   .ptnint = 0, \
 }
 
-const static c2_l_t leaf_def = C2_L_INIT;
+static const c2_l_t leaf_def = C2_L_INIT;
 
 /// Linked list type of conditions.
 struct _c2_lptr {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } c2_predef_t;
 
 // Predefined targets.
-const static c2_predef_t C2_PREDEFS[] = {
+static const c2_predef_t C2_PREDEFS[] = {
   [C2_L_PID         ] = { "id"                , C2_L_TCARDINAL  , 0  },
   [C2_L_PX          ] = { "x"                 , C2_L_TCARDINAL  , 0  },
   [C2_L_PY          ] = { "y"                 , C2_L_TCARDINAL  , 0  },
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ c2_parsed(session_t *ps, c2_lptr_t **pcondlst, const char *pattern,
 
   // Insert to pcondlst
   {
-    const static c2_lptr_t lptr_def = C2_LPTR_INIT;
+    static const c2_lptr_t lptr_def = C2_LPTR_INIT;
     c2_lptr_t *plptr = malloc(sizeof(c2_lptr_t));
     if (!plptr)
       printf_errfq(1, "(): Failed to allocate memory for new condition linked"
diff --git a/src/compton.c b/src/compton.c
index 09abfd4..125c163 100644
--- a/src/compton.c
+++ b/src/compton.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void (* const (VSYNC_FUNCS_DEINIT[NUM_VSYNC]))(session_t *ps) = {
 
 /// Names of root window properties that could point to a pixmap of
 /// background.
-const static char *background_props_str[] = {
+static const char *background_props_str[] = {
   "_XROOTPMAP_ID",
   "_XSETROOT_ID",
   0,
@@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ win_recheck_client(session_t *ps, win *w) {
 
 static bool
 add_win(session_t *ps, Window id, Window prev) {
-  const static win win_def = {
+  static const win win_def = {
     .next = NULL,
     .prev_trans = NULL,
 
@@ -4443,7 +4443,7 @@ static void
 usage(int ret) {
 #define WARNING_DISABLED " (DISABLED AT COMPILE TIME)"
 #define WARNING
-  const static char *usage_text =
+  static const char *usage_text =
     "compton (" COMPTON_VERSION ")\n"
     "This is the maintenance fork of compton, please report\n"
     "bugs to https://github.com/yshui/compton\n\n"
@@ -4983,8 +4983,8 @@ write_pid(session_t *ps) {
  */
 static void
 get_cfg(session_t *ps, int argc, char *const *argv, bool first_pass) {
-  const static char *shortopts = "D:I:O:d:r:o:m:l:t:i:e:hscnfFCaSzGb";
-  const static struct option longopts[] = {
+  static const char *shortopts = "D:I:O:d:r:o:m:l:t:i:e:hscnfFCaSzGb";
+  static const struct option longopts[] = {
     { "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
     { "config", required_argument, NULL, 256 },
     { "shadow-radius", required_argument, NULL, 'r' },
@@ -5400,7 +5400,7 @@ get_cfg(session_t *ps, int argc, char *const *argv, bool first_pass) {
     // Convolution filter parameter (box blur)
     // gaussian or binomial filters are definitely superior, yet looks
     // like they aren't supported as of xorg-server-1.13.0
-    const static XFixed convolution_blur[] = {
+    static const XFixed convolution_blur[] = {
       // Must convert to XFixed with XDoubleToFixed()
       // Matrix size
       XDoubleToFixed(3), XDoubleToFixed(3),
@@ -5978,7 +5978,7 @@ timeout_get_poll_time(session_t *ps) {
 timeout_t *
 timeout_insert(session_t *ps, time_ms_t interval,
     bool (*callback)(session_t *ps, timeout_t *ptmout), void *data) {
-  const static timeout_t tmout_def = {
+  static const timeout_t tmout_def = {
     .enabled = true,
     .data = NULL,
     .callback = NULL,
@@ -6251,7 +6251,7 @@ cxinerama_upd_scrs(session_t *ps) {
  */
 static session_t *
 session_init(session_t *ps_old, int argc, char **argv) {
-  const static session_t s_def = {
+  static const session_t s_def = {
     .dpy = NULL,
     .scr = 0,
     .vis = NULL,
diff --git a/src/config_libconfig.c b/src/config_libconfig.c
index 94ea993..f16dfb0 100644
--- a/src/config_libconfig.c
+++ b/src/config_libconfig.c
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ lcfg_lookup_int(const config_t *config, const char *path, int *value) {
  */
 FILE *
 open_config_file(char *cpath, char **ppath) {
-  const static char *config_filename = "/compton.conf";
-  const static char *config_filename_legacy = "/.compton.conf";
-  const static char *config_home_suffix = "/.config";
-  const static char *config_system_dir = "/etc/xdg";
+  static const char *config_filename = "/compton.conf";
+  static const char *config_filename_legacy = "/.compton.conf";
+  static const char *config_home_suffix = "/.config";
+  static const char *config_system_dir = "/etc/xdg";
 
   char *dir = NULL, *home = NULL;
   char *path = cpath;
diff --git a/src/dbus.c b/src/dbus.c
index a09ad4d..dbd4884 100644
--- a/src/dbus.c
+++ b/src/dbus.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ cdbus_process_opts_set_success:
  */
 static bool
 cdbus_process_introspect(session_t *ps, DBusMessage *msg) {
-  const static char *str_introspect =
+  static const char *str_introspect =
     "<!DOCTYPE node PUBLIC \"-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN\"\n"
     " \"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/introspect.dtd\">\n"
     "<node name='" CDBUS_OBJECT_NAME "'>\n"