diff --git a/TauAnalysis/MCEmbeddingTools/macros/makeEmbeddingKineReweightLUTs2.C b/TauAnalysis/MCEmbeddingTools/macros/makeEmbeddingKineReweightLUTs2.C
index 7790c47931e63..10e7351833670 100644
--- a/TauAnalysis/MCEmbeddingTools/macros/makeEmbeddingKineReweightLUTs2.C
+++ b/TauAnalysis/MCEmbeddingTools/macros/makeEmbeddingKineReweightLUTs2.C
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ struct weightEntryType
   }
   TString name_;
   const TH1* lut_;
-  TAxis* xAxis_;
+  const TAxis* xAxis_;
   Int_t numBinsX_;
-  TAxis* yAxis_;
+  const TAxis* yAxis_;
   Int_t numBinsY_;
   int variableX_;
   int variableY_;
diff --git a/TauAnalysis/MCEmbeddingTools/macros/makeEmbeddingValidationPlots.C b/TauAnalysis/MCEmbeddingTools/macros/makeEmbeddingValidationPlots.C
index 6f02d79a91684..3ee3ed87dcbc0 100644
--- a/TauAnalysis/MCEmbeddingTools/macros/makeEmbeddingValidationPlots.C
+++ b/TauAnalysis/MCEmbeddingTools/macros/makeEmbeddingValidationPlots.C
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ TGraphAsymmErrors* getEfficiency(const TH1* histogram_numerator, const TH1* hist
     return 0;
   }
   
-  TAxis* xAxis = histogram_numerator->GetXaxis();
+  const TAxis* xAxis = histogram_numerator->GetXaxis();
 
   Int_t nBins = xAxis->GetNbins();
   TArrayF x(nBins);