diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
index 00fc0ce19..e621cc6bb 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ PartitionCoreModule::DeviceInfo::~DeviceInfo()
 {
 }
 
+
 void
 PartitionCoreModule::DeviceInfo::forgetChanges()
 {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ PartitionCoreModule::partitionModelForDevice( Device* device ) const
 
 
 Device*
-PartitionCoreModule::createImmutableDeviceCopy( Device* device ) const
+PartitionCoreModule::createImmutableDeviceCopy( Device* device )
 {
     CoreBackend* backend = CoreBackendManager::self()->backend();
 
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.h b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.h
index 800d7c0d0..b098b3d94 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.h
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.h
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ public:
     //      that contains the current state of a disk regardless of subsequent changes.
     //      This should probably be redone some other way.
     //              -- Teo 4/2015
-    Device* createImmutableDeviceCopy( Device* device ) const;
+    //FIXME: make this horrible method private. -- Teo 12/2015
+    static Device* createImmutableDeviceCopy( Device* device );
 
     QAbstractItemModel* bootLoaderModel() const;