diff --git a/libsolidity/AST.h b/libsolidity/AST.h
index bedba396d..f5f6a3f38 100644
--- a/libsolidity/AST.h
+++ b/libsolidity/AST.h
@@ -443,14 +443,15 @@ class VariableDeclaration: public Declaration
 {
 public:
 	VariableDeclaration(
-			SourceLocation const& _location,
-			ASTPointer<TypeName> const& _type,
-			ASTPointer<ASTString> const& _name,
-			ASTPointer<Expression> _value,
-			Visibility _visibility,
-			bool _isStateVar = false,
-			bool _isIndexed = false,
-			bool _isConstant = false):
+		SourceLocation const& _location,
+		ASTPointer<TypeName> const& _type,
+		ASTPointer<ASTString> const& _name,
+		ASTPointer<Expression> _value,
+		Visibility _visibility,
+		bool _isStateVar = false,
+		bool _isIndexed = false,
+		bool _isConstant = false
+	):
 		Declaration(_location, _name, _visibility),
 		m_typeName(_type),
 		m_value(_value),
diff --git a/libsolidity/Parser.cpp b/libsolidity/Parser.cpp
index 9e299215c..459a34bd0 100644
--- a/libsolidity/Parser.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/Parser.cpp
@@ -330,9 +330,6 @@ ASTPointer<VariableDeclaration> Parser::parseVariableDeclaration(
 	}
 	if (token == Token::Const)
 	{
-		solAssert(_options.isStateVariable, "");
-		if (m_scanner->peekNextToken() != Token::Identifier && !Token::isElementaryTypeName(m_scanner->peekNextToken()))
-			BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(createParserError("Invalid use of \"constant\" specifier"));
 		isDeclaredConst = true;
 		m_scanner->next();
 	}