diff --git a/Lib/c/c.swg b/Lib/c/c.swg
index 344f8cc3a..ab2f458dd 100644
--- a/Lib/c/c.swg
+++ b/Lib/c/c.swg
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 %typemap(proxy) void [ANY][ANY], short [ANY][ANY], int [ANY][ANY], long [ANY][ANY], char [ANY][ANY], float [ANY][ANY], double [ANY][ANY] "$1_ltype"
 %typemap(proxy) SWIGTYPE         "$1_ltype *"
 %typemap(proxy) SWIGTYPE *       "$1_ltype "
-%typemap(proxy) SWIGTYPE &       "$1_ltype *"
+%typemap(proxy) SWIGTYPE &       "$1_ltype"
 %typemap(proxy) SWIGTYPE [ANY][ANY], SWIGTYPE ** "/* whoa */ $1_ltype ***"
 %typemap(proxy) SWIGTYPE *[ANY]  "/*ooooh*/ $1_ltype **"
 %typemap(proxy) SWIGTYPE *&      "/* *& */ $1_ltype **"
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
 // objects
 %typemap(proxycouttype) SWIGTYPE      "$1_ltype *"
 %typemap(proxycouttype) SWIGTYPE *    "/*aaaaaa*/$1_ltype"
-%typemap(proxycouttype) SWIGTYPE &   "$1_ltype *"
+%typemap(proxycouttype) SWIGTYPE &   "$1_ltype"
 %typemap(proxycouttype) SWIGTYPE *&    "$1_ltype **"
 %typemap(proxycouttype) SWIGTYPE [ANY] "/*SWIGTYPE [ANY]*/ $1_ltype **"
 %typemap(proxycouttype) SWIGTYPE * [ANY] "/*SWIGTYPE *[ANY] */ $1_ltype **"