diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/ruby/std_vector.i b/SWIG/Lib/ruby/std_vector.i
index 2009c3282..f3570a2ba 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/ruby/std_vector.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/ruby/std_vector.i
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ namespace std {
         }
       public:
         vector(unsigned int size = 0);
-        vector(unsigned int size, const T* value);
+        vector(unsigned int size, T * &value);
         vector(const vector<T*> &);
 
         %rename(__len__) size;
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ namespace std {
         bool empty() const;
         void clear();
         %rename(push) push_back;
-        void push_back(const T* x);
+        void push_back(T* x);
         %extend {
             T* pop() {
                 if (self->size() == 0)
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ namespace std {
                 else
                     throw std::out_of_range("vector index out of range");
             }
-            void __setitem__(int i, const T* x) {
+            void __setitem__(int i, T* x) {
                 int size = int(self->size());
                 if (i<0) i+= size;
                 if (i>=0 && i<size)
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ namespace std {
             }
             void each() {
                 for (unsigned int i=0; i<self->size(); i++) {
-                    T* x = &((*self)[i]);
+                    T* x = (*self)[i];
                     rb_yield(SWIG_NewPointerObj((void *) x, 
                                                 $descriptor(T *), 0));
                 }