diff --git a/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py b/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
index 9f454168670baf2419b25cb7648edf46e40beebf..a50f00b2406da664620d19fc874603d826f5971a 100644
--- a/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
+++ b/pystencils/backends/cbackend.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class CBackend:
                 prefix = 'const '
             else:
                 prefix = ''
-            data_type = prefix + self._print(node.lhs.dtype) + " "
+            data_type = prefix + self._print(node.lhs.dtype).replace(' const', '') + " "
             return "%s%s = %s;" % (data_type, self.sympy_printer.doprint(node.lhs),
                                    self.sympy_printer.doprint(node.rhs))
         else: