diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.cpp
index ad471ecd..e11e2928 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.cpp
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ ChapterFrame::ChapterFrame(const ID3v2::Header *tagHeader, const ByteVector &dat
 }
 
 ChapterFrame::ChapterFrame(const ByteVector &elementID,
-                           const TagLib::uint &startTime, const TagLib::uint &endTime,
-                           const TagLib::uint &startOffset, const TagLib::uint &endOffset,
+                           TagLib::uint startTime, TagLib::uint endTime,
+                           TagLib::uint startOffset, TagLib::uint endOffset,
                            const FrameList &embeddedFrames) :
     ID3v2::Frame("CHAP")
 {
diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.h b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.h
index 692895ee..36853062 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.h
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames/chapterframe.h
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ namespace TagLib {
        *
        * All times are in milliseconds.
        */
-      // BIC: There's no reason to use const-references with uints
       ChapterFrame(const ByteVector &elementID,
-                   const uint &startTime, const uint &endTime,
-                   const uint &startOffset, const uint &endOffset,
+                   uint startTime, uint endTime,
+                   uint startOffset, uint endOffset,
                    const FrameList &embeddedFrames = FrameList());
 
       /*!