diff --git a/src/libckpool.c b/src/libckpool.c
index d305ad3e..20566ca6 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.c
+++ b/src/libckpool.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ void realloc_strcat(char **ptr, const char *s)
 	sprintf(ofs, "%s", s);
 }
 
-void dealloc(void **ptr)
+void _dealloc(void **ptr)
 {
 	free(*ptr);
 	*ptr = NULL;
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static const int b58tobin_tbl[] = {
 
 /* b58bin should always be at least 25 bytes long and already checked to be
  * valid. */
-void b58tobin(uchar *b58bin, const uchar *b58)
+void b58tobin(char *b58bin, const char *b58)
 {
 	uint32_t c, bin32[7];
 	int len, i, j;
@@ -641,9 +641,9 @@ void b58tobin(uchar *b58bin, const uchar *b58)
 static const char base64[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
 
 /* Return a malloced string of *src encoded into mime base 64 */
-uchar *http_base64(const uchar *src)
+char *http_base64(const char *src)
 {
-	uchar *str, *dst;
+	char *str, *dst;
 	size_t l, hlen;
 	int t, r;
 
@@ -691,9 +691,9 @@ uchar *http_base64(const uchar *src)
 	return (str);
 }
 
-void address_to_pubkeytxn(uchar *pkh, const uchar *addr)
+void address_to_pubkeytxn(char *pkh, const char *addr)
 {
-	uchar b58bin[25];
+	char b58bin[25];
 
 	memset(b58bin, 0, 25);
 	b58tobin(b58bin, addr);
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
index 33c6b723..c3b2f1f8 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.h
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 #define ck_runlock(_lock) _ck_runlock(_lock, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
 #define ck_wunlock(_lock) _ck_wunlock(_lock, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
 
+#define dealloc(ptr) _dealloc((void *)(ptr))
+
 /* Placeholders for when we have more comprehensive logging facilities */
 #define LOGERR(fmt, ...) do { \
 	if (fmt) { \
@@ -145,14 +147,14 @@ int read_socket_line(int fd, void **buf);
 
 void align_len(size_t *len);
 void realloc_strcat(char **ptr, const char *s);
-void dealloc(void **ptr);
+void _dealloc(void **ptr);
 void __bin2hex(uchar *s, const uchar *p, size_t len);
 void *bin2hex(const uchar *p, size_t len);
 bool hex2bin(uchar *p, const uchar *hexstr, size_t len);
-uchar *http_base64(const uchar *src);
-void b58tobin(uchar *b58bin, const uchar *b58);
+char *http_base64(const char *src);
+void b58tobin(char *b58bin, const char *b58);
 
-void address_to_pubkeytxn(uchar *pkh, const uchar *addr);
+void address_to_pubkeytxn(char *pkh, const char *addr);
 int ser_number(uchar *s, int32_t val);
 bool fulltest(const uchar *hash, const uchar *target);