diff --git a/src/util/qs_parse/qs_parse.c b/src/util/qs_parse/qs_parse.c
index 8de810d7..3f216827 100644
--- a/src/util/qs_parse/qs_parse.c
+++ b/src/util/qs_parse/qs_parse.c
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 #define HEX2DEC(x)  (((x)>='0'&&(x)<='9') ? (x)-48 : ((x)>='A'&&(x)<='F') ? (x)-55 : ((x)>='a'&&(x)<='f') ? (x)-87 : 0)
 #define ISQSCHR(x) ((((x)=='=')||((x)=='#')||((x)=='&')||((x)=='\0')) ? 0 : 1)
 
-int qs_strncmp(const char * s, const char * qs, register size_t n)
+int qs_strncmp(const char * s, const char * qs, size_t n)
 {
     int i=0;
-    register unsigned char u1, u2, unyb, lnyb;
+    unsigned char u1, u2, unyb, lnyb;
 
     while(n-- > 0)
     {
diff --git a/src/util/qs_parse/qs_parse.h b/src/util/qs_parse/qs_parse.h
index 884f5099..71048a44 100644
--- a/src/util/qs_parse/qs_parse.h
+++ b/src/util/qs_parse/qs_parse.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 
 /*  Similar to strncmp, but handles URL-encoding for either string  */
-int qs_strncmp(const char * s, const char * qs, register size_t n);
+int qs_strncmp(const char * s, const char * qs, size_t n);
 
 
 /*  Finds the beginning of each key/value pair and stores a pointer in qs_kv.