diff --git a/examples/placeholder/linux/include/static-supported-modes-manager.h b/examples/placeholder/linux/include/static-supported-modes-manager.h
index 2d4f674a65920d..8c9515738fa7da 100644
--- a/examples/placeholder/linux/include/static-supported-modes-manager.h
+++ b/examples/placeholder/linux/include/static-supported-modes-manager.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class StaticSupportedModesManager : public chip::app::Clusters::ModeSelect::Supp
 public:
     static const StaticSupportedModesManager instance;
 
-    const SupportedModesManager::ModeOptionsProvider getModeOptionsProvider(EndpointId endpointId) const override;
+    SupportedModesManager::ModeOptionsProvider getModeOptionsProvider(EndpointId endpointId) const override;
 
     EmberAfStatus getModeOptionByMode(EndpointId endpointId, uint8_t mode, const ModeOptionStructType ** dataPtr) const override;
 
diff --git a/src/app/clusters/mode-select-server/supported-modes-manager.h b/src/app/clusters/mode-select-server/supported-modes-manager.h
index c7746888e24936..6818d445b298f7 100644
--- a/src/app/clusters/mode-select-server/supported-modes-manager.h
+++ b/src/app/clusters/mode-select-server/supported-modes-manager.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class SupportedModesManager
      * @param endpointId
      * @return The mode options provider for the endpoint.
      */
-    virtual const ModeOptionsProvider getModeOptionsProvider(EndpointId endpointId) const = 0;
+    virtual ModeOptionsProvider getModeOptionsProvider(EndpointId endpointId) const = 0;
 
     /**
      * Given the endpointId and a mode value, find the ModeOptionStruct that matches the mode.