diff --git a/code/ParsingUtils.h b/code/ParsingUtils.h
index 39cfb29c5..5f2746455 100644
--- a/code/ParsingUtils.h
+++ b/code/ParsingUtils.h
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ AI_FORCE_INLINE bool IsNumeric( char_t in)
 	return ( in >= '0' && in <= '9' ) || '-' == in || '+' == in;
 }
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AI_FORCE_INLINE bool TokenMatch(char*& in, const char* token, unsigned int len)
+template <class char_t>
+AI_FORCE_INLINE bool TokenMatch(char_t*& in, const char* token, unsigned int len)
 {
 	if (!::strncmp(token,in,len) && IsSpaceOrNewLine(in[len]))
 	{
@@ -192,11 +193,6 @@ AI_FORCE_INLINE bool TokenMatchI(const char*& in, const char* token, unsigned in
 	return false;
 }
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AI_FORCE_INLINE bool TokenMatch(const char*& in, const char* token, unsigned int len)
-{
-	return TokenMatch(const_cast<char*&>(in), token, len);
-}
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AI_FORCE_INLINE void SkipToken(const char*& in)
 {
 	SkipSpaces(&in);