diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/interface.server.hpp.mako b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/interface.server.hpp.mako
index f8817df..aa30ebb 100644
--- a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/interface.server.hpp.mako
+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/interface.server.hpp.mako
@@ -155,10 +155,12 @@
         static int _callback_get_${p.name}(
             sd_bus*, const char*, const char*, const char*,
             sd_bus_message*, void*, sd_bus_error*);
+        % if 'const' not in p.flags and 'readonly' not in p.flags:
         /** @brief sd-bus callback for set-property '${p.name}' */
         static int _callback_set_${p.name}(
             sd_bus*, const char*, const char*, const char*,
             sd_bus_message*, void*, sd_bus_error*);
+        % endif
 
     % endfor
 
diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/property.prototype.hpp.mako b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/property.prototype.hpp.mako
index 7780d6e..c1aa4ac 100644
--- a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/property.prototype.hpp.mako
+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/property.prototype.hpp.mako
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
 {
     return ${property.camelCase}(val, false);
 }
+
+% if 'const' not in property.flags and 'readonly' not in property.flags:
 int ${classname}::_callback_set_${property.name}(
         sd_bus* /*bus*/, const char* /*path*/, const char* /*interface*/,
         const char* /*property*/, sd_bus_message* value, void* context,
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@
 
     return true;
 }
+% endif
 
 namespace details
 {