diff --git a/Source/PeleLMeX.H b/Source/PeleLMeX.H
index 28d7a8a4..6f50d6b6 100644
--- a/Source/PeleLMeX.H
+++ b/Source/PeleLMeX.H
@@ -843,10 +843,10 @@ public:
   // Soot
 
   // SetSootIndx
-  void setSootIndx() const;
+  void setSootIndx();
 
   // CleanupSootModel
-  void cleanupSootModel() const;
+  void cleanupSootModel();
 
   // AddSootDerivePlotVars
   // void addSootDerivePlotVars(PeleLMDeriveList& derive_lst);
diff --git a/Source/PeleLMeX_Soot.cpp b/Source/PeleLMeX_Soot.cpp
index 3b890a83..8bd3eef4 100644
--- a/Source/PeleLMeX_Soot.cpp
+++ b/Source/PeleLMeX_Soot.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 using namespace amrex;
 
 void
-PeleLM::setSootIndx() const
+PeleLM::setSootIndx()
 {
   const int ndim = AMREX_SPACEDIM;
   SootComps sootComps;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PeleLM::setSootIndx() const
 }
 
 void
-PeleLM::cleanupSootModel() const
+PeleLM::cleanupSootModel()
 {
   delete soot_model;
 }
diff --git a/Submodules/PelePhysics b/Submodules/PelePhysics
index f784d3cf..e3a8b1ee 160000
--- a/Submodules/PelePhysics
+++ b/Submodules/PelePhysics
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f784d3cf6350af2b7048674b4ecedc3c170946d2
+Subproject commit e3a8b1ee39df5e4fde34348e4bd541c925cdc4e2