diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index 8e489b4c..8c6fc52a 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static void new_font(char *buf, char *args)
 	}
 }
 #endif
-inline void graph_append(struct special_t *graph, double f)
+void graph_append(struct special_t *graph, double f)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -6519,7 +6519,7 @@ void set_up_gradient(void)
 }
 
 /* this function returns the next colour between two colours for a gradient */
-inline unsigned long do_gradient(unsigned long first_colour,
+unsigned long do_gradient(unsigned long first_colour,
 		unsigned long last_colour)
 {
 	int tmp_color = 0;
@@ -6579,7 +6579,7 @@ inline unsigned long do_gradient(unsigned long first_colour,
 }
 
 /* this function returns the max diff for a gradient */
-inline unsigned long gradient_max(unsigned long first_colour,
+unsigned long gradient_max(unsigned long first_colour,
 		unsigned long last_colour)
 {
 	int red1, green1, blue1;				// first colour
diff --git a/src/linux.c b/src/linux.c
index f9543a98..33954c8b 100644
--- a/src/linux.c
+++ b/src/linux.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void update_gateway_info(void)
 	return;
 }
 
-inline void update_net_stats(void)
+void update_net_stats(void)
 {
 	FILE *net_dev_fp;
 	static int rep = 0;
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ void get_adt746x_cpu(char *p_client_buffer, size_t client_buffer_size)
  * Small changes by David Sterba <sterd9am@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz> */
 
 #if  defined(__i386) || defined(__x86_64)
-__inline__ unsigned long long int rdtsc(void)
+unsigned long long int rdtsc(void)
 {
 	unsigned long long int x;
 
diff --git a/src/top.c b/src/top.c
index 73116340..828824ee 100644
--- a/src/top.c
+++ b/src/top.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ void sp_acopy(struct sorted_process *sp_head, struct process **ar, int max_size)
  * Results are stored in the cpu,mem arrays in decreasing order[0-9]. *
  * ****************************************************************** */
 
-inline void process_find_top(struct process **cpu, struct process **mem)
+void process_find_top(struct process **cpu, struct process **mem)
 {
 	struct sorted_process *spc_head = NULL, *spc_tail = NULL, *spc_cur = NULL;
 	struct sorted_process *spm_head = NULL, *spm_tail = NULL, *spm_cur = NULL;
diff --git a/src/x11.c b/src/x11.c
index 6c721ae9..4769de9f 100644
--- a/src/x11.c
+++ b/src/x11.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static Window find_desktop_window(Window *p_root, Window *p_desktop)
 }
 
 /* sets background to ParentRelative for the Window and all parents */
-inline void set_transparent_background(Window win)
+void set_transparent_background(Window win)
 {
 	static int colour_set = -1;