diff --git a/excludes.c b/excludes.c
index b7c928d..fa43cef 100644
--- a/excludes.c
+++ b/excludes.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ build_exclude(fnm_exclude **ex_ptr, const char *pattern)
 }
 
 
-inline int
+int
 match_excludes(const char *dir, const char *file, fnm_exclude **excludes)
 {
 	char *p;
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 84feed4..2c2da3e 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ int remove_node(const char *path, struct stat *st);
 int ensure_files_layout(const tar_entry **ttar, const unsigned int ttar_count, tar_entry ***missing, 
 	unsigned int *missing_count, tar_entry ***existing, unsigned int *existing_count,
 	fnm_exclude **excludes);
-inline int check_existing_node(const struct dirent *de, const tar_entry *t, struct stat *st);
-inline int enforce_owner(const char *path, const tar_entry *t, struct stat *st);
+int check_existing_node(const struct dirent *de, const tar_entry *t, struct stat *st);
+int enforce_owner(const char *path, const tar_entry *t, struct stat *st);
 int copy_whole_file(cfile *tar_cfh, const tar_entry *ttent);
 
 static int check_mtime = 1;
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ recursively_delete_dir(const char *path)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-inline int
+int
 check_existing_node(const struct dirent *de, const tar_entry *t, struct stat *st)
 {
 	int type;
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ check_existing_node(const struct dirent *de, const tar_entry *t, struct stat *st
 	return 0;
 }
 
-inline int
+int
 enforce_owner(const char *path, const tar_entry *t, struct stat *st)
 {
 	struct stat st2;
diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 792ccd4..42dc8e7 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int check_str_chksum(const char *block)
 
 /* possibly this could be done different, what of endptr of strtol?
    Frankly I worry about strtol trying to go too far and causing a segfault, due to tar fields not always having trailing \0 */
-inline unsigned long octal_str2long(const char *string, unsigned int length)
+unsigned long octal_str2long(const char *string, unsigned int length)
 {
 	if(string[length]) {
 		char *ptr = strndup(string, length);