diff --git a/src/preprocessor.h b/src/preprocessor.h
index e6455ad576bd5d1908477a36305340cbeead848f..99e15ddc37ca28238ed2c15fca781c6cfc2f443e 100644
--- a/src/preprocessor.h
+++ b/src/preprocessor.h
@@ -366,11 +366,11 @@ static void PUSH_STRING(WCHAR *str,
   string_builder_putchar(buf, '"');
 }
 
-static INLINE ptrdiff_t find_end_brace(struct cpp *this,
+static ptrdiff_t find_end_brace(struct cpp *this,
 				       WCHAR *data,
 				       ptrdiff_t len,
 				       ptrdiff_t pos);
-static INLINE ptrdiff_t find_end_parenthesis(struct cpp *this,
+static ptrdiff_t find_end_parenthesis(struct cpp *this,
 					     WCHAR *data,
 					     ptrdiff_t len,
 					     ptrdiff_t pos)
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static INLINE ptrdiff_t find_end_parenthesis(struct cpp *this,
   }
 }
 
-static INLINE ptrdiff_t find_end_brace(struct cpp *this,
+static ptrdiff_t find_end_brace(struct cpp *this,
 				       WCHAR *data,
 				       ptrdiff_t len,
 				       ptrdiff_t pos)