diff --git a/edit/bookmark.c b/edit/bookmark.c
index e838d168b..00dfe8ea5 100644
--- a/edit/bookmark.c
+++ b/edit/bookmark.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
    appended after each other and the last one is always the one found
    by book_mark_found() i.e. last in is the one seen */
 
-static inline struct _book_mark *double_marks (WEdit * edit, struct _book_mark *p)
+static struct _book_mark *double_marks (WEdit * edit, struct _book_mark *p)
 {
     (void) edit;
 
diff --git a/edit/edit.c b/edit/edit.c
index c8e551ab5..118932a34 100644
--- a/edit/edit.c
+++ b/edit/edit.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ edit_save_position (WEdit *edit)
 }
 
 /* Clean the WEdit stricture except the widget part */
-static inline void
+static void
 edit_purge_widget (WEdit *edit)
 {
     int len = sizeof (WEdit) - sizeof (Widget);
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ pop_action (WEdit * edit)
 }
 
 /* is called whenever a modification is made by one of the four routines below */
-static inline void edit_modification (WEdit * edit)
+static void edit_modification (WEdit * edit)
 {
     edit->caches_valid = 0;
     edit->screen_modified = 1;
diff --git a/edit/syntax.c b/edit/syntax.c
index df9e3ff44..6ef4bfcb4 100644
--- a/edit/syntax.c
+++ b/edit/syntax.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ mc_defines_destroy (gpointer key, gpointer value, gpointer data)
 }
 
 /* Completely destroys the defines tree */
-static inline void
+static void
 destroy_defines (GTree **defines)
 {
     g_tree_traverse (*defines, mc_defines_destroy, G_POST_ORDER, NULL);
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ compare_word_to_right (WEdit *edit, long i, const char *text,
     return i;
 }
 
-static inline const char *xx_strchr (const unsigned char *s, int c)
+static const char *xx_strchr (const unsigned char *s, int c)
 {
     while (*s >= '\005' && *s != (unsigned char) c) {
 	s++;
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static inline const char *xx_strchr (const unsigned char *s, int c)
     return (const char *) s;
 }
 
-static inline struct syntax_rule apply_rules_going_right (WEdit * edit, long i, struct syntax_rule rule)
+static struct syntax_rule apply_rules_going_right (WEdit * edit, long i, struct syntax_rule rule)
 {
     struct context_rule *r;
     int contextchanged = 0, c;
diff --git a/src/achown.c b/src/achown.c
index 6b868c78f..cdac09855 100644
--- a/src/achown.c
+++ b/src/achown.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ chown_advanced_done (void)
 }
 
 #if 0
-static inline void do_chown (uid_t u, gid_t g)
+static void do_chown (uid_t u, gid_t g)
 {
     chown (current_panel->dir.list[current_file].fname, u, g);
     file_mark (current_panel, current_file, 0);
diff --git a/src/chown.c b/src/chown.c
index c1d2c8ba8..486f578bd 100644
--- a/src/chown.c
+++ b/src/chown.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ chown_done (void)
     repaint_screen ();
 }
 
-static inline void
+static void
 do_chown (uid_t u, gid_t g)
 {
     if (mc_chown (current_panel->dir.list [current_file].fname, u, g) == -1)
diff --git a/src/dialog.c b/src/dialog.c
index c9c8245a6..67ab09db5 100644
--- a/src/dialog.c
+++ b/src/dialog.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ void dlg_stop (Dlg_head *h)
     h->running = 0;
 }
 
-static inline void
+static void
 dialog_handle_key (Dlg_head *h, int d_key)
 {
     if (is_abort_char (d_key)) {
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ dlg_key_event (Dlg_head *h, int d_key)
     (*h->callback) (h, DLG_POST_KEY, d_key);
 }
 
-static inline int
+static int
 dlg_mouse_event (Dlg_head * h, Gpm_Event * event)
 {
     Widget *item;
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ void dlg_process_event (Dlg_head *h, int key, Gpm_Event *event)
 	dlg_key_event (h, key);
 }
 
-static inline void
+static void
 frontend_run_dlg (Dlg_head *h)
 {
     int d_key;
diff --git a/src/find.c b/src/find.c
index e9581d1bd..bc061c634 100644
--- a/src/find.c
+++ b/src/find.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ status_update (const char *text)
     label_set_text (status_label, text);
 }
 
-static inline void
+static void
 found_num_update (void)
 {
     char buffer [BUF_TINY];
diff --git a/src/hotlist.c b/src/hotlist.c
index 8cc5dc7b0..27cc88c57 100644
--- a/src/hotlist.c
+++ b/src/hotlist.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ hotlist_refresh (Dlg_head * dlg)
 }
 
 /* If current->data is 0, then we are dealing with a VFS pathname */
-static inline void
+static void
 update_path_name (void)
 {
     const char *text = "";
diff --git a/src/menu.c b/src/menu.c
index 71799d3e6..1edd68d48 100644
--- a/src/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void menubar_paint_idx (WMenu *menubar, int idx, int color)
     }
 }
 
-static inline void menubar_draw_drop (WMenu *menubar)
+static void menubar_draw_drop (WMenu *menubar)
 {
     const int count = menubar->menu [menubar->selected]->count;
     int column = menubar->menu [menubar->selected]->start_x - 1;
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ static void menubar_draw (WMenu *menubar)
 		menubar-> menu[menubar->selected]->start_x);
 }
 
-static inline void menubar_remove (WMenu *menubar)
+static void menubar_remove (WMenu *menubar)
 {
     menubar->subsel = 0;
-    if (menubar->dropped){
+    if (menubar->dropped) {
 	menubar->dropped = 0;
 	do_refresh ();
 	menubar->dropped = 1;
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index cfee8a975..ba2fc76bf 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ string_file_name (file_entry *fe, int len)
     return buffer;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int ilog10(dev_t n)
+static unsigned int ilog10(dev_t n)
 {
     unsigned int digits = 0;
     do {
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ do_select (WPanel *panel, int i)
     }
 }
 
-static inline void
+static void
 do_try_to_select (WPanel *panel, const char *name)
 {
     int i;
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ static const panel_key_map panel_keymap [] = {
     { 0, 0 }
 };
 
-static inline cb_ret_t
+static cb_ret_t
 panel_key (WPanel *panel, int key)
 {
     int i;
@@ -2521,7 +2521,7 @@ mouse_set_mark (WPanel *panel)
 	do_mark_file (panel, 0);
 }
 
-static inline int
+static int
 mark_if_marking (WPanel *panel, Gpm_Event *event)
 {
     if (event->buttons & GPM_B_RIGHT){
diff --git a/src/tree.c b/src/tree.c
index 51ebfa920..a3b1e12b7 100644
--- a/src/tree.c
+++ b/src/tree.c
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ static const tree_key_map tree_keymap [] = {
     { 0, 0 }
     };
 
-static inline cb_ret_t
+static cb_ret_t
 tree_key (WTree *tree, int key)
 {
     int i;
diff --git a/src/tty/key.c b/src/tty/key.c
index c2d81f6f4..c7e52815b 100644
--- a/src/tty/key.c
+++ b/src/tty/key.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static Window x11_window;
 
 /*** file scope functions **********************************************/
 
-inline static int
+static int
 add_selects (fd_set *select_set)
 {
     int top_fd = 0;
diff --git a/src/viewer/datasource.c b/src/viewer/datasource.c
index 2a3fea4c1..15abc9389 100644
--- a/src/viewer/datasource.c
+++ b/src/viewer/datasource.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ mcview_set_byte (mcview_t * view, off_t offset, byte b)
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-/*static inline*/
+/*static*/
 void
 mcview_file_load_data (mcview_t * view, off_t byte_index)
 {
diff --git a/vfs/vfs.c b/vfs/vfs.c
index cbe24afa1..713f24246 100644
--- a/vfs/vfs.c
+++ b/vfs/vfs.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ vfs_new_handle (struct vfs_class *vclass, void *fsinfo)
 }
 
 /** Find VFS class by file handle */
-static inline struct vfs_class *
+static struct vfs_class *
 vfs_op (int handle)
 {
     struct vfs_openfile *h;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ vfs_op (int handle)
 }
 
 /** Find private file data by file handle */
-static inline void *
+static void *
 vfs_info (int handle)
 {
     struct vfs_openfile *h;
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ vfs_info (int handle)
 }
 
 /** Free open file data for given file handle */
-static inline void
+static void
 vfs_free_handle (int handle)
 {
     if (handle < VFS_FIRST_HANDLE ||
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ vfs_strip_suffix_from_filename (const char *filename)
     return p;
 }
 
-static inline int
+static int
 path_magic (const char *path)
 {
     struct stat buf;