diff --git a/modules/core/src/copy.cpp b/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
index 6c33db54a197afd24c54bad7bd5786967dd14544..84bc2247645f50d788957ad05ede7993b11106cc 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ copyMask_(const uchar* _src, size_t sstep, const uchar* mask, size_t mstep, ucha
     }
 }
 
-template<> static void
+template<> void
 copyMask_<uchar>(const uchar* _src, size_t sstep, const uchar* mask, size_t mstep, uchar* _dst, size_t dstep, Size size)
 {
     for( ; size.height--; mask += mstep, _src += sstep, _dst += dstep )
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ copyMask_<uchar>(const uchar* _src, size_t sstep, const uchar* mask, size_t mste
     }
 }
 
-template<> static void
+template<> void
 copyMask_<ushort>(const uchar* _src, size_t sstep, const uchar* mask, size_t mstep, uchar* _dst, size_t dstep, Size size)
 {
     for( ; size.height--; mask += mstep, _src += sstep, _dst += dstep )
@@ -627,4 +627,4 @@ cvRepeat( const CvArr* srcarr, CvArr* dstarr )
     cv::repeat(src, dst.rows/src.rows, dst.cols/src.cols, dst);
 }
 
-/* End of file. */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* End of file. */