diff --git a/src/util/virhashcode.c b/src/util/virhashcode.c
index 6d9179347d4e490a915eef65de75a1fa3934e693..d16d544139a6d26f51b3f046de0784b93f734baa 100644
--- a/src/util/virhashcode.c
+++ b/src/util/virhashcode.c
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
 #include "bitrotate.h"
 
 /* slower than original but handles platforms that do only aligned reads */
-__attribute__((always_inline))
-static uint32_t getblock(const uint8_t *p, int i)
+static inline uint32_t getblock(const uint8_t *p, int i)
 {
     uint32_t r;
     size_t size = sizeof(r);
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ static uint32_t getblock(const uint8_t *p, int i)
 /*
  * Finalization mix - force all bits of a hash block to avalanche
  */
-__attribute__((always_inline))
-static uint32_t fmix(uint32_t h)
+static inline uint32_t fmix(uint32_t h)
 {
     h ^= h >> 16;
     h *= 0x85ebca6b;