diff --git a/src/hb-common.cc b/src/hb-common.cc
index d308f3621c8289f9d85bbb90e1713276dd3df93c..8837cefbf7d118b31d8503473153c57c1eb0f554 100644
--- a/src/hb-common.cc
+++ b/src/hb-common.cc
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ struct hb_language_item_t {
 static hb_language_item_t *langs;
 
 #ifdef HB_USE_ATEXIT
-static inline
+static
 void free_langs (void)
 {
   while (langs) {
diff --git a/src/hb-ft.cc b/src/hb-ft.cc
index 883f26f743fa75c68ffca451d7a44a35dc0b61f9..7e75ba98d40c05d382de2a71c18452714d765ace 100644
--- a/src/hb-ft.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ft.cc
@@ -467,11 +467,13 @@ hb_ft_font_create_referenced (FT_Face ft_face)
 
 static FT_Library ft_library;
 
-static inline
+#ifdef HB_USE_ATEXIT
+static
 void free_ft_library (void)
 {
   FT_Done_FreeType (ft_library);
 }
+#endif
 
 static FT_Library
 get_ft_library (void)
diff --git a/src/hb-shape.cc b/src/hb-shape.cc
index 74747f88b89f7cf719c3a391eb895684156035d5..100fb3cd76ea8ffa30d471bb158f3cca8b74797a 100644
--- a/src/hb-shape.cc
+++ b/src/hb-shape.cc
@@ -279,11 +279,13 @@ hb_feature_to_string (hb_feature_t *feature,
 
 static const char **static_shaper_list;
 
-static inline
+#ifdef HB_USE_ATEXIT
+static
 void free_static_shaper_list (void)
 {
   free (static_shaper_list);
 }
+#endif
 
 /**
  * hb_shape_list_shapers:
diff --git a/src/hb-shaper.cc b/src/hb-shaper.cc
index 6ae260138211abc80f86a0118f804caa410128cf..580b95c84b4d0d30d9da923a6349d6a34a3ebeb6 100644
--- a/src/hb-shaper.cc
+++ b/src/hb-shaper.cc
@@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ static const hb_shaper_pair_t all_shapers[] = {
 
 static const hb_shaper_pair_t *static_shapers;
 
-static inline
+#ifdef HB_USE_ATEXIT
+static
 void free_static_shapers (void)
 {
   if (unlikely (static_shapers != all_shapers))
     free ((void *) static_shapers);
 }
+#endif
 
 const hb_shaper_pair_t *
 _hb_shapers_get (void)