diff --git a/src/hb-open-type-private.hh b/src/hb-open-type-private.hh
index 508e670860fe66c80702c7fd93c76e1887d56872..75bd23d7e89f36590145c41295586a53a60bc012 100644
--- a/src/hb-open-type-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-open-type-private.hh
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct hb_sanitize_context_t
 };
 
 
-static HB_UNUSED void
+static inline void
 _hb_sanitize_init (hb_sanitize_context_t *context,
 		   hb_blob_t *blob)
 {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ _hb_sanitize_init (hb_sanitize_context_t *context,
 	     blob, context->start, context->end, context->end - context->start);
 }
 
-static HB_UNUSED void
+static inline void
 _hb_sanitize_fini (hb_sanitize_context_t *context HB_UNUSED,
 		   hb_blob_t *blob)
 {