diff --git a/common/image.c b/common/image.c
index 342b315..91954ac 100644
--- a/common/image.c
+++ b/common/image.c
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ static int fit_parse_spec(const char *spec, char sepc, ulong addr_curr,
  *     addr and conf_name are set accordingly
  *     0 otherwise
  */
-inline int fit_parse_conf(const char *spec, ulong addr_curr,
+int fit_parse_conf(const char *spec, ulong addr_curr,
 		ulong *addr, const char **conf_name)
 {
 	return fit_parse_spec(spec, '#', addr_curr, addr, conf_name);
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ inline int fit_parse_conf(const char *spec, ulong addr_curr,
  *     addr and image_name are set accordingly
  *     0 otherwise
  */
-inline int fit_parse_subimage(const char *spec, ulong addr_curr,
+int fit_parse_subimage(const char *spec, ulong addr_curr,
 		ulong *addr, const char **image_name)
 {
 	return fit_parse_spec(spec, ':', addr_curr, addr, image_name);
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index a1c6e4e..aa9daa2 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ static inline int image_check_target_arch(const image_header_t *hdr)
 #define FIT_MAX_HASH_LEN	20	/* max(crc32_len(4), sha1_len(20)) */
 
 /* cmdline argument format parsing */
-inline int fit_parse_conf(const char *spec, ulong addr_curr,
+int fit_parse_conf(const char *spec, ulong addr_curr,
 		ulong *addr, const char **conf_name);
-inline int fit_parse_subimage(const char *spec, ulong addr_curr,
+int fit_parse_subimage(const char *spec, ulong addr_curr,
 		ulong *addr, const char **image_name);
 
 void fit_print_contents(const void *fit);