diff --git a/include/simdjson/common_defs.h b/include/simdjson/common_defs.h
index 9f0cf3dcb..737fd516c 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/common_defs.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/common_defs.h
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ constexpr size_t DEFAULT_MAX_DEPTH = 1024;
 
 #else // SIMDJSON_REGULAR_VISUAL_STUDIO
 
-  #define really_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline, unused))
-  #define never_inline inline __attribute__((noinline, unused))
+  #define really_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
+  #define never_inline inline __attribute__((noinline))
 
   #define UNUSED __attribute__((unused))
   #define WARN_UNUSED __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
diff --git a/src/generic/stage1/find_next_document_index.h b/src/generic/stage1/find_next_document_index.h
index 302af1751..41d6bdb14 100644
--- a/src/generic/stage1/find_next_document_index.h
+++ b/src/generic/stage1/find_next_document_index.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   * complete document, therefore the last json buffer location is the end of the
   * batch.
   */
-really_inline static uint32_t find_next_document_index(dom_parser_implementation &parser) {
+really_inline uint32_t find_next_document_index(dom_parser_implementation &parser) {
   // TODO don't count separately, just figure out depth
   auto arr_cnt = 0;
   auto obj_cnt = 0;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ really_inline static uint32_t find_next_document_index(dom_parser_implementation
 }
 
 // Skip the last character if it is partial
-really_inline static size_t trim_partial_utf8(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len) {
+really_inline size_t trim_partial_utf8(const uint8_t *buf, size_t len) {
   if (unlikely(len < 3)) {
     switch (len) {
       case 2: