diff --git a/cytoolz/functoolz.pxd b/cytoolz/functoolz.pxd
index 33d0b0c..070120d 100644
--- a/cytoolz/functoolz.pxd
+++ b/cytoolz/functoolz.pxd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cpdef inline object identity(object x)
+cpdef object identity(object x)
 
 
 cdef object c_thread_first(object val, object forms)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cdef class _juxt_inner:
     cdef tuple funcs
 
 
-cdef inline object c_juxt(object funcs)
+cdef object c_juxt(object funcs)
 
 
 cpdef object do(object func, object x)
diff --git a/cytoolz/functoolz.pyx b/cytoolz/functoolz.pyx
index dc155a7..60baf47 100644
--- a/cytoolz/functoolz.pyx
+++ b/cytoolz/functoolz.pyx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ __all__ = ['identity', 'thread_first', 'thread_last', 'memoize', 'compose',
            'pipe', 'complement', 'juxt', 'do', 'curry', 'memoize']
 
 
-cpdef inline object identity(object x):
+cpdef object identity(object x):
     return x
 
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ cdef class _juxt_inner:
             return (PyObject_CallObject(func, args) for func in self.funcs)
 
 
-cdef inline object c_juxt(object funcs):
+cdef object c_juxt(object funcs):
     return _juxt_inner(funcs)
 
 
diff --git a/cytoolz/itertoolz.pxd b/cytoolz/itertoolz.pxd
index 42a31bb..b7db3cb 100644
--- a/cytoolz/itertoolz.pxd
+++ b/cytoolz/itertoolz.pxd
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ cpdef bint isiterable(object x)
 cpdef bint isdistinct(object seq)
 
 
-cpdef inline object take(int n, object seq)
+cpdef object take(int n, object seq)
 
 
 cpdef object drop(int n, object seq)
 
 
-cpdef inline object take_nth(int n, object seq)
+cpdef object take_nth(int n, object seq)
 
 
 cpdef object first(object seq)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ cpdef object rest(object seq)
 cpdef object get(object ind, object seq, object default=*)
 
 
-cpdef inline object cons(object el, object seq)
+cpdef object cons(object el, object seq)
 
 
 cdef class interpose:
diff --git a/cytoolz/itertoolz.pyx b/cytoolz/itertoolz.pyx
index 99700b5..3af2dea 100644
--- a/cytoolz/itertoolz.pyx
+++ b/cytoolz/itertoolz.pyx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ concatv = chain
 concat = chain.from_iterable
 
 
-cpdef inline object identity(object x):
+cpdef object identity(object x):
     return x
 
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ cpdef bint isdistinct(object seq):
         return len(seq) == len(set(seq))
 
 
-cpdef inline object take(int n, object seq):
+cpdef object take(int n, object seq):
     """ The first n elements of a sequence
 
     >>> list(take(2, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]))
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ cpdef object drop(int n, object seq):
     return iter_seq
 
 
-cpdef inline object take_nth(int n, object seq):
+cpdef object take_nth(int n, object seq):
     """ Every nth item in seq
 
     >>> list(take_nth(2, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]))
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ cpdef object get(object ind, object seq, object default=no_default):
     return <object>obj
 
 
-cpdef inline object cons(object el, object seq):
+cpdef object cons(object el, object seq):
     """ Add el to beginning of (possibly infinite) sequence seq.
 
     >>> list(cons(1, [2, 3]))