diff --git a/examples/aobench/ao.ispc b/examples/aobench/ao.ispc
index 3deaa340..589a98b1 100644
--- a/examples/aobench/ao.ispc
+++ b/examples/aobench/ao.ispc
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ray_sphere_intersect(Isect &isect, Ray &ray, Sphere &sphere) {
 }
 
 
-static inline void
+static void
 orthoBasis(vec basis[3], vec n) {
     basis[2] = n;
     basis[1].x = 0.0; basis[1].y = 0.0; basis[1].z = 0.0;
diff --git a/examples/rt/rt.ispc b/examples/rt/rt.ispc
index 015d66d7..97d63d43 100644
--- a/examples/rt/rt.ispc
+++ b/examples/rt/rt.ispc
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ static void generateRay(uniform const float raster2camera[4][4],
 }
 
 
-static inline bool BBoxIntersect(const uniform float bounds[2][3], 
-                                 const Ray &ray) {
+static bool BBoxIntersect(const uniform float bounds[2][3], 
+                          const Ray &ray) {
     uniform float3 bounds0 = { bounds[0][0], bounds[0][1], bounds[0][2] };
     uniform float3 bounds1 = { bounds[1][0], bounds[1][1], bounds[1][2] };
     float t0 = ray.mint, t1 = ray.maxt;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static inline bool BBoxIntersect(const uniform float bounds[2][3],
 
 
 
-static inline bool TriIntersect(const Triangle &tri, Ray &ray) {
+static bool TriIntersect(const Triangle &tri, Ray &ray) {
     uniform float3 p0 = { tri.p[0][0], tri.p[0][1], tri.p[0][2] };
     uniform float3 p1 = { tri.p[1][0], tri.p[1][1], tri.p[1][2] };
     uniform float3 p2 = { tri.p[2][0], tri.p[2][1], tri.p[2][2] };
diff --git a/examples/volume_rendering/volume.ispc b/examples/volume_rendering/volume.ispc
index 7f3367f1..7402976a 100644
--- a/examples/volume_rendering/volume.ispc
+++ b/examples/volume_rendering/volume.ispc
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ static inline float3 Offset(float3 p, float3 pMin, float3 pMax) {
 }
 
 
-static inline float Density(float3 Pobj, float3 pMin, float3 pMax, 
-                            uniform float density[], uniform int nVoxels[3]) {
+static float Density(float3 Pobj, float3 pMin, float3 pMax, 
+                     uniform float density[], uniform int nVoxels[3]) {
     if (!Inside(Pobj, pMin, pMax)) 
         return 0;
     // Compute voxel coordinates and offsets for _Pobj_