diff --git a/ZNCString.cpp b/ZNCString.cpp
index 50c16065..88f32bec 100644
--- a/ZNCString.cpp
+++ b/ZNCString.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CString::CString(unsigned long long i) : string() { stringstream s; s << i; *thi
 CString::CString(double i, int precision) : string() { stringstream s; s.precision(precision); s << std::fixed << i; *this = s.str(); }
 CString::CString(float i, int precision) : string() { stringstream s; s.precision(precision); s << std::fixed << i; *this = s.str(); }
 
-inline unsigned char* CString::strnchr(const unsigned char* src, unsigned char c, unsigned int iMaxBytes, unsigned char* pFill, unsigned int* piCount) const {
+unsigned char* CString::strnchr(const unsigned char* src, unsigned char c, unsigned int iMaxBytes, unsigned char* pFill, unsigned int* piCount) const {
 	for (unsigned int a = 0; a < iMaxBytes && *src; a++, src++) {
 		if (pFill) {
 			pFill[a] = *src;
diff --git a/ZNCString.h b/ZNCString.h
index ecb6a3f7..25c266c1 100644
--- a/ZNCString.h
+++ b/ZNCString.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public:
 	CString(const string& s) : string(s) {}
 	~CString() {}
 
-	inline unsigned char* strnchr(const unsigned char* src, unsigned char c, unsigned int iMaxBytes, unsigned char* pFill = NULL, unsigned int* piCount = NULL) const;
 	int CaseCmp(const CString& s, unsigned long uLen = CString::npos) const;
 	int StrCmp(const CString& s, unsigned long uLen = CString::npos) const;
 	bool Equals(const CString& s, bool bCaseSensitive = false, unsigned long uLen = CString::npos) const;
@@ -182,6 +181,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
 protected:
+	unsigned char* strnchr(const unsigned char* src, unsigned char c, unsigned int iMaxBytes, unsigned char* pFill = NULL, unsigned int* piCount = NULL) const;
 };
 
 class MCString : public map<CString, CString> {