diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/time.hpp b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/time.hpp
index 0c4eab0e8..6c31b6df8 100644
--- a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/time.hpp
+++ b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/time.hpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		return str;
 	}
 
-	inline std::string log_time();
+	std::string log_time();
 }
 
 #if (!defined (__MACH__) && !defined (_WIN32) && (!defined(_POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK) \
@@ -394,3 +394,4 @@ namespace libtorrent
 
 #endif
 
+