diff --git a/imgui_internal.h b/imgui_internal.h
index 0ffb5c5..c8748ad 100644
--- a/imgui_internal.h
+++ b/imgui_internal.h
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@
 // Defining a custom placement new() with a dummy parameter allows us to bypass including <new> which on some platforms complains when user has disabled exceptions.
 #ifdef IMGUI_DEFINE_PLACEMENT_NEW
 struct ImPlacementNewDummy {};
-static inline void* operator new(size_t, ImPlacementNewDummy, void* ptr) { return ptr; }
-static inline void operator delete(void*, ImPlacementNewDummy, void*) {}
+inline void* operator new(size_t, ImPlacementNewDummy, void* ptr) { return ptr; }
+inline void operator delete(void*, ImPlacementNewDummy, void*) {}
 #define IM_PLACEMENT_NEW(_PTR)  new(ImPlacementNewDummy() ,_PTR)
 #endif