diff --git a/miscmaths.cc b/miscmaths.cc
index e50a111649cfe89404119a72657e99e8adf6a0a3..a21f879e909892f8c773c67752b18bf6293b1070 100644
--- a/miscmaths.cc
+++ b/miscmaths.cc
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ float median(const ColumnVector& x)
 
 
 
-inline void cart2sph(const ColumnVector& dir, float& th, float& ph)
+void cart2sph(const ColumnVector& dir, float& th, float& ph)
 {
   float mag=sqrt(dir(1)*dir(1)+dir(2)*dir(2)+dir(3)*dir(3));
   if(mag==0){