diff --git a/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseMatrixBase.h b/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseMatrixBase.h
index cf1a5d7bf..d269ce604 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseMatrixBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseMatrixBase.h
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ template<typename Derived> class SparseMatrixBase : public EigenBase<Derived>
       * Notice that in the case of a plain matrix or vector (not an expression) this function just returns
       * a const reference, in order to avoid a useless copy.
       */
-    EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE const typename ei_eval<Derived>::type eval() const
+    inline const typename ei_eval<Derived>::type eval() const
     { return typename ei_eval<Derived>::type(derived()); }
 
 //     template<typename OtherDerived>
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseProduct.h b/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseProduct.h
index a56bc7601..efc676a69 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseProduct.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Sparse/SparseProduct.h
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ class DenseTimeSparseProduct
 // sparse * sparse
 template<typename Derived>
 template<typename OtherDerived>
-EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE const typename SparseProductReturnType<Derived,OtherDerived>::Type
+inline const typename SparseProductReturnType<Derived,OtherDerived>::Type
 SparseMatrixBase<Derived>::operator*(const SparseMatrixBase<OtherDerived> &other) const
 {
   return typename SparseProductReturnType<Derived,OtherDerived>::Type(derived(), other.derived());
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ SparseMatrixBase<Derived>::operator*(const SparseMatrixBase<OtherDerived> &other
 // sparse * dense
 template<typename Derived>
 template<typename OtherDerived>
-EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE const SparseTimeDenseProduct<Derived,OtherDerived>
+inline const SparseTimeDenseProduct<Derived,OtherDerived>
 SparseMatrixBase<Derived>::operator*(const MatrixBase<OtherDerived> &other) const
 {
   return SparseTimeDenseProduct<Derived,OtherDerived>(derived(), other.derived());