diff --git a/src/cache/ftcbasic.c b/src/cache/ftcbasic.c
index b6e13fd7b..742d93515 100644
--- a/src/cache/ftcbasic.c
+++ b/src/cache/ftcbasic.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 
     hash = FTC_BASIC_ATTR_HASH( &query.attrs ) + gindex;
 
-#if 1  /* inlining is about 50% faster! */
+#ifdef FTC_INLINE  /* inlining is about 50% faster! */
     FTC_GCACHE_LOOKUP_CMP( cache,
                            ftc_basic_family_compare,
                            ftc_gnode_compare,
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
     hash = FTC_BASIC_ATTR_HASH( &query.attrs ) +
            gindex / FTC_SBIT_ITEMS_PER_NODE;
 
-#if 1  /* inlining is about 50% faster! */
+#ifdef FTC_INLINE  /* inlining is about 50% faster! */
     FTC_GCACHE_LOOKUP_CMP( cache,
                            ftc_basic_family_compare,
                            ftc_snode_compare,
diff --git a/src/cache/ftccmap.c b/src/cache/ftccmap.c
index 43c507361..b5c61e816 100644
--- a/src/cache/ftccmap.c
+++ b/src/cache/ftccmap.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 
     hash = FTC_CMAP_HASH( face_id, (FT_UInt)cmap_index, char_code );
 
-#if 1
+#ifdef FTC_INLINE
     FTC_CACHE_LOOKUP_CMP( cache, ftc_cmap_node_compare, hash, &query,
                           node, error );
 #else