diff --git a/src/core/job.h b/src/core/job.h
index 028281eb5f..4c2f78815b 100644
--- a/src/core/job.h
+++ b/src/core/job.h
@@ -164,15 +164,15 @@ void job_dependency_free(JobDependency *l);
 
 JobType job_type_lookup_merge(JobType a, JobType b) _const_;
 
-_pure_ static inline bool job_type_is_mergeable(JobType a, JobType b) {
+static inline bool job_type_is_mergeable(JobType a, JobType b) {
         return job_type_lookup_merge(a, b) >= 0;
 }
 
-_pure_ static inline bool job_type_is_conflicting(JobType a, JobType b) {
+static inline bool job_type_is_conflicting(JobType a, JobType b) {
         return a != JOB_NOP && b != JOB_NOP && !job_type_is_mergeable(a, b);
 }
 
-_pure_ static inline bool job_type_is_superset(JobType a, JobType b) {
+static inline bool job_type_is_superset(JobType a, JobType b) {
         /* Checks whether operation a is a "superset" of b in its actions */
         if (b == JOB_NOP)
                 return true;