diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/coo.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/coo.rs
index a1b28233..f7c839ab 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/coo.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/coo.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ where
     /// ------
     ///
     /// Panics if `i` or `j` is out of bounds.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn push(&mut self, i: usize, j: usize, v: T) {
         assert!(i < self.nrows);
         assert!(j < self.ncols);
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ where
     }
 
     /// The number of rows in the matrix.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn nrows(&self) -> usize {
         self.nrows
     }
 
     /// The number of columns in the matrix.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn ncols(&self) -> usize {
         self.ncols
     }
diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs
index 139c3499..6fab9212 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ impl<T> CsrMatrix<T> {
     }
 
     /// The number of rows in the matrix.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn nrows(&self) -> usize {
         self.sparsity_pattern.major_dim()
     }
 
     /// The number of columns in the matrix.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn ncols(&self) -> usize {
         self.sparsity_pattern.minor_dim()
     }
@@ -42,31 +42,31 @@ impl<T> CsrMatrix<T> {
     /// Note that this corresponds to the number of explicitly stored entries, *not* the actual
     /// number of algebraically zero entries in the matrix. Explicitly stored entries can still
     /// be zero. Corresponds to the number of entries in the sparsity pattern.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn nnz(&self) -> usize {
         self.sparsity_pattern.nnz()
     }
 
     /// The row offsets defining part of the CSR format.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn row_offsets(&self) -> &[usize] {
         self.sparsity_pattern.major_offsets()
     }
 
     /// The column indices defining part of the CSR format.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn column_indices(&self) -> &[usize] {
         self.sparsity_pattern.minor_indices()
     }
 
     /// The non-zero values defining part of the CSR format.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn values(&self) -> &[T] {
         &self.values
     }
 
     /// Mutable access to the non-zero values.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn values_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [T] {
         &mut self.values
     }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ pub struct CsrTripletIterMut<'a, T> {
 impl<'a, T> Iterator for CsrTripletIterMut<'a, T> {
     type Item = (usize, usize, &'a mut T);
 
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
         let next_entry = self.pattern_iter.next();
         let next_value = self.values_mut_iter.next();
diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/pattern.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/pattern.rs
index bb9006e6..91e21902 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/pattern.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/pattern.rs
@@ -21,38 +21,38 @@ impl SparsityPattern {
     }
 
     /// The offsets for the major dimension.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn major_offsets(&self) -> &[usize] {
         &self.major_offsets
     }
 
     /// The indices for the minor dimension.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn minor_indices(&self) -> &[usize] {
         &self.minor_indices
     }
 
     /// The major dimension.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn major_dim(&self) -> usize {
         assert!(self.major_offsets.len() > 0);
         self.major_offsets.len() - 1
     }
 
     /// The minor dimension.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn minor_dim(&self) -> usize {
         self.minor_dim
     }
 
     /// The number of "non-zeros", i.e. explicitly stored entries in the pattern.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn nnz(&self) -> usize {
         self.minor_indices.len()
     }
 
     /// Get the lane at the given index.
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn lane(&self, major_index: usize) -> Option<&[usize]> {
         let offset_begin = *self.major_offsets().get(major_index)?;
         let offset_end = *self.major_offsets().get(major_index + 1)?;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl<'a> SparsityPatternIter<'a> {
 impl<'a> Iterator for SparsityPatternIter<'a> {
     type Item = (usize, usize);
 
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
         // We ensure fast iteration across each lane by iteratively "draining" a slice
         // corresponding to the remaining column indices in the particular lane.