diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index f95b169f..73b2ea10 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ extern inline void* _mi_page_malloc(mi_heap_t* heap, mi_page_t* page, size_t siz
 }
 
 // allocate a small block
-extern inline mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_malloc_small(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
+mi_decl_nodiscard extern inline mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_malloc_small(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
   mi_assert(heap!=NULL);
   mi_assert(heap->thread_id == 0 || heap->thread_id == _mi_thread_id()); // heaps are thread local
   mi_assert(size <= MI_SMALL_SIZE_MAX);
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ extern inline mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_malloc_small(mi_h
   return p;
 }
 
-extern inline mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_malloc_small(size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
+mi_decl_nodiscard extern inline mi_decl_restrict void* mi_malloc_small(size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
   return mi_heap_malloc_small(mi_get_default_heap(), size);
 }
 
 // The main allocation function
-extern inline mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_malloc(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
+mi_decl_nodiscard extern inline mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_malloc(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
   if (mi_likely(size <= MI_SMALL_SIZE_MAX)) {
     return mi_heap_malloc_small(heap, size);
   }
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ extern inline mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_malloc(mi_heap_t*
   }
 }
 
-extern inline mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_malloc(size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
+mi_decl_nodiscard extern inline mi_decl_restrict void* mi_malloc(size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
   return mi_heap_malloc(mi_get_default_heap(), size);
 }
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void* _mi_heap_malloc_zero(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t size, bool zero) mi_attr_noex
   return p;
 }
 
-extern inline mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_zalloc(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
+mi_decl_nodiscard extern inline mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_zalloc(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
   return _mi_heap_malloc_zero(heap, size, true);
 }
 
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ void mi_free_aligned(void* p, size_t alignment) mi_attr_noexcept {
   mi_free(p);
 }
 
-extern inline mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_calloc(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t count, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
+mi_decl_nodiscard extern inline mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_calloc(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t count, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
   size_t total;
   if (mi_count_size_overflow(count,size,&total)) return NULL;
   return mi_heap_zalloc(heap,total);
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_calloc(size_t count, size_t size) mi
 }
 
 // Uninitialized `calloc`
-extern mi_decl_nodiscard mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_mallocn(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t count, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
+mi_decl_nodiscard extern mi_decl_restrict void* mi_heap_mallocn(mi_heap_t* heap, size_t count, size_t size) mi_attr_noexcept {
   size_t total;
   if (mi_count_size_overflow(count, size, &total)) return NULL;
   return mi_heap_malloc(heap, total);