diff --git a/src/hb-map-private.hh b/src/hb-map-private.hh
index a340a1a99..aaf675aa4 100644
--- a/src/hb-map-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-map-private.hh
@@ -182,9 +182,58 @@ struct hb_map_t
   }
 
   protected:
-  static HB_INTERNAL unsigned int prime_for (unsigned int shift);
 
-  unsigned int bucket_for (hb_codepoint_t key) const
+  static inline unsigned int prime_for (unsigned int shift)
+  {
+    /* Following comment and table copied from glib. */
+    /* Each table size has an associated prime modulo (the first prime
+     * lower than the table size) used to find the initial bucket. Probing
+     * then works modulo 2^n. The prime modulo is necessary to get a
+     * good distribution with poor hash functions.
+     */
+    static const unsigned int prime_mod [] =
+    {
+      1,          /* For 1 << 0 */
+      2,
+      3,
+      7,
+      13,
+      31,
+      61,
+      127,
+      251,
+      509,
+      1021,
+      2039,
+      4093,
+      8191,
+      16381,
+      32749,
+      65521,      /* For 1 << 16 */
+      131071,
+      262139,
+      524287,
+      1048573,
+      2097143,
+      4194301,
+      8388593,
+      16777213,
+      33554393,
+      67108859,
+      134217689,
+      268435399,
+      536870909,
+      1073741789,
+      2147483647  /* For 1 << 31 */
+    };
+
+    if (unlikely (shift >= ARRAY_LENGTH (prime_mod)))
+      return prime_mod[ARRAY_LENGTH (prime_mod) -1];
+
+    return prime_mod[shift];
+  }
+
+  inline unsigned int bucket_for (hb_codepoint_t key) const
   {
     unsigned int i = Hash (key) % prime;
     unsigned int step = 0;
diff --git a/src/hb-map.cc b/src/hb-map.cc
index 332a318bd..d11d78683 100644
--- a/src/hb-map.cc
+++ b/src/hb-map.cc
@@ -269,55 +269,3 @@ hb_map_get_population (const hb_map_t *map)
 {
   return map->get_population ();
 }
-
-
-/* Following comment and table copied from glib. */
-/* Each table size has an associated prime modulo (the first prime
- * lower than the table size) used to find the initial bucket. Probing
- * then works modulo 2^n. The prime modulo is necessary to get a
- * good distribution with poor hash functions.
- */
-static const unsigned int prime_mod [] =
-{
-  1,          /* For 1 << 0 */
-  2,
-  3,
-  7,
-  13,
-  31,
-  61,
-  127,
-  251,
-  509,
-  1021,
-  2039,
-  4093,
-  8191,
-  16381,
-  32749,
-  65521,      /* For 1 << 16 */
-  131071,
-  262139,
-  524287,
-  1048573,
-  2097143,
-  4194301,
-  8388593,
-  16777213,
-  33554393,
-  67108859,
-  134217689,
-  268435399,
-  536870909,
-  1073741789,
-  2147483647  /* For 1 << 31 */
-};
-
-unsigned int
-hb_map_t::prime_for (unsigned int shift)
-{
-  if (unlikely (shift >= ARRAY_LENGTH (prime_mod)))
-    return prime_mod[ARRAY_LENGTH (prime_mod) -1];
-
-  return prime_mod[shift];
-}