2 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/libobjc/objc/deprecated/METHOD_NULL.h b/libobjc/objc/deprecated/METHOD_NULL.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6912be345e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libobjc/objc/deprecated/METHOD_NULL.h
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* For functions which return Method_t */
+#define METHOD_NULL	(Method_t)0
diff --git a/libobjc/objc/objc-api.h b/libobjc/objc/objc-api.h
index ff457f2cec7..5f9043086b7 100644
--- a/libobjc/objc/objc-api.h
+++ b/libobjc/objc/objc-api.h
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
 extern "C" {
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
 
-/* For functions which return Method_t */
-#define METHOD_NULL	(Method_t)0
-                                                /* Boolean typedefs */
+#include "deprecated/METHOD_NULL.h"
+
 /* Method descriptor returned by introspective Object methods.
    This is really just the first part of the more complete objc_method
    structure defined below and used internally by the runtime.  */
@@ -441,11 +440,7 @@ extern void class_ivar_set_gcinvisible (Class _class,
 					const char* ivarname,
 					BOOL gcInvisible);
 
-static inline IMP
-method_get_imp(Method_t method)
-{
-  return (method!=METHOD_NULL)?method->method_imp:(IMP)0;
-}
+objc_EXPORT IMP method_get_imp(Method_t method);
 
 objc_EXPORT IMP get_imp (Class _class, SEL sel);