diff --git a/include/wx/list.h b/include/wx/list.h
index c51e085977..0621496821 100644
--- a/include/wx/list.h
+++ b/include/wx/list.h
@@ -990,6 +990,27 @@ private:
 
 #ifdef wxLIST_COMPATIBILITY
 
+// inline compatibility functions
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxNodeBase deprecated methods
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+inline wxNode *wxNodeBase::Next() const { return (wxNode *)GetNext(); }
+inline wxNode *wxNodeBase::Previous() const { return (wxNode *)GetPrevious(); }
+inline wxObject *wxNodeBase::Data() const { return (wxObject *)GetData(); }
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxListBase deprecated methods
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+inline int wxListBase::Number() const { return (int)GetCount(); }
+inline wxNode *wxListBase::First() const { return (wxNode *)GetFirst(); }
+inline wxNode *wxListBase::Last() const { return (wxNode *)GetLast(); }
+inline wxNode *wxListBase::Nth(size_t n) const { return (wxNode *)Item(n); }
+inline wxListBase::operator wxList&() const { return *(wxList*)this; }
+
+
 // define this to make a lot of noise about use of the old wxList classes.
 //#define wxWARN_COMPAT_LIST_USE
 
diff --git a/src/common/list.cpp b/src/common/list.cpp
index 8c6d14fdba..9532eac9ca 100644
--- a/src/common/list.cpp
+++ b/src/common/list.cpp
@@ -574,24 +574,6 @@ void wxListBase::DeleteNodes(wxNodeBase* first, wxNodeBase* last)
 
 #ifdef wxLIST_COMPATIBILITY
 
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxNodeBase deprecated methods
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-wxNode *wxNodeBase::Next() const { return (wxNode *)GetNext(); }
-wxNode *wxNodeBase::Previous() const { return (wxNode *)GetPrevious(); }
-wxObject *wxNodeBase::Data() const { return (wxObject *)GetData(); }
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxListBase deprecated methods
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-int wxListBase::Number() const { return GetCount(); }
-wxNode *wxListBase::First() const { return (wxNode *)GetFirst(); }
-wxNode *wxListBase::Last() const { return (wxNode *)GetLast(); }
-wxNode *wxListBase::Nth(size_t n) const { return (wxNode *)Item(n); }
-wxListBase::operator wxList&() const { return *(wxList*)this; }
-
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxList (a.k.a. wxObjectList)
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------