diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx
index 0eb3e3c79aa47..4e49f660f5e19 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ cpdef array_to_datetime(ndarray[object] values, str errors='raise',
     return result, tz_out
 
 
-cdef inline ignore_errors_out_of_bounds_fallback(ndarray[object] values):
+cdef ignore_errors_out_of_bounds_fallback(ndarray[object] values):
     """
     Fallback for array_to_datetime if an OutOfBoundsDatetime is raised
     and errors == "ignore"