diff --git a/src/shared/generator.c b/src/shared/generator.c
index 284e5fc580..7f5ceb7128 100644
--- a/src/shared/generator.c
+++ b/src/shared/generator.c
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ int generator_add_symlink_full(
         return 0;
 }
 
+int generator_add_symlink(const char *dir, const char *dst, const char *dep_type, const char *src) {
+        return generator_add_symlink_full(dir, dst, dep_type, src, NULL);
+}
+
 static int generator_add_ordering(
                 const char *dir,
                 const char *src,
diff --git a/src/shared/generator.h b/src/shared/generator.h
index 111900fd45..61bc79f0f7 100644
--- a/src/shared/generator.h
+++ b/src/shared/generator.h
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ int generator_open_unit_file(
         FILE **file);
 
 int generator_add_symlink_full(const char *dir, const char *dst, const char *dep_type, const char *src, const char *instance);
-
-static inline int generator_add_symlink(const char *dir, const char *dst, const char *dep_type, const char *src) {
-        return generator_add_symlink_full(dir, dst, dep_type, src, NULL);
-}
+int generator_add_symlink(const char *dir, const char *dst, const char *dep_type, const char *src);
 
 int generator_write_fsck_deps(
         FILE *f,